Koji Igarashi filar som bäst på sitt Kickstarter-finansierade Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, en andlig uppföljare till Castlevania-serien som på förhand lovat väldigt gott. Det råkar därmed också vara ett renodlat singleplayerspel, vilket är en kategori spel det blivit allt färre av de senaste åren. I en intervju hos Games Industry förklarar han dock att det inte är någon risk att de försvinner:
"I think things won't change, because there is a difference between people who play single-player games and people who play multiplayer games, as much as there are differences between people who are introverts and extroverts. There isn't anything we need to do [to ensure single-player games can sustain themselves]. There will always be people who enjoy playing single-player games more than multiplayer games."
Enligt Igarashi är multiplayerspelen visserligen väldigt lönsamma och de större utgivarna är ovilliga att satsa på singlerplayer, men det ger ju utrymme för indies, menar han:
<em>"It's very difficult that multiplayer games are so profitable, but single-player games are where a lot of indie games come in. With single-player, you can create the game you want to create. We leave multiplayer games up to the larger publishers looking into the market, but it's very adventurous to create a single-player game with larger publishers. We started out as a Kickstarter project, and before we started the project, a lot of larger publishers said there wasn't much of a market for sidescroller games [like Bloodstained]. But we proved them wrong by having a successful campaign.
With the rise of multiplayer games, I don't think single-player is in danger. A game doesn't have to be profitable, it just has to break even."
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night släpps till PC, Playstation 4, Switch och Xbox One under nästa år.
