misterd on 22 February 2008
| Zero Hero said: Misterd, Are you assuming that Uncharted's sales are done as of today? It was a first year PS3 title. Uncharted will hit at least 5M lifetime total. And even at reduced prices due to "Greatest Hits" status, it was investment worth making. Devs know when they have a great game or not. Releasing bad games is more due to deadlines than the "We can do no more with it" attitude. |
That misses the point I'm making. 90% or more of the games that will be released for any console will never reach Uncharted's present sales figures. I think that makes $15-20m budgets very risky. And even big titles like MGS4 - that's supposed to be hitting $40m, and maybe more when advertising is factored in. That could mean having to sell 2m copies just to make back what was spent. Given the diminished Sony user base, I would think even established franchises may be taking a big gamble.
