brendude13 said:
AGHHHHHHHH. I'm sick of hearing this! Releasing a game on a newly launched console doesn't stop people from buying the game in the future. Look at Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PS3, Final Fantasy X on PS2 and so on, both early launching games that went on to become some of the best selling games on the system. In fact, sequels that release nearer the end of a console generation can often end up doing worse. Also, that $150 million figure sounds like bullshit, they haven't had a full team working on the game for the past 7 years, and they sure as hell aren't being paid to twiddle their thumbs. With all the delays and changes, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a hefty sum, but $150 million is pushing it. Even if that is the worst case scenario, 5 million units sounds possible if the PS4 is a reasonable success and Square Enix really push the game and rebrand it as Final Fantasy XV. And even then, making it multiplatform can't guarantee significantly more sales and profit, especially if Sony is giving them incentives. |
the 5 million number is just as much bullshit as the 150million number. It's probably more like 2.5mil in Japan and the west would be profit.
Why? $30 per $60 goes to SE. SE will sell this at more than $70 though. Also, DD will be bigger when launched than it is now. That cuts out manufacturing, packaging, shipping, and retailer costs. I wouldn't be surprised if SE got at least $40 per game in Japan... Now Japan won't reach that 150mil mark (even though rumor says 120... for some reason this budget keeps going up and up *cough*forumpostersspeculationwithnoclue*cough*) but it could get close to the 100mil mark
