pezus said:
happydolphin said:
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Killzone 3 did almost identically to Killzone 2, with less hype and probably less advertising too. Resistance 3 did pretty well and will eventually reach 2m. The Resistance games are not the most expensive games in the world so I see no reason why 1m in a few months wouldn't be enough to come out even.
Now do the same for the Uncharted franchise or even God of War. Man, Sony need to announce a new God of War this year.
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You're running off the assumption that these titles are not expensive to produce. I understand your reasoning, but I beg to differ, the costs must be much higher than we both might think. If not, why is Sony mentioning this? Are they bsing? I don't think so... I really believe these games cost an arm, maybe a leg, and this company is struggling to break even on these efforts, if not bleeding money. Money that could better be invested in marketing and leveraging sales for more appealing and theme-variant series such as GoW and UC, inFamous, even The Last of Us.
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They're mentioning it because they aren't profiting as much as they could be, I highly doubt they're losing money on them. Why would they then produce sequel after sequel?
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It would be called poor management and unrealistic expectations, as well as possible pressure from studios to create content that is not selling or pressure from management (one or the other).
Hey, Pezus! From OT, k?
| It’s easy to say, “Yeah, let’s make three games a year.” But game development is dynamic. You cannot plan to do that. You already have to have a certain number of games in the pipeline hoping they hit in a certain year. We love working on new IPs. It’s really hard to predict when these games get finished. |
