Wait wait wait. Lair only sold 57,000 units?! WTH?

[QUOTE="Erkidu"][QUOTE="reddemon502"]

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

agentfred

All costs included, very, very few games cost 30 million dollars. Cut that down to 250,000 copies, and I would probably agree with you.

Third party developers aren't going to take Playstation 3 seriously with losses like that.

Lilac_Benjie

lair bombed because the devs decided to use the sixaxis to control the dragon instead of the analog sticks... so that means all 3rd party will stop making games for PS3? :| i wish i was as smart as u :)

[QUOTE="Lilac_Benjie"]

Third party developers aren't going to take Playstation 3 seriously with losses like that.

M0rph0_o

lair bombed because the devs decided to use the sixaxis to control the dragon instead of the analog sticks... so that means all 3rd party will stop making games for PS3? :| i wish i was as smart as u :)

[QUOTE="Lilac_Benjie"]

Third party developers aren't going to take Playstation 3 seriously with losses like that.

M0rph0_o

lair bombed because the devs decided to use the sixaxis to control the dragon instead of the analog sticks... so that means all 3rd party will stop making games for PS3? :| i wish i was as smart as u :)

The cost of developing games for Playstation 3 is extravagant to say the least. The abysmal failures of some of Sony's most hyped games at E3 will contribute nothing to the necessary motivation for third parties to develop on the expensive Playstation 3 platform.

Further, $60 games are sold to retailers for $50. That extra $10 is how retailers make money off of new games. .Hoffgod

Isn't the $10 supposed to go to the company that owns the console? Hence the $50 price tag of PC Games versus the $60 price tag of console games?

Just asking. Not too sure myself.

[QUOTE="agentfred"][QUOTE="Erkidu"][QUOTE="reddemon502"]

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

Erkidu

All costs included, very, very few games cost 30 million dollars. Cut that down to 250,000 copies, and I would probably agree with you.

[QUOTE="M0rph0_o"][QUOTE="Lilac_Benjie"]

Third party developers aren't going to take Playstation 3 seriously with losses like that.

Erkidu

lair bombed because the devs decided to use the sixaxis to control the dragon instead of the analog sticks... so that means all 3rd party will stop making games for PS3? :| i wish i was as smart as u :)

other developers will pay close attention to how not to make a action game use sixasix in a horrible way

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"]Further, $60 games are sold to retailers for $50. That extra $10 is how retailers make money off of new games. .x_boyfriend

Isn't the $10 supposed to go to the company that owns the console? Hence the $50 price tag of PC Games versus the $60 price tag of console games?

Just asking. Not too sure myself.

57,000 units could only be done on the PS3.DaysAirlines

cant wait for Killzone 2 :lol:

Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyFantasySports00

Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyFantasySports00

Heavenly sword sold only 130k :lol:

[QUOTE="Erkidu"][QUOTE="reddemon502"]

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

reddemon502

What do you mean am I kidding, you cant say 3,420,000 isnt a lot of money. Besides, i said I didn't know how much they spent making it.

3,400,000 is very little money here

WoW! 57k. I thought at least 100k preorders. meetroid8

[QUOTE="Erkidu"][QUOTE="reddemon502"]

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

reddemon502

What do you mean am I kidding, you cant say 3,420,000 isnt a lot of money. Besides, i said I didn't know how much they spent making it.

[QUOTE="FantasySports00"]Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyAchievementNuts

Heavenly sword sold only 130k :lol:

In North America

[QUOTE="AchievementNuts"]

[QUOTE="FantasySports00"]Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyzaney

Heavenly sword sold only 130k :lol:

In North America

HS = 220,000 worldwide

[QUOTE="zaney"][QUOTE="AchievementNuts"]

[QUOTE="FantasySports00"]Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyAchievementNuts

Heavenly sword sold only 130k :lol:

In North America

HS = 220,000 worldwide

Damn, they went all out for this game. How much advertising did this get.bc1391

I havent seen one commercial for that game.

well it was a crappy game.humber_matus

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]WoW! 57k. I thought at least 100k preorders. m_machine024

Yup, I was one of those that cancelled.

I heard that's what they said on the latest 1UP Yours podcast.

WTH? :shock:

I understand it might not be great...but 57,000 units? If true, do you guys understand how much money would have been lost on this project? :shock:

I can't even imagine the level of disappointment experienced on any level (devs, marketing team, artists, engineers, project leaders, Factor 5 owners, Sony) that would go with 57,000 units sold.

Unbelievable.

Dreams-Visions

lol why would any buy that for 60 dollars. They"ll be fine, they"ll get that money back in a couple of years.

57,000 units could only be done on the PS3.DaysAirlines

OMG I had to laugh oh man. That was great timing my friend

lol why would any buy that for 60 dollars. They"ll be fine, they"ll get that money back in a couple of years.

ff7isnumbaone

Actually, no. Usually, most sales occur within the first few months.

Heavenly Sword has also sold only like 300k units.. both have flopped terriblyFantasySports00

300k is great for a game....

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

reddemon502

[QUOTE="ff7isnumbaone"]

lol why would any buy that for 60 dollars. They"ll be fine, they"ll get that money back in a couple of years.

Grive

Actually, no. Usually, most sales occur within the first few months.

Not in this case, though I think Lair will still do poor the PS3 is only in their first year.

Games can still sell well for years like Halo: CE did. I remember that game being on sale for a high price for a LONG time cause people kept buying it as time went on.

[QUOTE="reddemon502"]

57,000 X $60 = $3,420,000

Doesnt sound like a flop to me, but I don't know how much they spent making the game

real45

Yeah and then there's Marketing which probably was atleast $5 Million worldwide and that's really low more likely it's $10 Million.

So year IF it does even 400k only it's still not great. And based on how much Sony seemed to think this would push the use of the Motion sixaxis it is already a flop in that respect really.

[QUOTE="ff7isnumbaone"]

lol why would any buy that for 60 dollars. They"ll be fine, they"ll get that money back in a couple of years.

Grive

Actually, no. Usually, most sales occur within the first few months.

Playstation consoles tend to be different. Alot people have strange taste in games and alot people dont buy games for $60 especially when they hear about them being bad.

its the companys fault,they should have worked on it more.i-lick-monkeys

yep that's what I always say but when crap wii 3rd party get bad sales it's some how nintendo's fault rather than the 3rd party.

they should put it on the 360 with A. Online Play and B. Analogue stick controls...Have MS publish it, and BAM... 500k sellerpeterrobau

Just goes to show how fanboys put this game down thus virtually noone bought it. Im being really carefull this gen to save money by only buying good stuff and not being drawn in by the box.

... and this all could have been avoided with a choice of controls.humber_matus