Xbox Podcast: Justin Roiland on Why High on Life Came to Game Pass (and How That Will Help Make Future Games)

In a current episode of the Xbox Podcast, High on Life creator Justin Roiland joined Larry Hryb, Xbox’s Major Nelson, and defined why he selected to be part of the Game Pass line-up after having achieved “a lot of research” on the service.

“Before we decided to pull the trigger on it, I spoke with a handful of other studio folks who did Game Pass,” Roiland defined. “And I in the end got here to the conclusion based mostly off of what I had heard that it’s– it’s a value-add. Because basically, there’s lots of people that will in any other case not have picked up the sport and performed it.

“And those people, if you believe in what you’ve made, and you really you feel confident that you’ve made something special, or different– and we do with our game– those folks can become evangelists in a way for the title.”

We introduced yesterday that High on Life has develop into Xbox Game Pass’ largest launch of 2022, the most important 3^rd occasion Game Pass launch of all time, and the most important launch of a single player-only sport within the service’s historical past.

“A lot of folks told me that non-Game Pass games that they ship versus Game Pass games, [they get] 7x sales.”

Joining Game Pass wasn’t nearly reaching individuals who would naturally have an interest within the sport – whether or not for its single participant narrative method, its uncommon standing as a real comedy sport, or its connection to Roiland’s work on Rick and Morty – however those that may not in any other case have regarded into taking part in it. “If someone’s on the fence or raising an eyebrow, what is this thing? And if they’re a Game Pass subscriber, well, they can just download it and dive in,” Roiland defined.

Roiland’s analysis helped him conclude that Game Pass is, “a powerful tool to get a lot of reach. If you really do believe you made something worthwhile, it’s a pretty powerful tool. And that’s what I gathered in doing my due diligence on it on my own. A lot of folks told me that non-Game Pass games that they ship versus Game Pass games, [they get] 7x sales.”

Most excitingly for followers of Roiland and his studio, Squanch, is that Game Pass received’t simply assist them make High on Life, however future video games, too:

“We are an indie studio. We’re small. And we do want a war chest to make a bunch more fun crazy games. And that was of consideration for us. It’s like, ‘OK, we really want this game to get out there. We want it to do. We want sales to do well.’ And I think that, yeah, I mean, from what I gathered in my little poking around and asking different folks, Game Pass was a huge value-add in that respect.”

Roiland talked about much more moreover, together with how the sport contains secrets and techniques and particulars that gamers can be discovering “for months”. The standalone interview is offered to watch or pay attention to in full now.

If you haven’t joined the hundreds of thousands taking part in High on Life, the sport is offered now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows, and it’s part of Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.

High On Life

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From the Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites, comes High On Life.

Fresh out of highschool with no job and no ambition, you’ve actually obtained nothing going for you till an alien cartel that desires to get excessive off humanity invades Earth. Now, you and a staff of charismatic speaking weapons should reply the hero’s name and develop into the deadliest intergalactic bounty hunter the cosmos has ever seen.

Travel to quite a lot of biomes and places throughout the cosmos, go up towards the nefarious Garmantuous and his gang of goons, gather loot, meet distinctive characters, and extra, within the newest comedy journey from Justin Roiland!