mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
It sounds right in line to me. It's built on an engine that Square made themselves right?
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It sounds right in line to me. It's built on an engine that Square made themselves right?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
What the hell is so woke about this fantasy game?
The Stig
Banned
Typical post by someone who uses "would of" instead of "would have".
You know what it is but they won't say it out loud.
Shut0wen
Banned
Not sure tbh havnt really been following the game
ZoukGalaxy
Member
Someone must be somewhere with all that money.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I want to think more highly of my GAF brothers.......so I hope it's not as naked as you think it is. I'm hoping there's some deeper reason, otherwise WTH do we go from here?
AmuroChan
Member
Not surprised at the $100m price tag honestly. Last I checked Luminous had over 150 employees. S-E is located right in Shinjuku, Tokyo. So they're paying top salaries for their talents. Add to that the game was delayed for 8 months, so that's 8 extra months of salaries that count against the game's budget. Just do the math.
Hayabusabruh
Member
Did Sony pay extra for 2 year timed exclusive?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Well yeah, Square wouldn't do 2 years of timed exclusivity out of charity. Sony probably paid some amount of money or development cost for that.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
I have no doubt that the game is shit, but what's woke about it?
Just because the protagonist is a black woman?
Come on, I hate woke as much as the next guy, but seriously?
Also tiresome to some Gaffers always say "go woke go broke", all while one of the most woke games released s being highly praised on this forum.
Just because the protagonist is a black woman?
Come on, I hate woke as much as the next guy, but seriously?
Also tiresome to some Gaffers always say "go woke go broke", all while one of the most woke games released s being highly praised on this forum.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Give it time, in two years maybe they'll get a few million copies sold on Xbox.... maybe not. lol
Square better hope MS opens the coffers for some giant sweet Game Pass deal in 2025.
Square better hope MS opens the coffers for some giant sweet Game Pass deal in 2025.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Done and forgotten.
But if Forspoken cost $100M to make, breaking even might not be that hard.
That's 2M copies sold at $70 ($50 to Square). That's $100M.
Or lets say 4M copies at an average price of $25 net proceeds over time (combo of full price sales and years of bargain bin downloads). That's $100M too.
Esppiral
Member
But they also need profits not only recover the development costs
Astray
Member
This is why a lot of devs are moving back to using common engines like UE. For a while we had every big developer invest in the creation of their own engines in order to not pay the UE cut,
I'd wager that a lot of the dev costs (and maybe the technical issues) of Forspoken are because of the usage of Luminous engine.
I'd wager that a lot of the dev costs (and maybe the technical issues) of Forspoken are because of the usage of Luminous engine.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Maybe long term sales will do so, but even then recouping loses from a sunk ship is more than good enough anyway