And it will go on to be Capcom's biggest home console release of the year (whichever it's released in). That includes any HD multiplat's combined sales.
Capcom have messed up a number of times this gen, with Wii games and HD multiplats, and while their HD successes may possibly have been the bigger financial successes (though, the quarter they released Monster Hunter Tri in was their best for operating profit), the HD failures were much bigger financial mistakes than their Wii mistakes. Zack and Wiki and Dead Rising Wii got nothin' on Bionic Commando and Dark Void(originally projected to sell 2 million, first NPD 22K). It seems to me the big Japanese third parties were already thinking about leaning more towards Nintendo, but Dark Void will seal the deal.
A game I'm developing with some friends:
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It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.
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