Lawlight said:
We can't compare 2 games of the same franchise? |
You tell me.
From Koei-Tecmo's perspective, their Dynasty Warriors team made this game, with the "Warriors" brand on it. They knew Zelda fans would be attracted to the theme. They wanted Zelda fans to be drawn to the game. That was the whole point of making "Hyrule" Warriors.
KT spent resources (their team's time) that could otherwise have been spent making a DW game. Nintendo did not spend resources that could otherwise have been spent making a Zelda game. The choice is between this game, which is a Warriors game, and a different non-Zelda branded Warriors game. It was not a choice between this game, which doesn't even have "Zelda" in its title, and a Zelda game.
Given the same choice again in the future -- "Do we want to collaborate on another Hyrule Warriors game?" -- are Nintendo and KT more likely to ask themselves how well the game sold compared to Zelda games, or compared to other Warriors games, considering it is the Warriors team and not the Zelda team spending their time to make the game?
Why should the fact that Zelda fans bought this game be discouraging to KT? I guarantee Nintendo is not looking at the sales saying, "Damn, this didn't sell anywhere near as well as other Zelda games. Being a completely different game made by a different development team owned by a different publisher sure dragged its sales down a lot."
