Euphoria14 said:
In todays market a Spyro The Dragon game will flip big time. Who will play a game similar to Mario or Banjo with a Dragon? It just won't work. Spyro single play gaming is done. |
Yes, it'll flop if they give it a AAA budget and expect it to sell several million copies. Every type of game can suceed if realistic expectations are put into context and an appropriate budget is set relative to those expectations. There are plenty of platforming games made by Indie studios that have done very well financially (ie, Spelunky, Guacamelee, etc) without having to sell millions of copies. There's no reason why a game like Spyro can't work if given to the right studio and Activision is realistic with its sales forecast. That's why a game like RE6, that sold 5+ million copies, was viewed as a disappointment financially because Capcom forcasted it to sell 7 million copies. Meanwhile, P4G, which sold around 800K copies, was a financially hit for Atlus as it far exceeded the studio's expectations of 500K copies sold.