I want Breath of Fire VI on the Wii

[Final-Fan]

Final-Fan said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Final-Fan said:

Words Of Wisdom said:
How did I miss the point? He wants to use Z&W's sales as a ruler for a possible BoF's sales and I'm saying that it's illogical to use one genre's sales to predict another.

It's like saying that because Halo 3 sold so well that a Zack and Wiki style game would sell on the 360.

From the context it appears clear to me that he is responding to Riachu saying 'They won't because it won't sell as well as FF, etc.' by saying 'That doesn't mean that they can't sell enough to be successful and well worth the effort, just like Z&W was a success despite "low" sales.' In that case, that is completely different from saying that it would do well because the game would be like Zack & Wiki. So, you missed the point -- if, of course, I didn't misinterpret Soriku's post myself.

Soriku?  [Soriku sez:  "Yeah, you got my point right."]

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.

Only if you suppose the BoF game would sell only as many as Z&W, which is not at all the same thing as being a similar sort of success (i.e. making a nice profit despite decidedly non-blockbuster status).

[edit: Also -- and forgive me if I am misremembering -- Z&W cost $40 upon its release, correct? And a BoF game would probably cost $50, right? So that would make up some of the production cost difference, too.]

Words of Wisdom, I don't think any of your responses to others have completely addressed my post above. the closest you came IMO was:
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.

RPGs have always done well on (flocked to, actually) the dominant console. NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, Wii. In fact, BoF games followed this pattern (SNES, PS1, PS2). It is upon you to explain why you think that either this pattern will not hold true or why Capcom would be afraid this pattern would not be very likely to hold true.

More importantly, though, you were still taking the comparison to Zack & Wiki too literally -- no one, much less Soriku, has said "it will be a success because it can sell as much as Zack & Wiki" which is what you're arguing against.

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The Wii may have a great market for RPGs (in fact, I'd love more RPGs for the Wii), but there are no guarantees yet. There are a great many factors that influence where a game goes platform-wise so arguing Z&W's sales as a reason to chose a platform in this case is particularly foolish.

Someone has to be first. Capcom has shown that it is not afraid to go out and be the one to put the first X game on the Wii. Why should they suddenly be so timid with RPGs? It's not just Z&W. Soriku said, "And since all other Capcom games on the Wii are selling great, BoF VI would, too."