noname2200 said:
True on both fronts, but that's rather like being penny-wise and pound-foolish. As I told Max King, even factoring those costs in probably doesn't raise your costs too much, so your profit point probably isn't too much higher than it was before. (You are, however, risking the alienation of the mainstream, since I don't think most folks prefer subbing over dubbing, and few appreciate references that go over their heads. Mind you, with Yakuza it appears that the mainstream is uninterested anyways, so that's no loss here. End sidenote.) And even without the advertising (again, dumb for most games, apparently not a biggie for Yakuza) you still have some marketing costs: arranging for retailers to stock the game alone is an uphill challenge, and it ain't free either. |
I'm not saying it'll be next to nothing going the Yakuza 2 route, but they have gone to cheap route to appeal to that hardcore fanbase.
