Blob on 02 January 2015
| S.T.A.G.E. said: In the event of THQ's demise I thought people would have second thoughts about such things in this era as games become more and more expensive to make. I know Platinum will walk away from this, but as I wrote in the first post, if Nintendo continues to do this...how much longer can they do it until a desired effect takes place or (sadly) before the bleeding impact starts to occur? I know that they have a lot of money in the bank, but it doesn't completely provide a any solace in todays world. Sega had to go out of pocket historically to fend off Nintendo when they had third party and it hurt them over time when they had no contolling marketshare. I mean...take Capcom for instance....Sony is funding the game, but the difference is...Sony knows Street FIghter will sell high numbers on their platform. It sold 4 million on the PS3 alone and around that time it was being outsold by the Xbox 360. I'm calling six million on Street Fighter alone this gen on the Playstation platform. I would be fine with eight hundred thousand for Nintendo given the costs, because the first Bayonetta sold two million between multiple platforms and Sega couldn't bear the weight of the development any longer. This brings me to the question...which I guess you've forced out of me and I thank you for that. If two million in sales isn't enough for Sega...then how is 450k good enough for Nintendo when Bayonetta 2 obviously had a much larger budget? |
Nintendo needs to keep doing until the desired effect takes place. If they need to break even or lose a bit of money on 20 games until this happens then it will be money well spent in their eyes.
Bayonetta 1s price dropped like a rock too not long after launch so while it may have made 2 million in sales the profit it generated would have been quite low due to bargain bin pricing. Nintendo won't drop the price like that so currently every sale is at maximum profit for them. Im also not even sure if bayonetta 2 had a bigger budget, the engine was already made and there were a lot of reused assets.
