| Valkyria00 said: I think 500-600k would be good for Madworld. Clover/Platinum guys games hardly sell well but are always top quality and its pretty niche. The industry should not have 1 million in mind for this game. However since its Wii it'll be bashed if it doesnt break 1 million. The Conduit however needs to break 1 million fast or its gonna be bad for Ninty and 3rd Party support. From Western developers at least. |
The thing is, you have to keep in mind we're not looking at this from the standpoint of gamers, we have to look at this from the standpoint of publishers and developers that need to make money. Very very few publishers will take on a title that requires significant funding and resources if they think the return is going to be "just ok". They think in terms of minimum risk maximum profit. And there are no excuses for low numbers because excuses don't put your kids through college, money does. We can all say "Well, Mad world will probably only do 600k and we should think of that as a success", but they won't see that as success. They will look at Bayonetta or some other action game on the "core" consoles and say "they sold two million in 15 months, that is a success. How can we emulate that?".
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