Lost Odyssey reaches 800k

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freebird4 said:
Hahahahahahahaha, didn't make a profit??

Wow, you wanted this game to fail so bad that you're making up facts to make yourselves feel better.

First of all, 800k = sold numbers. Meaning it's shipped close to a million. That means a revenue of roughly $50 million. It's dev. costs were wholly paid by MGS and it was also published by MGS, meaning 1/5 of the revenue isn't lost to royalties. Actually, it essentially means that profits = revenue - (cost of development + production).

Development costs + marketing for Halo 3, biggest title on the Xbox 360 to date: $60 million.

Rumored development costs for FFXIII = $50 million.

Rumored development cost for KZ2 = $40 million.

So am I hearing this correctly?? Lost Odyssey, an unestablished franchise, without extensive CGI footage, with a licensed engine, somehow exceeded a budget of $40 million??

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, whatever helps you sleep better at night.

 

Quiet you, everybody knows jrpgs only turn a profit on sony platforms and the DS. Any jrpg released anywhere else is bound to both be moneyhatted and lose money.