Eternal Sonata Ps3
Second most hyped game on this forum.
BOOM look at sales.
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FF games are also usually the most expensive JRPGs by a long shot with all the cutscenes, large towns, dungeons, graphics, you name it. DQ must rake in the most profits.
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Hard sales are NOT what makes the game a success. It's whether it makes any money.
For a niche game, the majority of RPGs, those can get away with less than 100k, because the budget is so low. Even the more popular series are deceptively low budget. Basically Final Fantasy is the only series that is high budget more than not, and that's only for the main series.
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Correction. The 100K number applied for non HD systems. For HD systems, around 200-250K would be needed, if not more, but fortunately, that seems to be reached more often that not.
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| indodude said: Well, devs should learn by now NOT to make JRPGs 360 exclusive. |
Actually, to expand, devs should learn to make HD games all multiplat...but they already learned that, when it comes to the PS3, at least.
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
Actually, to expand, devs should learn to make HD games all multiplat...but they already learned that, when it comes to the PS3, at least.
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Really should be making them for the wii. Even a multiplat will make less if it has even sales as a wii rpg. With the large userbase in japan (more than double 360 and ps3 combined) plus the lower production values (assuming a similar time and effort) the wii is the obvious choice.
I would say for a normal, non HD rpg the sales chart would go (based on profit margins, etc):
Below 250k: Bad
250k-350k: below average/break even
350-500k:Good
500K-1mil: Great
1mil+: Money Machine
For HD, I would say:
Below 500K: bad (bye bye small studio)
500k-750: below average/breakeven
750k- 1mil: Good
1 mil-1.5 mil: Great
1.5 Mil+: Money machine
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| Simulacrum said: Eternal Sonata Ps3 Second most hyped game on this forum. BOOM look at sales. |
You're joking right??? I can't remember a point where I'd throw it in the top 5....
OT: Budgets Vary
As for sales, anything above 500K is impressive IMO right now. The genre seems to be losing popularity FAST... This saddens me 
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all depends on the RPG. from the looks of it WKC was able to break even at 250,000 copies sold if it had a budget of 15,000,000 or less (I highly doubt it cost more then that to make)
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