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Wright on 04 April 2013
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DigitalDevilSummoner said:
Wright said:
DigitalDevilSummoner said:

While the OP compares lots of mainline games against spin offs, there is some hidden truth, for example:

Demon's Souls (1.68) did not see such an increase across 3 platforms with Dark Souls (2.14) especially considering it was 3 times the production of the first one.

And of course Final Fantasy XIII. a big wtf to some xbox bigmouths.  especially considering it was more of an action game than any mainline FF game.


But then, that raises the same question. Would have Dark Souls sold more if it had been exclusive? After all, it did sell more being multiplatform. And .46 is not a bad increase in sales, despite being 3 times the production.

 

Maybe not BUT here comes the argument of increased development costs. Not only regarding the scale of the game itself but optimising it for hugely different engines. The real question is: was it worth it ?

The issue with Demon's Souls as we all know is that it sold slowly over a very long period of time, not because of fancy marketing but because of word of mouth. Which means tha most people that got the game knew what they were getting themselves into and still Dark Souls failed to attract that original crowd although it was objectively an improvement. Whereas for Dark Souls there was more of a fuss and I highly doubt lots of xbox people will return for II.


I do think it was worth it. It depends wether Demon's Souls was moved by Havok or not; then they had the engine prepared and merely needed to polish it and then optimise for the other console. If it wasn't worth it, they wouldn't have bothered going with the "Prepare to Die" edition for PC (which they mess up, but that's another matter).

I do understand the point you're making, but you've gotta admit that almost 500k units sold is not bad by any means. We can't really know wether they made profit, but they did sell more than leaving it exclusive (or not, HERE's the problem ;_;).

 

I don't agree with the second game, doubt. I can see it selling more or less the same in the 360 version. But well, only time will say.