| Scizor_99 said: Money doesn't just come out thin air. Think about it. You're asking them to spend 10x the money (probably this much if they want to make a good game) making an entirely different kind of Pokemon game on Nintendo home consoles, which are in not good shape right now and are dwindling in Japan. Furthermore, such products would require longer devlopment cycles, meaning they depend that much more on sales to pull a profit. Let's not mention what will happen to the handheld version (that is to assume such a thing still exists) when hardcore gamers flee to the version which is clearly superior. How would they be more profitable? You're essentially asking them to make a move that would likely lose them A LOT of money, even when you take into consideration new and returning fans. While it's perfectly reasonable to ask companies to do things that may not clearly be the best from a business standpoint, it's completely unreasonable to ask them to make investments that will have severly diminished returns. |
The same reason GTA is more profitable now that it's in 3D. The same reason Pokemon is. The same reason Mario is. People won't just stop buying the 2D versions, especially not if they're like me, and many of us are. In Mario's case, people buy the 2D versions more. All are more profitable now that they've gone to their larger 3D scales. It wouldn't lose them money. It would make them even more money. A lot more.
Gamefreak already knows how to force the audience to collectively own both versions. Don't underestimate that.
