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Boutros on 07 August 2013
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gigantor21 said:
outlawauron said:

and I just looked up some Grasshopper sales. Killer is Dead will pass No More Heroes 1, 2, Shadows of the Damned, and Killer 7 next week. So, it didn't bomb as badly as I thought.

 

{1999-10-07} [PS1] Silver Case (ASCII Entertainment) - 7,941 / 7,941 ***
{2001-05-02} [PS2] Flower, Sun and Rain (Victor Interactive Software) - 5,884 / 5,884 ***
{2004-08-05} [PS2] Michigan: Report from Hell (Spike) - 15,150 / 31,667 
{2005-06-09} [PS2] Killer 7 (Capcom) - 13,715 / 28,583 
{2005-06-09} [GCN] Killer 7 (Capcom) - 4,512 / 4,512 ***
{2007-12-06} [WII] No More Heroes (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13,000 / 27,873 
{2008-03-06} [NDS] Flower, Sun and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise (Marvelous Entertainment) - 3,600 / 3,600 ***
{2010-04-15} [PS3] No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13,845 / 26,151 
{2010-04-15} [360] No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (Marvelous Entertainment) - 13,105 / 18,991 
{2010-10-21} [WII] No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Marvelous Entertainment) - 9,463 / 24,308 
{2011-07-21} [PS3] No More Heroes: Red Zone Edition (Marvelous Entertainment) - 40,050 / 63,054 
{2011-09-22} [PS3] Shadows of the Damned (Electronic Arts) - 9,236 / 19,299 
{2011-09-22} [360] Shadows of the Damned (Electronic Arts) - 2,040 / 5,026 
{2012-06-14} [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games) - 50,013 / 76,078 
{2012-06-14} [360] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Games) - 14,434 / 17,649 

...have ANY of these turned a profit? The current-gen ones, in particular.

Lollipop Chainsaw was a fair success worldwide. It shipped 700k copies as of August 2012 (2 months after release). It probably had new shipments since.

Having played the game I would be really surprised if that's not enough to make a profit. Grasshopper games are usually pretty short of length and content and they're not technically amazing.

Killer is Dead isn't published by GungHo (their next game will) so we haven't seen how much the acquisition will benefit Grasshopper.