Kasz216 on 22 March 2009
| Impulsivity said: http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/4386.html they're trying on the sales front. Already getting a budget re-release in Japan. Even with a new engine, they had very limited scope outside the battle system. There were few cutscenes and those were animated (not expensive CGI), there wasn't much in the way of a map system much less a full world outside of battles which certainly saved on production as well. I mean even with a new from scratch battle engine I doubt it was anywhere near 40 or 50 million. Games like Mirror's Edge don't even cost that and it certainly took a LOT more work to make that game look and play the way it does. I'm not saying games like Mirror's Edge are better (I do love mirror's edge though, so its close), I'm saying JRPGs are very cost effective since they are built for a market which sustains about 200-300k in sales even for pretty good games. |
What i'm saying is your numbers are off. 20-30K isn't a "cheap" game and 500K likely isn't going to make your money back on it.
