capcom not happy with darkside chronicles sales, mh3 + hardcore games talk

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jammy2211 said:

theRepublic said:

mike_intellivision said:

Metallicube said:
I think what Malstrom predicted is largely coming to fruition. 3rd parties are starting to scratch their heads about the lack of sales for their crappy "birdman" games so they will all retreat upmarket to where they feel comfortable; to the PS3 and 360 hardcore markets, until they go bankrupt or lose enormous amounts of money. Which will then open the floodgates to a plethora of indie devs eager to take advantage of the Wii success and the largely untapped expanded audience market.

Capcom is falling prey to this, like most other 3rd parties. Their logic is, well Umbrella Chronicles sold well, so a sequel should too right? But it's not always that simple to sell to the expanded audience. They demand something new, and appealing to them.

I think we have a winner here. If you look at the sales -- and the points I have made previously in this thread -- show this is exactly what is happening. 

That makes the Wii a high risk, high reward proposition -- which most people do not like.

 

Mike from Morgantown

Considering the price of development, I don't consider the Wii to be high risk.  It's just that third parties have no clue how to tap into the reward part on the Wii, while the same-old-same-old continues to work on the PS3 and 360.

 If the game is going to be as good as a HD developement third party type game, and marketed the same, then it is a high risk. The marketing alone for a HD game is normally set up a minimum of $10 million 0_o.

 Certainly would cost less to develope, but you're losing $10 per copy sold too.

The marketing for HD games is because of the higher development costs. So you claiming those are the same circumstances shows you aren't paying attention to the numbers.