Bloober Team recouped the cost of making The Medium within a week of its release.
As reported in Money.pl (thanks, Gamespot), the horror studio has sold enough copies of the slow-burning horror to recoup all development and marketing costs, even though it is an Xbox Series X exclusive console and is available for free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
The horror game’s lack of combat and jumpscares has polarized critics and fans alike, but nonetheless, it’s the studio’s biggest and most ambitious project to date.
“Yes, Marianne’s world is one of duality – good and evil; heaven and hell; life and death – but there is little negative that weighs Bloober Team’s lofty ambition,” I wrote in Eurogamer’s The Medium review.
“While it replaces scripted scares for a disturbing atmosphere – something I fear not all fans will be happy with – The Medium is the studio’s most successful, accessible offering to date, and a sign that Bloober continues to improve,” grow up and innovate. “
Aoife and Zoe have, uh, a little different views of mine however …