Sega talks sales: Yakuza 3 broke even, 7th Dragon very good, MadWorld meh

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Kasz216 said:

Yojimbo said:

Kasz216 said:

Yojimbo said:

Kasz216 said:
Yakuza 3 only broke even huh? That's... disapointing... considering everyone here thought it sold really well.

Its break even on the sale to date. They can still spend little money translating and shipping to the rest of the world and make profit of it game.

 

Have you seen the first two games numbers outside of Japan?

The better hope is in the game having legs.

Really it makes you wonder how much they lost on Yakuza Kenzan!

I know that the sales outside japan are bad. But they can still make a little profit and more people like me can enjoy the game :P

 

Localization is cheap enough to make up in 40,000 sales?

I doubt it when you include manufacturing costs and all sorts of other extras.

I'd get it though.

Assuming it's out when i remember.  Unlike the other two which came out like what.... 2-3 years later?

If they want "good" sales they better release the game this year. The other games came out after 2 years and that hurt the sales but there is no guarantee that the sales will be good.