Saber Interactive's Approach: Fun and Affordable Games

Space Marine 2, created by Saber Interactive, has been a hit. The company's creative officer, Tim Willits, thinks that other game developers might fail because they lose sight of what makes games enjoyable. In an interview with IGN, Willits said that teams often add too many features to games during development. With Space Marine 2, Saber focused on doing familiar things really well instead of adding new features just because other games had them.

He also mentioned how high development costs can be a problem. Games with massive budgets might have very high sales expectations. But Space Marine 2 was made affordably, so it doesn't need to sell millions of copies to be successful. Some North American developers fail if their games don't sell at least five million copies, which Willits finds silly. He wants Saber to focus on making fun games well and affordably. Willits also had a message for rude players: be nice, or you might insult the game's star, Henry Cavill. This approach seems to be working well for Saber Interactive.

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