Joel here - just to comment on this, Mikael probably should've said just "well". That's what he/we mean.
I can't disclose sales numbers as per Nintendo's policy (not that we'd be the first in line to do that anyway), but we are happy with them. And by contrast we are not happy with the XBLA/PSN numbers - it seems like they are very hit-driven nowadays and only the top-3 or top-10 games really sell well unless there's a huge marketing budget attached or similar hype garnered through other means. Quality by itself doesn't seem to matter much. This is bad news for us because quality is our strongest weapon in the marketing/quality/positioning triangle.
Anyhow I'm fairly confident in saying that Wii U will be our best console platform. Whether it's the "launch effect" or eShop's better visibility, or the general quality of the game and the great word of mouth - thanks to everybody! - or sheer luck, I don't know - but we'll take it.
On the discount for North America: We'd love to do it but it's starting to seem like it's not yet going to be possible (just saw the Chasing Aurora tweets about the same). That's a shame and I don't really have any real info on it, however it wouldn't surprise me if this is simply a launch-related issue - systems not in place etc. We're definitely doing best in Europe so we'd love to replicate that on the other side of the pond too but we're taking it easy, everything has gone so smooth so far that a little bump in the road is not a big deal.
Speaking of ponds... Australia & NZ will get the game along with the update, should be no issues anymore, although of course the wait still continues (one of those moments where you wish for a time machine, as it was really just one extra hour from our side to get age rating process started, and we could have avoided all this trouble). The update itself has been 'done' and is being reviewed by Nintendo, so we're waiting to hear if they find anything bad on the tech side (like a crash or something). If they don't, then we hope to release the update by the end of the week (both Europe and America). If something bad is found, then it might have to wait an extra week or two, as we're giving our guys some well-deserved holiday vacations and Nintendo probably has their own too... But I'm still hopeful everything works out in time!
- Joel, Frozenbyte team, developers of Trine 2: Director's Cut
