All I care about is that there is a sequel on the way. People that are skeptical of this game should rent it. This game is a lot better than I thought that it would be.

This game is definitely on my to-buy list. Damn, I think my list is probably at least 2 pages already...

I'm not sure that a game like this is necessarily that cheap to develop. In the end, what makes a game expensive is probably the number of developers and the time they need, right? So the number of devs for Zack&Wiki may have been relatively small, but they must have spent a lot of time on this one.
Same for SMG: People always assume that it cost only a fraction of a typical HD FPS. I'm not so sure about that - I mean, the team working on SMG was huge, and they worked maybe 5 years on this game!

Nintendo games probably have higher dev cost than most since all their games are highly polished. No rushed games is good for consumers. (Maybe that's why I still can't find a bargain price for GC Fire Emblem still)

Not only is Zack & Wiki a new IP it's a totally new genre for consoles and a virtually dead one for PC even. So it was an experiment to be sure and a labour of love. I'm sure Capcom didn't expect great sales.

However, I think the game will have legs and be profittable. If sequels come then each will outsell the last (while boosting previous editions sales). I also think this game will do well with price reductions as people may like to buy it but be relunctant to sell out $45 for a game they have no idea if they'll like.

Well, there are already some "rumours" of a sequel. I don't thing anyone would be talking about it if it had been a complete flop.

It was a flop. FLOPPING LIKE A FOX!! ........wait. That didn't come out right.


Yeah, it was a flop. FLOPPING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!! ...yeah, that's the ticket. you still got it lewis...ya still got it.

 It was that cheap to develop. Capcom meant it as a no-name budget game. Then some gaming sites caught on, thought it was awesome, and hyped it to all hell as some sort of potential sleeper-hit. You can see that in the repetitive textures, simplistic poly count, near-complete lack of voice acting, and the fact that the game is fairly short.  

I doubt Capcom meant it to do better than 100k or so. The fact that it'll probably break 200k at some point means that Capcom made a modest profit for little work. And a sequel means that they can just reuse a bunch of models and textures from the first game, for even less of a development cost.

Can you guys link to the source of sequel talk? I haven't seen that anywhere, I'd love to have hope that Capcom will actually do one.

 I got my gf and her brother hooked on Z&W, but three friends at work with Wiis won't get into it. One bought the Sims instead. gughghghgg