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outlawauron on 28 January 2009
Chrizum said:

Capcom has a terrible business strategy if Zack & Wiki and Okami really didn't make a profit.

In february 2008, Capcom stated Zack & Wiki sold well. So selling well means still losing money? Ouch for Capcom's business strategy.

Zack & Wiki has now sold over 500.000 units, 90% of them at 50 dollars/euro's. 95% of the similar games that reached that number, made a healthy profit (De Blob, No More Heroes, Boom Blox), as it's been stated numerous times by publishers and analysts.

500k for a low budget niche game should rake in a good profit. It looks like Capcom spent over 10 million dollars making Zack & Wiki. You can probably make 2 times No More Heroes and 2 times De Blob combined with that amount of money. Obviously, Capcom has a terrible business strategy.

The unability of Capcom to make any money with Zack & Wiki selling over 500k units within a year is telling. Capcom is lost.

Okami was selling "along expectations", and it's on track to outsell the PS2 version. The Wii version is obviously a port, and it couldn't have cost much money at all. Still, it failed to make Capcom any money.

Conclusion: Capcom has a terrible business strategy and is unable to make any money even though all other publishers are able to with similar products and similar sales. Capcom is extremely inefficient.

But that isn' the case. Most of Zack and Wikis sales came from the $10-20 level. (Which it is now)



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Khuutra on 28 January 2009
ClaudeLv250 said:
Roffle, he trashed gaf too? Who tied his panties in a double knot?

I don't know whether or not that's an indirect slam to NPD, MC, and Famitsu....



noname2200 on 28 January 2009
outlawauron said:
Chrizum said:

Capcom has a terrible business strategy if Zack & Wiki and Okami really didn't make a profit.

In february 2008, Capcom stated Zack & Wiki sold well. So selling well means still losing money? Ouch for Capcom's business strategy.

Zack & Wiki has now sold over 500.000 units, 90% of them at 50 dollars/euro's. 95% of the similar games that reached that number, made a healthy profit (De Blob, No More Heroes, Boom Blox), as it's been stated numerous times by publishers and analysts.

500k for a low budget niche game should rake in a good profit. It looks like Capcom spent over 10 million dollars making Zack & Wiki. You can probably make 2 times No More Heroes and 2 times De Blob combined with that amount of money. Obviously, Capcom has a terrible business strategy.

The unability of Capcom to make any money with Zack & Wiki selling over 500k units within a year is telling. Capcom is lost.

Okami was selling "along expectations", and it's on track to outsell the PS2 version. The Wii version is obviously a port, and it couldn't have cost much money at all. Still, it failed to make Capcom any money.

Conclusion: Capcom has a terrible business strategy and is unable to make any money even though all other publishers are able to with similar products and similar sales. Capcom is extremely inefficient.

But that isn' the case. Most of Zack and Wikis sales came from the $10-20 level. (Which it is now)

Judging by the comments Svennson made, yes and no. On the "yes" side is the fact that the game's been budget-priced here in the U.S. for a long time now. On the "no" side is the fact that (evidently) it's still full-price in Europe, and Svennson's comment that they get paid by what's shipped to retailers, rather than sold to customers (although a big difference there WILL come back to bite you in the future).

Also, I've no hard data saying when the majority of U.S. sales occurred, but common sense says that you're right that at least a large chunk came at budget prices.

 



NJ5 on 28 January 2009
outlawauron said:

But that isn' the case. Most of Zack and Wikis sales came from the $10-20 level. (Which it is now)

In Europe the game costs 30-50 € right now.

 



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outlawauron on 28 January 2009
NJ5 said:
outlawauron said:

But that isn' the case. Most of Zack and Wikis sales came from the $10-20 level. (Which it is now)

In Europe the game costs 30-50 € right now.

Really? I bought it for only $10 at Toys R Us in early 2008.....



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.jayderyu on 28 January 2009

Certain Capcom staff clearely does not like the Wii. He's also full of it. "Multiplatform Strategy" my foot. If this was the case why are most games going to HD and why isn't MH going to HD? As many people as possible? hardly.

While I can't say DMC may do well on the Wii, SF has a long set of older fans that have gone to the Wii. They just don't get it. So they for the most part give the Wii second hand developers. There developers are treated like rock starts, they are trying achieve popularity within a given community rather than work a good business.



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theRepublic on 28 January 2009
outlawauron said:
NJ5 said:
outlawauron said:

But that isn' the case. Most of Zack and Wikis sales came from the $10-20 level. (Which it is now)

In Europe the game costs 30-50 € right now.

Really? I bought it for only $10 at Toys R Us in early 2008.....

That's because they clearanced the game to get rid of stock.  They do not sell it anymore.



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noname2200 on 28 January 2009

By the by, if anyone wants to ask the guy who wrote that questions, you can propose them here.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11801

Have at, folks.



MasterZack on 28 January 2009

i think Z&W its a good game, but i never finish it



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SSSBOLIMAR on 28 January 2009

i have to try it i guess t o make a final decision