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Forums - Sales Discussion - Heavenly Sword sold about 1.5m but devs didn't break even

1.5million copies and no profit???? That is lame



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no suprise..


this game not have not special and is average at best.



1) The game was extremely early in the system's life.
2) It relied heavily on legs.
3) I think bad management is a factor.



4 ≈ One

I think they expected way to much from a 4 hours long game. Hopefully they don't make the same mistake twice.



Games4Fun said:
1.5million copies and no profit???? That is lame

It sold most of them at a bargain bin price.



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That's sad. I loved the game and was hoping for a sequel.



jarrod said:
leo-j said:
that's really sad..

the game is 5 hours, and the budget was higher than MGS4s potentially.

Very sad

Eh, more than twice as many people worked on MGS4, and it was in development twice as long... pretty sure it's budget likely dwarfed Heavenly Sword's.


Kojima has suggested that it wasn't that expensive to make.



I have to ask, WTH was the team doing? They had 2 years development time (IIRC) and a seemingly HUGE budget, yet they only managed to make a 5 hour long game? What the hell??



jarrod said:
leo-j said:
that's really sad..

the game is 5 hours, and the budget was higher than MGS4s potentially.

Very sad

Eh, more than twice as many people worked on MGS4, and it was in development twice as long... pretty sure it's budget likely dwarfed Heavenly Sword's.

The MGS4 devs said they need to sell 1 million on day 1 to break even....they did that.

Ofcourse Heavenly Sword sold over 1 million over a looooong period of time.

@leo-j

Its sad for sure, but the game wasn't all that great.



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It's too bad, I loved the game, and still think it has the best voice acting in a video game to date.

This had to have to do with the fact the game was in development for so long, switched platforms, etc. Otherwise, I can't see how they will make a profit with Enslaved, as I don't see it doing much better numbers and they have to fully develop it for 2 consoles.



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