Topic: Lords of Shadow producer believes the days of 2D Castlevania games are gone

[Ahasverus]

wat

Joke character.

[e105beta]

What is this?

I don't even...

[Chernabogue]

Remember Cox has no real power in the studio. Enric Alvarez is the one responsible for LoS.

[beingthehero]

I found this from an ancient NeoGaf thread.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75273&highlight=castlevania

    "We knew that Castlevania DS was already a highly anticipated title, and we are very pleased, not only with the commercial success, but also with the critical acclaim that the product received from both consumers and the editorial community. The game has exceeded our expectations and we continue to see solid re-orders at retail," Product Manager Matt Knoles said.

    The game was the #2 portable SKU for the month of October, with about 77,000 copies sold, according to NPD.

    The game's brisk first-month sales and solid legs seem to indicate many things, all of which are positive for Konami. It shows that the franchise has a loyal fan base that will follow the franchise to new hardware. It also seems to indicate that Castlevania awareness has deepening roots within the hardcore community. Despite the DS's installed base being entirely dwarfed by that of the GBA, DoS' launch performance was very comparable to the launches of all three GBA releases.

At least Dawn of Sorrow seemed to be a rather rousing success.

[Dremn]

I had no idea Dawn of Sorrow sold so well.

I guess Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia didn't do so hot then, or the idea that the DS Vanias sold terribly is bogus conjecture.

[Nagumo]

Stupid IGA killing the franchise with 77k sales

[crisis]

i recall iga saying in several interviews that if said game sold well, then theyll make more. so if por sold poorly then how did ooe get greenlit? and sheesh, ooe may not have sold a million units but it was still critically acclaimed, doesnt that count for something? mof, while i enjoyed it for what it was, was still a step backwards from ooe in many ways. i just fear that konami may look at mof and say "well that didnt go so well, theres no audience for handheld 2d castlevania anymore"

[Dremn]

I believe there will be another game on 3DS eventually, probably not anytime soon though.

Perhaps IGA will drop a hint at GDC.

[zangetsu468]

I knew DOS had to have sold well, because it took me about 2 months to buy a copy.
It was literally sold out on every shelf in my city, there wasn't even external stock available. I ended up importing it from the UK. (and yes, She was all that)

The 3DS is a great console, and would be prime for more DS castlevania, the only thing I fear is that for commercial games (MOF, ALBW, etc) the majority all seem to use 3D graphics which has worked well for some franchises and not so much for others. What I'm saying is potentially for a new 3DSVania, if it isn't a 2D game with sprites and pixels then it really doesn't interest me. 3D CV will always belong to consoles, true 2D CV should retain its position on handhelds.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Perhaps IGA will drop a hint at GDC.

IS anyone going to the GDC?

[Maedhros]

DoS sold better than LoS2 on it's month launch... costing 1/10th of the budget of LoS2... think about it...

[Ahasverus]

DoS sold better than LoS2 on it's month launch... costing 1/10th of the budget of LoS2... think about it...

You keep repeating that as if it was a triumph. The old series wasn't rebooted because reboots were cool, itwasn't selling, if the new series flops too the whole series is dead.  DoS was like 10 years ago? Ecclesia flopped hard and judgmeny sold peanuts. You might hate LoS but it was what Castlevania was for 4 years, and if it faild Castlevania dies with it. It had an end anyway so you should be hoping it sold good enough for the series to continue as something else, but nooo, let's badmouth it to hell and back and rejoice on his failure.. Wait there won't be anymore CV games? Whyy, konami is so stupid.

[Maedhros]

I'm just saying that LoS2 was a mega flop, I'm not saying nothing about being happy or seeing this a triumph. It doesn't make any sense what you're saying. I couldn't care less if LoS sold well or poor.

[Viskod]

I don't understand how 55k in 4 days, not counting the PC sales is somehow worse than 77k in total in 30 days.

[e105beta]

I don't understand how 55k in 4 days, not counting the PC sales is somehow better than 77k in total in 30 days.

worse*

But I see what you're saying. Despite what they might say, I know there are at least a few people on this forum actively hoping for LoS2 to bomb.

But now that IGA's gone, DOES IT REALLY MATTER?