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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KatsumiPosted:
Hike 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
TywinPosted:
Yop One of the best PC games out there, other than Minecraft.
Both Garys mod and Minecraft are sandbox style games.
Was a really good comparison.
KatsumiPosted:
Yop One of the best PC games out there, other than Minecraft.
It's pretty cool in the aspect that you can really do whatever you want.. the game is only as fun as you make it
KronnocPosted:
Lavish If you haven't played Garry's Mod on PC, you're missing out.
This game is a classic.
Meh, it's okay. I always find myself not knowing what to play once I've launched the game, and not one gamemode interests me in the slightest.
inb4 prop hunt
inb4 TTT
DreamsPosted:
Lavish If you haven't played Garry's Mod on PC, you're missing out.
This game is a classic.
i played it back in the day when i had a ok computer but my pc cant handle nothing anymore
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