caffeinade on 25 January 2018
| AngryLittleAlchemist said: I'm afraid it's just because Donkey Kong is such a niche IP. No one owned a Wii U, so now we have to pass the cost down to consumers. Thanks Nintendo for exposing some much needed light on the Donkey Kong series, it's always been really under represented and I'm glad to see it's 60$. |
The game sold 1.7m units on WiiU (according to VGC).
Anyone spending over $60m on a 2D platformer deserves to lose money.
Tropical Freeze was very likely, very profitable on the WiiU.
That being said: Retro Studios is a talented developer, and it could be argued that making only tens of millions is beneath them.
Opportunity cost.
