http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/12/sources-red-dead-redemption-development-in-trouble/
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=247325
Pachter guesstimated around 1.75m copies in the first. The cvg I included mostly for the yuks.
Barozi pointed out below that first $80m (1.75u) was just to run the studio and they need another $120m? (4m units) total to make any profit? Yikes! I don't understand exactly. Is that executive salaries? The Dental Plan? Love to see that broken down.
Two VGC threads mentioned a complaint letter from spouses of R* SD and the 5m seems to be from an anonymous caller / disgruntled employee? Alternately it could be company spin to counter the neg. press and hold back bonuses. I hope it's a gross exaggeration as few arpgs especially new IPs ever do those nos.
Stuff on the working conditions and (mis)management was eye opening. I called them an excellent dev. team on another thread before learning all this. From the end product their employees deserve a break and a raise.
Gojimaster: Thank you for the heads up.
