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Words Of Wisdom on 27 June 2009
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Valkyria00 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Valkyria00 said:

Hell DotNW sold more on Wii then ToV on 360 which had higher budget and was mothership.

We're not talking a huge difference, it's 0.32 million (ToV) versus 0.37 million (ToS2).  

If anything that reflects poorly on ToS2 as it had a 1+ million fanbase from the original game to tap into while Vesperia was basically a new IP within the Tales franchise.

More like Tales of series has 1 million+ fanbase to tap into. I dont think that Vesperia new IP thing really works. Im not saying DotNW sold amazing but its been on record the game was low budget and rushed and it still sold good enough for a spin-off/sequel.

I'm saying that the budget doesn't matter.  Tales of games don't have an art-style that relies on expensive CGI and the like.  

I'm also saying that your statement of "mothership" is immaterial as "Tales of" doesn't have a strong franchise name.  A strong franchise name is like Final Fantasy where the mere words on the box are enough to move software.  Tales doesn't have that however Tales of Symphonia 2 had the benefit of being a sequel:  an existing fanbase.

Essentially, I'm saying that being a direct sequel to a reasonably successful RPG with minor brand name is a better position than being a mid-high budget game with a minor brand name.  A sequel has immediate exposure whereas the virtue of being mid-high budget does not.