After 2.5 million sales, Manor Lords publisher says it "would almost be arrogant" to not be surprised by the city builder's success - but "you cannot count on it to repeat"
Manor Lords is a "breakout hit"
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With a whopping2.5 million salesunder its belt,Manor Lordsis undeniably a smash-hit city builder - but publisher Hooded Horse doesn’t want to get unrealistic with its expectations of any future releases because of the one indie gem’s success.
The publishing lead shares one of the best pieces of advice she’s received: Do not “roll too fast” upon finding favorable results. To Rui and to Hooded Horse as a company, it’s more important to focus on being sustainable in the long run rather than to hang on to one big bang of a success story. “A breakout hit like this,” describes the head, “you cannot count on it to repeat itself year after year.”
Rui continues: “There will be people pushing you to have a different expectation or treating the next year as a failure if the breakout hit doesn’t …
