HappySqurriel on 10 December 2007
| totalwar23 said: See, this is what I don't get. If his games generally bombed, how is still finding the funds to develop more games. He must have done something right at some point. |
Bombed is relative ...
Sell 500,000 copies of a game like Killer 7 which cost $5 Million to develop (to pick a number) and the publisher makes $10 Million in revenue and $5 Million in profit. Sell 1 Million copies of a game like Metal Gear Solid 4 which cost $40 Million to develop (to pick a number) and the publisher makes $20 Million in revenue and has $20 Million in losses.
In general, I would say that certain publishers are probably anticipating that the unique style of Grasshopper and its ultra-violent themes will eventually have break-out success in North America and Europe and they might become as well known as Rockstar. This makes up for lower profits in the short run ...
