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Staude on 17 June 2009

Yasuhiro Wada, president of Marvelous Entertainment, has claimed in jest that Grasshopper’s upcoming mystery PlayStation 3 title may cripple the publisher financially.

Speaking with Siliconera, Wada joked, “If we do that [game] we might go bankrupt,” adding, “We are making it, but if we make everything then it’s a little too risky.”

Unfortunately, Wada then donned his serious cap and refused to divulge any further details on the project, stating, “Because it’s secret we can’t really go into details here."

Grasshopper is best known for its work on GameCube/PlayStation 2 cel-shaded shooter Killer7 and Wii slash ‘em up No More Heroes. Stay tuned for more info on the firm’s PS3 project as it breaks.

http://www.psu.com/Marvelous-says-Grasshopper-PS3-title-is-a-risk-News--a007572-p0.php

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I wonder if it's a psn game, a fully fledged normal game or a wand game.

Wand game would be the most risky out of the three obviously.



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Harkins1721 on 17 June 2009

I thought No more Heroes was a big hit? What the hell happened?



Kenology on 17 June 2009
Harkins1721 said:
I thought No more Heroes was a big hit? What the hell happened?

The dev costs of HD game development are pretty huge for such a small company like Grasshopper.



Rhonin the wizard on 17 June 2009
Harkins1721 said:
I thought No more Heroes was a big hit? What the hell happened?

We're getting a sequel for it on Wii.

OP: He must be talking about Kurayami. Since the horror game is also coming to PC/Wii/Xbox360.



SaviorX on 17 June 2009

If something happens and this one game does put Marvelous out of business, I will hate the PS3 and ultimately Sony forever.


What the guy says means that due to reasonable constraints, they can't do everything with the game that they wanted to because of funds and overall dev time. It is too risky too push this game to sayInfamous, MGS4, Killzone2 type levels because they just can't handle that financially.


I don't think any of Marvelous' games have passed the $8m threshold before, correct me if I am wrong.



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Steroid on 17 June 2009
SaviorX said:
If something happens and this one game does put Marvelous out of business, I will hate the PS3 and ultimately Sony forever.


What the guy says means that due to reasonable constraints, they can't do everything with the game that they wanted to because of funds and overall dev time. It is too risky too push this game to sayInfamous, MGS4, Killzone2 type levels because they just can't handle that financially.


I don't think any of Marvelous' games have passed the $8m threshold before, correct me if I am wrong.

So basicly nothing will change.



Lostplanet22 on 17 June 2009
SaviorX said:
If something happens and this one game does put Marvelous out of business, I will hate the PS3 and ultimately Sony forever.


What the guy says means that due to reasonable constraints, they can't do everything with the game that they wanted to because of funds and overall dev time. It is too risky too push this game to sayInfamous, MGS4, Killzone2 type levels because they just can't handle that financially.


I don't think any of Marvelous' games have passed the $8m threshold before, correct me if I am wrong.

What is the difference with now? Even if No More Heroes failed on the Wii and let grasshopper got bankrupt you would still hate the PS3



 

SaviorX on 17 June 2009
Lostplanet22 said:
SaviorX said:
If something happens and this one game does put Marvelous out of business, I will hate the PS3 and ultimately Sony forever.


What the guy says means that due to reasonable constraints, they can't do everything with the game that they wanted to because of funds and overall dev time. It is too risky too push this game to sayInfamous, MGS4, Killzone2 type levels because they just can't handle that financially.


I don't think any of Marvelous' games have passed the $8m threshold before, correct me if I am wrong.

What is the difference with now? Even if No More Heroes failed on the Wii and let grasshopper got bankrupt you would still hate the PS3


Thing is, NMH2 putting them out of business isn't even posssible. Even if the series doubled in costs, it would have to sell 800k to do well? As for me, Sony PR has done epic fails so many times, they are just..................eh, I have a PS2 though.

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psrock on 17 June 2009

Don't make the game then, why put your company out of business just for making a game for the PS3. I don't get it.



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Spedfrom on 17 June 2009

@ SaviorX

I love how Xbox fanboys always find an excuse to blame the PS3 for something. It's Grasshopper who wants to make a PS3 exclusive. If it fails to connect with the players, the fault is on them, not on the console or its players.