jarrod said:
Hero_time88 said:
jarrod said:
Torillian said:
VC2 going to PSP could be for a plethora of reasons, it is not proof that the first didn't make money. I have a hard time believing that the game got 570k sales and still hasn't earned Sega a cent. |
I'm not arguing profitability, just likely expectations. And then, I think it's likely localized to Japan, I doubt Sega expected much in the west (they clearly don't with the sequel). In Japan though, this was hearalded as a AAA game, from the Sakura Taisen team, with a huge promotional push and even Famitsu coverage for months after it released. They probably expected Japanese sales more in line with the main Sakura Taisen games (~300-600k, pre-budget).
This is all pretty OT though, we should keep the discussion centered on this week's sales.
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Probably, becausethe first shipment was of 100k copies.
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Shipments aren't always a good barometer for expectations, since they're set by retail AND publishers.
A big budget with a low shipment isn't necessarily an automatic success.
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I kinda doubt they where expecting that much from a strategy RPG when even the more commercial JRPG's dind't reach those numbers during the last years of the PS2.
Sakura Taisen did came 10 years and 2 generations prior to VC, and a lot of things have changed since then, which doesn't help your arguement either.
