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S.T.A.G.E. on 07 April 2016
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Areaz32 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Im not saying the game will need anywhere near the sales of FFXV but rather it will need to make a profit to justify its similar timeframe. This seems to be Sony Japans largest venture to date and was outpaced by the likes of even knack and that made a profit. It says it reached 1.6 million copies sold over here, so it might be slightly more in reality. Much like Square with Final Fantasy, the ICO franchises seem to be Sony Japan's baby and it seemed worth it to keep it alive rather than trashing it. Regardless, everything has a price. 

The game development resources don't just scale with time. The game had essentially been frozen in development for years and years where there weren't any money put into the project. The fact that they had to rehire their director didn't increase the cost particularly.

The game was already a relatively small size production the fact that they might have to increase the budget by 50% is still nowhere near FFXV. 

1 million in sales would be enough to cover the costs to make back what they have spent i am 100% sure.

They didnt freeze development for years. Look it up. Everytime the media thought the game was dead Sony reassured everyone that it wasnt. The game was just stuck in a funded development hell. This game was one of the hardest tasks Sony Japan has ever taken. Next gen expectations plus the ICO pedigree leaves a lot to live up to. Also yes, the money for these types of games generally runs out after 3 to four years which means the budget was either doubled or tripled.