VG Republic Writes: Tomb Raider, the origin story of Lara Croft, release just a month ago to an eager fan base failed to live up to the expectations that were set forth by publisher Square Enix. In a statement released today, reported first by IGN, the company stated that the expected sales for the title were 5 Million copies for the first month of its launch. The funny part about those numbers is that the figure that was achieved, 3.4 Million Units, is considered to be an exceptional amount for any game that isn’t a Call of Duty franchise. There is no embarrassment in selling 3.4 million units in the first month of the launch of any title, so why Square Enix set the bar so high is beyond anyone’s imagination.
Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.
I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence
The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.
Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.
Square Enix will be releasing three new manga titles later this year, all of which are available for pre-order now.
People should be worried about Square, period.
They matched advertising with production costs apparently, then they set their sales expectations to high.
They let the supposed value of their brand name go to their head.
Considering its a reboot and almost like a new IP itself. Selling 3.4 million units is far beyond DmC's launch. Its a success as far as I see as new IPs typically sell about 1-2 Million at most.
5 million is unrealistic goal for a reboot/first entry into the series. Now for a sequel to that said reboot/first entry with numbers like 3.4 Million for the first one. Then 5 million looks more than possible.
May we never forget this:
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They have no idea how good they did with this game.
All Square has to do is lower their sales expectations. They have to understand that Tomb Raider is 3.4 million copies of games that they would not have ever sold had the game never been released. So, they should just make sure that the sequel's budget reflects those sales expectations.