I got in contact with Jowood to find out more about Hotel Giant. Find out more about the game in our exclusive interview with the developers of the game.

Which countries has Hotel Giant had most of an impact in?

At the moment we are satisfied with the sales both in Europe and the US. It jumped to No. 1 in Swiss in the first week, and was very successful in France too. However, it seems the game has a very good start in the US market and we are exited about this, since its a rather difficult market for European publishers.

Are you pleased with the game's success?

We are received tremendously good feedback from our distribution partners. At amazon.com Hotel Giant / Maximum Capacity is at the moment at No. 24 of all PC titles. So yes, we are very pleased =). This game is a long runner, which we believe will sell a rather constant number over a longer period of time, instead of selling a tremendous amount at once.

How would you say Hotel Giant is different to other Management games?

The unique feature which makes this game so much fun is the "voyeur" element. It's just great to watch your guests over the course of the day. They go for dinner in the restaurants, take a break in the wellness center, relax at the gambling rooms, read a book in the library or just chill out at the bars. It's very much like a fishtank, besides you can control the satisfaction of your customers down to the last detail. So basically you can play the game and dont deal with the management at all, if you like to. Just build the hotel of your dreams and watch guests coming and going. Of course, the financial success only comes with careful planning and intelligent decisions on how you like to run your business. What I havent seen so far also in those type of games is the market research feature. It gives you a good overview on what groups of guests appearantly visit the city and which features they are interested in a hotel.

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