Mad55 said:
I think its budget was higher but not by much. also a higher budget doesn't guarantee higher sales. |
A TV commercial certainly does. You show me a TV commercial for any of those supposedly just as Niche JRPGs that you listed. Hell, Demon's Souls and VC didn't have TV commercials either even though they're probably closer to the budget of Lost Odyssey.
Budgets aren't higher by much? Atelier titles continue to get sequels before Western sales even come in, so Atelier Ayesha got a sequel based off of 130,000 sales in Japan. That's the kind of budget those games have, do you honestly think Lost Odyssey would make a profit off of 130,000 sales?
The idea of comparing "new IP JRPG selling ability" by looking at games in completely different situations is ridiculous. Want a new IP JRPG to look at?Resonance of Fate which is actually a reasonable comparison because they're in the exact same situation. Same game, same budgets, same marketting campaigns, and it's a new IP.
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