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No More Heroes sells well and Suda cries tears of joy
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Cool Hand Luke
Banned
Half the budget of Gears of War even...
But I've really no idea how big the budget for NMH might be.
But I've really no idea how big the budget for NMH might be.
Stormbringer
Member
It would be appreciated if you had a more concrete source for this... I believe a budget of 4 or 5 million would certainly be considered a relatively low budget (if not rather average for the platform), but given Grasshopper notoriously, extremely cheap development cycle, all signs (including the final product) seem to point to the possibility that NMH budget would be even lower than that...BrodiemanTTR said:
However, given that it doesn't seems like that the exact budget of the game was ever disclosed, I guess all this will have to remain pure speculation on our part.
has anyone even thought about WHY this is good news? it's good news because Marvelous has qualified it as a success. this in turn is good for us because it increases the likelihood that a sequel will be made should Suda choose to. the budget and even the quality (which in this case is pretty high IMO) are not factors that even matter in this case. here are the facts: No More Heroes was shipped. it received an above average critical reception. people bought it. Marvelous was happy with the number of people who bought it. there is no "it's not really a success" or "why is this a success and not Uncharted" because all of that has nothing to do with what Marvelous, the people actually making money off of this, think about the sales of the game.
to put into perspective, for a while i was afraid that Zack & Wiki's sales were poor, and it only sold 300k units WW, but Capcom was more than happy with it, and to those people who bought the game and enjoyed it are all more likely to have another Zack & Wiki game in the future.
so in conclusion:
THIS SUCCESS IS ENTIRELY IN A VACUUM BECAUSE MARVELOUS CONSIDERS IT A SUCCESS. THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN SAY, TYPE, OR DO TO CHANGE THAT REALITY.
to put into perspective, for a while i was afraid that Zack & Wiki's sales were poor, and it only sold 300k units WW, but Capcom was more than happy with it, and to those people who bought the game and enjoyed it are all more likely to have another Zack & Wiki game in the future.
so in conclusion:
THIS SUCCESS IS ENTIRELY IN A VACUUM BECAUSE MARVELOUS CONSIDERS IT A SUCCESS. THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN SAY, TYPE, OR DO TO CHANGE THAT REALITY.
_Alkaline_
Member
doomed1 said:
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AceBandage
Banned
doomed1 said:
People will still try to downplay it though. It's human nature to try and dismiss good things.
well, this as perceived by the people who downplay it is bad. it disqualifies some preconceptions about the Wii that some want to stay for their own reasons. it's fine cause thats sort of what makes system wars more interesting, but no one has any place downing NMH in this thread. it's like being that douche at a party trying to cut in all the couples dancing, but he can't so he just makes a stink.AceBandage said:
Night_Trekker
Member
140.85 said:
They are, and I'm sure they're already coming up with reasons this is a safely-ignored fluke.