Capcom: Original cool games don't make money, Dead Rising port yes

[NJ5]

Squilliam said:

NJ5 said:
Somehow I find it hard to believe Zack & Wiki didn't make a profit yet. It sold 0.54 million according to vgchartz, if the publisher gets $20 per copy that's $10 million. Are we to believe this game cost as much to make as Gears of War?

Not only that but I do recall seeing some comments from Capcom about Zack & Wiki being a success. I'll try to find them later.

NJ5 please...

Don't believe the BS!!!

It cost $10 M and Microsoft only provided:

• Coding support
• Testers
• Advertising

and the engine was essentially "free", if not add about $10M in royalties and fees (At least)

Furthermore they used extensive outsourcing to China whereas Z+W was produced in Japan with some of the highest cost per developers in the world, am I right?

 

 

That's true, but doesn't it strike you as odd that a technologically simple game like Zack & Wiki can't break even with these sales?

I mean, where is the gaming business gonna end if a game like this can't break a profit at more than half a million units sold?