The following comes from a Eurogamer interview with Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning...

- needs to sell 250K copies of New 'n' Tasty to fund a remake of Abe's Exoddu
- selling more will help fund an all new Oddworld game after that
- this new game would be likely if New 'n' Tasty shifts half a million units

"If I'm doing a new Oddworld game, I'm not going to do it for $2 million. I might do it for five or six. People keep asking me, 'Why don't you Kickstart Oddworld? You could get at least $1 or $2 million.' And I'm like 'What would I do with a couple million on Kickstarter? On a new Oddworld title?' Not much. I could redo Exoddus for a couple million. I could do that. But a new title, which means new characters doing new things and controls that are great - that's where the real time and expenses come from. If you already have the game and you're just doing a conversion, it's easier. From scratch, I don't think we could do an Oddworld title for a couple million dollars. ...But no matter what, Exoddus would come first. And then we'd get into expansion packs for those titles."

Oddworld New 'n' Tasty has cost nearly $5 million to make with about $2 million coming out of Lanning's pocket.

"This game will play better, look better, and you'll have more fun with for more hours of play than games you're paying $60 for. That's a promise. And I can say that with absolute confidence. If this had a publisher, the price would be higher and they'd be calling in triple A."

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