Garry's Mod tops 3.5 million sold, continues to pick up steam
Garry Newman, the game's creator and namesake, cites a number of reasons for its success: the ever-increasing popularity of Steam, user-generated content, additions from other Valve games like Team Fortress 2, and the modern prevalence of video game footage on YouTube. That last one is crucial, as Garry's Mod thrives on its weirdness. The game itself allows players to place any Source Engine object into the world to manipulate as they see fit, and as the above screenshot demonstrates, the best results are often bafflingly weird.
Surprisingly, Newman believes that Minecraft – a similarly open, wildly popular sandbox game – is more of an aid than detriment to sales of Garry's Mod. "You'd think Minecraft would kill GMod's popularity ... but it's kind of the opposite," Newman told Rock Paper Shotgun. "People play Minecraft to death – they love it ... so they go out looking for other games that are a bit like it. Minecraft has attracted a lot of people that aren't really PC gamers too. They play the game on the 360 or the iPad and everyone tells them that the PC version is better."
While current monetary figures don't exist, Newman revealed in March that at the time Garry's Mod had generated $22 million in sales so far – quite a haul for a $10 Steam title that's never seen a proper retail release.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/26/garrys-mod-tops-3-5-million-sold-continues-to-pick-up-steam/
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MSDSPosted:
I haven't gotten a chance to try this yet but I might buy it and try it out it looks like a lot of fun.
KatsumiPosted:
BeliefsRantLavish I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
I think I might buy it soon.
It is great fun, but I would suggest getting a friend to get it as well, as it makes it more enjoyable.
The game gets pretty boring fast if you don't have a friend to play it with. Be it a real life friend or one you can make online. If you don't have any friends to play with you can still find a lot of fun online though
GuwapPosted:
RantLavish I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
I think I might buy it soon.
It is great fun, but I would suggest getting a friend to get it as well, as it makes it more enjoyable.
RantPosted:
Lavish I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
I think I might buy it soon.
KatsumiPosted:
RantTinyPicLavish I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
I Totally agree with you. Im surprised too.
The last sale I think it was about $4 or something.
You can currently get in in the Jumbo Humble Bundle along with many other games for around $5. I suggest you take a look at it
RantPosted:
TinyPicLavish I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
I Totally agree with you. Im surprised too.
The last sale I think it was about $4 or something.
TywinPosted:
I'm surprised it hasn't sold more.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
Every time steam has one of their sales, Garry's Mod is always one of the cheapest games available.
TywinPosted:
KatsumiForksKatsumiHike i watch videos on it i would to play it but i only have a laptop
Garry's mod is a generally low specification game. I was able to run it just fine on my laptop
it can run on any laptop the game was released in '05 lmao
Some integrated cards may have a little trouble with it but other than that you are pretty correct.
As long as you're trying to play the game on medium or low settings, you should be fine.
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