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Pk9394 on 28 May 2007
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vizunary said:
Pk9394 said:
here is a thought, rumor or not. if PS3 continue to sell poorly Kojima will have no choice but to make a x360 version this is why kojima have no say!! as long he gets the monthly paycheck from the person up there. that person up there will only go with where there is money around, not risking a 30million(very conservative estimate) project on a system that has a tiny install base. Kojima can say whatever he want right now, but he does not have the final say to have MGS being exclusive or not. If he is the one giving out paycheck every month then he can do whatever he want with MGS4

Only 500,000 copies would return 30million, I don't think it would be a stretch to at least double that (and please do not begin to debate that I'm calculating retail and not shipping expense and retailer profit and paying Vinnie not to highjack the truck load, etc)

When Kojima ported MGS2 to the Xbox as MGS2: Substance, it did not do well, I think the 2nd version probably sold more on the PS2, I know that I bought it again, same goes for MGS3 when it's Subsistence came out. Does anyone know if the Twin Snakes version on Gamcube did well? If these fans aren't going to buy the games why would he waste his time porting it when he knows his loyal fanbase is ready for it or planning to get a PS3 for the game(and others)?


Do I even have to back up my arguement??? 500k * $60(yea konami get $60 from each copy sold) = 30million, and my arguement is not about how many copy needed to turn in a profit, its about who got the last say to have exclusive or not, and its not the decision of the disigner, unless that designer is writting off paycheck to empolyee, then he'll have the ultimate saying to any business decision.

and please know what you talking about before you point out 500k copies would return 30million, yes your correct in revenue, but 30 million is my estimate cost of developing the game. 30 million revenue does not cancel out 30 million cost.