So now we have the foundation of the first game in place. I think what we saw then, was that a lot of people, when they initially saw the game, because they were used to these exaggerated characters, is that they were like, вЂњWhat is this?вЂќ and вЂњI donвЂ™t know what to expect going into this.вЂќ It wasnвЂ™t until they played it that they fell in love with it. Maybe a little bit extraordinary in the sense that heвЂ™s got stronger fingertips. So when people saw him and said вЂњWhy do I want to play a guy in t-shirt and jeans?вЂќ that was a deliberate move on our part, to say look, heвЂ™s just a guy. We knew that in order to pull it off, we had to have a hero who was completely relatable, just a regular guy. When we set out to do Uncharted, we decided we wanted to tackle one of these beloved action-adventure games in the spirit of this whole tradition. EverybodyвЂ™s a little bit of a caricature in most video games, a little bit stereotypicalвЂ“exaggerated, or a little cartoony. Heroes and characters tend to be drawn large. To be honest, thereвЂ™s a certain amount of a marketing challenge with a game like this, because what weвЂ™re trying to do is something that ironically sets it apart in the sea of video games. When people play it they have to tell their friends, and itвЂ™s almost like theyвЂ™ve found this hidden gem, which I think creates a stronger sense of attachment where theyвЂ™ve found it themselves instead of having it marketed to them. It really speaks volumes about the quality of the product.Д®van Wells: ItвЂ™s actually still selling quite well today, and as Amy said, I think itвЂ™s largely due to the word of mouth it gets. It feels like even though this snuck into the marketplace and there wasnвЂ™t a lot of brand awareness, people told their friends about it, and it just sort of spread like that. I think a lot of where we succeeded with DrakeвЂ™s Fortune was on word of mouth, which was great, because as a creator thatвЂ™s vindication for us. Certainly when youвЂ™re making something, you donвЂ™t want to feel youвЂ™re trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Are you satisfied with the level of brand awareness DrakeвЂ™s Fortune received?ДЄH: I think you always wish there was even greater brand awareness. Looking now, the gameвЂ™s actually sold something like 2.5 million to date, putting it in company with games like Killzone 2 or Fable 2. GO: Uncharted: DrakeвЂ™s Fortune got a lot of great press, but IвЂ™ve had this sense that it was a sleeper hit, that it deserved to sell better than it did.

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