Jak and Daxter = Failure

[infamous8]

Hapimeses said:

infamous8 said:

Hapimeses said:

infamous8 said:

Hapimeses said:
Jak and Daxter games a failure? Really? Do you believe that?

There were awesome games. They sold loads. They made big profits. What more do people need?

 

They made SMALL profits. Don't forget how much marketing and advertising went into those games.

 

And when one of your BEST DEVELOPERS is just making small profits, it's a failure.

 

 

Do you have any proof of that at all? From what I remember at the time, the games were widely held to be enormously successful and profitable. I'll happily accept your claims if you have an proof of them.

Perhaps not "small" profits...but rather Smaller profits than they expected when creating the series.

Common sense my man. If they were such an enormous success, Jak 4 wouldve come out in 2007 (when Uncharted did), and you'd be seeing Jak 5 at E3 this year.

 

 

So, no proof, I thought not. Further, your 'smaller' profit claim is equally unfounded; it's just your guess -- you are making suppositions that are not necessarily true, you just think they may be. Further, your 'common sense' argument also isn't valid, as we probably wouldn't have PS3 Ratchet and Clank if it was. Ratchet and Jak were always very close on sales, even they ended up going in different directions.

Perhaps the devs were just looking for a change of direction? I know I would be.

 

Insomniac didn't fall off nearly as bad as Naughty Dog did, when it comes to sales.

The Spyro games were in the 3.5million range. The Ratchet games were in the 1.5-2.5 million range.

That's a much smaller difference than the 7million to 1.7 million difference that Naughty Dog had with Crash and Jak.