Advertising and marketing rep Takatoshi Sato at Genki, the studio behind Tokyo Xtreme Racer, has revealed particulars concerning the Early Entry launch of the racing sport in a brand new interview. Chatting with Automaton Media, Sato has revealed that Tokyo Xtreme Racing has been performing fairly effectively, and that its early entry launch was an important begin.
“I’ll chorus from commenting on particular gross sales figures (laughs), however in case you ask me whether or not I take into account TXR successful as Genki’s advertising and marketing rep, I’d say that it’s off to an important begin,” responded Sato when requested whether or not studio Genki thought-about the racing sport successful. “Nonetheless, I do suppose there’s nonetheless room for progress.”
The query got here from the truth that, on launch, Tokyo Xtreme Racer noticed a good bit of optimistic consideration, and even bought round 15,000 concurrent gamers on Steam. Sato believes that the Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise identify has helped within the newest title’s Early Entry success.
“It’s performing effectively now because of the franchise’s recognition, however I believe it has potential to do even higher,” stated Sato concerning the sport’s success. “The evaluations we’ve obtained from gamers up to now have been very optimistic, so I believe we are able to count on extra progress sooner or later.”
When requested about how lots of the Steam wishlists that Tokyo Xtreme Racer ended up on ended up as gross sales of the sport, Sato stated that, whereas the ratio between gross sales to wishlists was increased than the studio anticipated, it fell inside projections for the studio.
“It turned out virtually precisely as I’d calculated,” stated Sato. “It was slightly increased than anticipated, however largely throughout the anticipated vary.”
A revival of basic racing franchise, Tokyo Xtreme Racer was launched again in January as an Early Entry sport on Steam. Whereas it options the identical emphasis on pace and making tight corners effectively as different racing video games, what units Tokyo Xtreme Racer aside from its contemporaries is its SP Battle system.
The system makes use of a numerical worth known as Spirit Factors that measures the willpower of drivers within the sport. Making good use of those Spirit Factors is without doubt one of the facets gamers should grasp of their time with Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
For extra particulars on Tokyo Xtreme Racer, take a look at our Early Entry evaluation.
