Advertising rep Takatoshi Sato at Genki, the studio behind Tokyo Xtreme Racer, has revealed particulars concerning the Early Entry launch of the racing recreation in a brand new interview. Talking to Automaton Media, Sato has revealed that Tokyo Xtreme Racing has been performing fairly effectively, and that its early entry launch was an incredible begin.
“I’ll chorus from commenting on particular gross sales figures (laughs), however in the event you ask me whether or not I think about TXR successful as Genki’s advertising rep, I’d say that it’s off to an incredible begin,” responded Sato when requested whether or not studio Genki thought of the racing recreation successful. “Nonetheless, I do suppose there’s nonetheless room for development.”
The query got here from the truth that, on launch, Tokyo Xtreme Racer noticed a good bit of constructive 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 recreation’s success. “The evaluations we’ve acquired from gamers thus far have been very constructive, so I believe we are able to count on extra development 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 larger 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 larger than anticipated, however largely inside the anticipated vary.”
A revival of basic racing franchise, Tokyo Xtreme Racer was launched again in January as an Early Entry recreation on Steam. Whereas it options the identical emphasis on velocity and making tight corners effectively as different racing video games, what units Tokyo Xtreme Racer other than its contemporaries is its SP Battle system.
The system makes use of a numerical worth referred to as Spirit Factors that measures the willpower of drivers within the recreation. Making good use of those Spirit Factors is without doubt one of the features gamers should grasp of their time with Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
For extra particulars on Tokyo Xtreme Racer, take a look at our Early Entry assessment.
