The mid-tier should be brought back to revive classic IPs

[pokoko]

DanneSandin said:

pokoko said:

"Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is coming February 5, but it will require a few less coins than you might have been expecting. Sony announced today that the game will cost $39.99 for the PlayStation 3 version. As the game is part of the cross buy program, the $40 price tag includes a download of the Vita game at no extra cost."  http://www.shacknews.com/article/77311/sly-cooper-4-to-cost-40-on-ps3-30-on

VGC has sales at 0.49M for the PS3 version.  

Sony has been releasing games at different price points for quite awhile.

So, Sly Cooper apparently didnt do great, but how does similarly priced games from Sony fare?

Didn't do great?  I suppose not, but what is "great" for a budget title?  And if Sly Cooper came in at 0.71M across the PS3 and Vita, should we really be playing up Captain Toad at 0.59M as an example of great success?  Sly Cooper was also on PS+, probably had more digital sales, and has a movie coming out.

Puppeteer did poorly as a budget title but was in a very difficult spot.  It could have performed better, I think, under better circumstances.  The director of the game, however, didn't seem to think it did that badly, so perhaps the budget was modest.  He also revealed that he will be making more games that will be digital only.