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chidori-chan2 on 27 March 2013
darkknightkryta said:
ryuzaki57 said:

10 millions?????

It will be lucky to do even 3. Those SquareEnix douchebags are hilarious. But they earned it with their idiotic western focus, looking down on fans and not releasing any decent Japanese game. 

What anime is this?


Fate/stay night is the name of anime.




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Corey on 27 March 2013

hah bullshit.



binary solo on 27 March 2013

Hang on the maths doesn't add up. 10 million in sales at, say, average of $40 per sale is $400 million in gross revenue. Are we saying that the people who bankroll a game $25% of the gross at maximum? Even at 5 million in sales that gives something around $200-300 million gross which should put the game in the black.

Besides, the reboot is surely slated for multiple games. To be successful this game only needs a positive critical and gamer reception and a few million in sales. Enough to get the franchise off the ground again. The next games will cost less to develop because many of the assets will get re-used.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 27 March 2013
MoHasanie said:
Yikes. Why are game developers making their games more and more expensive? You'd think considering the amount of game developers closing down, they would be more smart about their budgets. Something tells me, that in the 8th generation, we will see more developers go out of business cause gaming budgets are becoming bigger as games become more larger and complex.

Totally agree. I would gladly sacrifice state-of-the-art graphics, physics, and artifical intelligence if it meant lower development costs, lower price tags, and fewer studios going out of business.



arcane_chaos on 27 March 2013

well atleast ND made a profit off there games *troll face*



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Porcupine_I on 27 March 2013

so, we don't read the OP now AND believe in analysts?



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Screamapillar on 27 March 2013

Is this the same analyst that said Bioshock Infinite cost $200 million?

Or wait, that was Pachter, wasn't it?

Do these analysts know what they're talking about anymore?



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ktay95 on 27 March 2013

at least we got a fucking amazing game out of it



CDiablo on 27 March 2013

Cant wait to see who will go under next gen!



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Olivernintentoal on 27 March 2013

I really doubt that the game cost this much. If it did, Square would be stupid, because I'm sure there are many ways to cut costs. This analyst must just be pulling numbers out of a hat, because there is no way Square expected the game to sell 10 million.



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