The Video Game Industry is Dying!!!

[Xxain]

johnsobas said:

Xxain said:

johnsobas said:
man if 500k made a profit on HD systems nobody would be losing money right now. Even Bionic Commando would have made a profit.

dude...thats with a budget of 20mil...not 60mill budget like these fish are tossin around

yea and 20 million has been quoted time and time again as the average.  Bionic Commando is probably right around the average, it shipped 600k and was an epic flop.  Haze sold over 800k and the studio had to close down.  Dead Space sales were called a "dissapointment" and that sold 1.5 million.

your absolutely right..the average HD game is 20mil... which Bionic was right on, BC didnt fail because it had a average budget it failed because CAPCOM sent it to die..it was basically stealth released and only sold 130,000 in its lifetime... Haze and Dead Space budget were FAAAR beyound 20mill...Dead was more of the developer believeing deserved more sales compared what it got