Topic: Cox: "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best seller of the saga"

[Pfil]

"Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best seller of the saga"

The producer of the outstanding Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Dave Cox, has assured that this title developed by the spanish studio MercurySteam has become the best seller of the saga; which has encouraged them to work on its sequel to beat this mark.

In this sense, nevertheless, he recognizes that in Konami "they have realistic expectations" for Lords of Shadow 2; though in a humorous tone Dave Cox indicates that if the game sells 3,5 millions of copies worldwide, "I would dance naked on the street".

When talking about "realistic expectations", Cox references to recently published hack-and-slash sales, which experienced "dissapointing" sales, according to him.
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Original article (in spanish): http://www.3djuegos.com/noticia/133720/0/castlevania-lords-of-shadow/ventas/secuela/

[Pfil]

Not much to say about the article, personally.
Cox delights us again with his speeches, and spanish site "3DJuegos" can't be less, and praises "their" Castlevania. This web is one of the most complete in spanish, but when it comes to nationalism they remind me of "our" Skycaptain.
For example, they gave Mirror of Fate 9/10 (their highest Castlevania score ever), with a valoration of "Supreme", but they never reviewed Order of Ecclesia (amongst others), and on the site's description of the game they say the name of the heroine is "Shinoa".

[cecil-kain]

Lords of Shadow has a slight lead over Symphony of the Night in terms of retail sales, but if you count SotN's digital sales from the PSN and XBLA ---Lords of Shadow is probably still #2.

[Phoenix7786]

He's also (unfairly) neglecting to mention that LoS is cross-platform (yes I know that XBL has SotN but you know what I mean) and that boost is what gives it its edge.

[crisis]

Lords of Shadow was also had the honor of being part of the "PS3 Bundle" systems (like MGS4), so does that add anything to sales figures?

[Maedhros]

LoS had more budget than all the other games combined too.

[Flame]

SoTN was cross platform!

It was on the Saturn!

Eh? Eh? Nobody?

[Thomas Belmont]

He's also (unfairly) neglecting to mention that LoS is cross-platform (yes I know that XBL has SotN but you know what I mean) and that boost is what gives it its edge.

SotN has been on Playstation, Sega Saturn, PSP, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360. The game has also been around since 1997. Lords of Shadow's sales is pretty impressive, especially since it has only been around for a couple of years. 

[Phoenix7786]

I'm talking cross-platform at the height of its popularity or at release. SotN WAS indeed available on the Saturn, but the Saturn was a clear loser in the console wars (as opposed to the PS3/Xbox360/Wii war).

[Shiroi Koumori]

Plus i think people have more purchasing power now than in 1997.

[DragonSlayr81]

Plus i think people have more purchasing power now than in 1997.

Gaming HAS seemingly become more mainstream, and LoS seems to be the most "mainstream" CV title of the entire franchise(or at least the most attune to mainstream taste).

[Neobelmont]

makes me wonder how loi would have sold if it was released on xb and gc alongside the ps2?

[Flame]

Plus i think people have more purchasing power now than in 1997.

How easy is that to say though?

Economy was better, and gaming prices seemed lower from now, but adjusting for inflation and all that...

[Thomas Belmont]

makes me wonder how loi would have sold if it was released on xb and gc alongside the ps2?

It really is weird that LoI was never released for the Game Cube and Xbox. I wonder why it was a PS2 exclusive.

[Flame]

Maybe some kind of Sony deal? After the N64 games, (and SoTN, which was ported to the Saturn in japan) all the console games were on Sony Consoles, with the handhelds on Nintendo handhelds. (Until DXC happened)

Maybe they had some kind of exclusivity deal with Sony that expired some time before Judgement? (as for handhelds, well until the PSP, Nintendo pretty much had the monopoly on handhelds... Then the PSP came out, with actual 3D graphical capability on a handheld)