noname2200 said:
It doesn't seem that unreasonable to me at all to think that: leaving aside the HD vs. SD aspect, VC was made by a team whose history includes high-profile hits (the Sakura Wars series, which spawned its own cafe), while Madworld was the side-project of a new studio. VC has an anime in the works (much like Sakura Wars) and had its own advertising campaign (it's even had a new campaign recently, especially in Japan). It's clear that there were fairly high hopes pinned on VC, especially in comparison to Madworld, and I'd be stunned if the costs didn't reflect that. |
Valkyria Chronicles did pretty much the same or better than the Sakura Wars games after those on the Saturn. I'm not sure why you bring up advertising. VC might have had some in Japan, but Madworld (in the US) had television advertisements tied with the HotD ones as well as its own campaign. In the states VC had none outside of maybe some internet ads.
Anyways, nobody knows the budgets or what price sega shipped each unit at, so this topic is rather pointless. People will just make up numbers to support their position.
