Nuttro93 wrote:
After launch of god of war 3 they launched a god of war collection with 1 and 2, the first of the HD classic series. They sold very well on god of war 3 as well as the collection which is why other game companies have followed making HD classics.
Alot of others haven't sold well, though. The Sly Collection has sold around 350,000 copies. The Tomb Raider Trilogy has sold 380,000 copies. The Splinter Cell Collection has sold (brace yourself) 60,000 copies. That's right, sixty thousand. So this idea that "it would totally sell, like totally like so many totally like copies... totally" is a bit misguided.
The other problem is that these are eight year old, and in some cases, TEN year old games. How much money do you think they are going to make selling a ten year old game. If you turn around and say "I'd like totally pay totally $60 for it", you're really not being honest with me or yourself. You're going to make more money on a more expensive product with a higher profit margin. It's simple economics. You're not going to make a whole lot on reselling a ten year old game that you've already played.
I really don't understand this whole obession with playing ten year old games. Okay, I can understand if you haven't played it the first time, but to me it's like you don't want to play anything new. I've said it before and it bears repeating, the excuse of "there's no good games" may have worked in 2007, but it 2012 it doesn't fly anymore.
