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[jarrod]

letsdance said:

jarrod said:

letsdance said:

Why not move Yakuza Kenzen to PSP or Yakuza 3 to multiplat. Why even make Yakuza 4. I bet VC cost less money then those games and got similiar sales. and you can wait awhile for that port.

VC certainly did not manage similar sales, at least not in the same markets at the same pricepoints.  Which is probably why they moved it to more viable home.

Kenzan and Y3 shared development budget, bringing down costs for each.  It's really the rare Sega success story on PS3, managed through good promotion, an attractive brand and smart R&D.

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Valkyria Chronicles Read the review

Sega

9.4

8.4

9.8

0.57m

24th Apr 08

14th Sep 09

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Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!

Sega

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.30m

07th Mar 08

04th Aug 09

1

Ryu Ga Gotoku 3

Sega

N/A

N/A

N/A

0.49m

26th Feb 09

04th Aug 09

Kenzan was a Ps2 game ported to the Ps3. I doubt it shared dev costs

and you are right... it didnt get similiar sales. It got more.

It got more sales by releasing in more markets and getting thrown into bargain bins 3 months after launch.... which is consistent with what I just said.  Meanwhile Yakuza's getting full fledged PS3 sequels while Valkyria got dumbed down and mainstreamed for PSP. ;)

 

Also, where are you getting that Kenzan was an up-ported PS2 game?  That's pretty clearly not the case and Nagoshi even said it was the testbed for their PS3 engine.