I want Breath of Fire VI on the Wii

[Words Of Wisdom]

NJ5 said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

 

The problem is that in order to argue that line instead of the above, you have to believe that a Zack and Wiki game would have the same production cost as a Breath of Fire game. I'd like to believe that even Soriku wouldn't be silly enough to argue that.

Geez, you have either chosen the wrong nickname or you're just trolling here...

Stop thinking in absolute terms. His point is that the game's success isn't dependent on selling as much as some bigger franchises. It's very simple.

 

And my point is that you can't look at the likes of Z&W's sales and say that Breath of Fire would be a success.  

I can't fathom how people could seriously believe that the cost of porting old games (like RE4/Okami) and making point and click games (Z&W) would be anywhere near making a full blown RPG title like Breath of Fire.

Not only is the same level of sales Z&W received likely not even close to reflecting what the target profit/break even point sales for a Breath of Fire title, but without a solid history of RPG titles on the Wii to examine Capcom doesn't even know if an RPG title would sell well on the Wii.  If every RPG on the Wii sold 800k for example, Capcom could at least know where to aim their budget for a Breath of Fire game but they don't even know that.

In all likelihood, it's in Capcom's best interest to very carefully watch the success or failure of the upcoming ToS game as that will likely give them great insight into the Wii's RPG market potential.