Media Create Sales: Week 18, 2015 (Apr 27 - May 3)

[Ali_16x]

sc94597 said:

Ali_16x said:
Am I the only one genuinely worried for Monolith Soft? I think this game had a pretty big budget and it selling this low isn't a good sign no. I really hope they keep making JRPGs, we need more.

It likely didn't have a massive budget. The game has almost no  advertisment and they mentioned multiple times that there were budget constraints. If it sells 1 million (which if it follows the pattern of Xenoblade Chronicles it should) then it will likely make a revenue betwen $40-50 million. A game like this probably would have cost $20 mil to produce as Nintendo is a very budget pinching company. It shows if you read Tachikoma's analysis as well. 

Well we don't know the exact amount but a open world game as big as Xenoblade, i would say it has a pretty big budget, not 50+ million but big. 

Also, it's not making $40-$50 million in revenues, the only way that would happen is if it sold 1 million for $60 and we know that isn't going to happen.

I think it will sell better in the west but not by that much. I don't think Nintendo will even advertise this game in the west and if they, it won't be that much.