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Infinity Blade on iPhone ‘more successful’ than Shadow Complex on Xbox 360

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Infinity Blade on iPhone ‘more successful’ than Shadow Complex on Xbox 360
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Epic’s Mark Rein has told Joystiq that the first Unreal Engine 3 game on the iPhone - Infinity Blade from Chair Entertainment - has been more successful than the company’s previous release on the home consoles, Shadow Complex.

Annoyingly, Rein doesn't go into specifics - he might be referring to downloads, sales, revenue, or profits.

There’s a case to say that the iOS hit has likely beaten the home console release in all those fronts, especially given that the (originally) $5.99 mobile game has over four times more people on the leaderboards than the $15 home console release, and that development costs are likely to be much lower than its stationary UE3 stablemate.

But leaderboards aren’t the most reliable way of measuring a game's sales. As a certain Mark Rein from Epic Games pointed out earlier in the year, "the Game Center numbers being reported are quite a bit lower than the actual sales".

In any case, it’s fair to say that Infinity Blade has been a strong debut in mobile gaming for both Epic and Chair.

Will Wilson
Will Wilson
Will's obsession with gaming started off with sketching Laser Squad levels on pads of paper, but recently grew into violently shouting "Tango Down!" at random strangers on the street. He now directs that positive energy into his writing (due in no small part to a binding court order).