De85 on 30 November 2009
| famousringo said: The previous two Call of Duty games on DS sold 650k and 460k, so it's no wonder that they've released a third. As for AC, I dunno. The first one seems to have bombed hard on DS, but done pretty well on iPhone. Perhaps the cost of making these games is so low that it doesn't take many unit sales to turn a profit. Perhaps even when they underperform, publishers punt them out to try to help build franchise recognition. Every copy on a shelf is a little billboard for other games in the franchise. They want people to think, "Oh, Assassin's Creed. I hear the DS game sucks, but I should get around to grabbing it for my 360." |
I don't think that's how most peoples' thought processes work. If they hear that the game sucks on DS they would probably associate the entire franchise with suckage. The most desirable outcome for Ubisoft is to have people enjoy the DS version so they want to pick up an HD version, or vice versa.
