Let's just face it, friends: Suiko is dead

[Gil-galad]

There have been games made for the 360 for less than the average production value, and were able to break even because they were niche titles. A game like Eternal Sonata only sold about 230,000 copies between PS3 and 360 sales for the game. Suikoden would do just fine with production values similar to a game like that.
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[TruePerception]

I doubt a Suikoden would need such a budget
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Daily Funny Award for May 1st, 2008

[Djungelurban]

Indeed, any Suikoden title could probably get by with less than 10 million, or even 5 million. We're not talking about Call of Duty big budget pushing consoles to their limits, it's Suikoden for god's sake. It just has to do what it does and that's it, no need to get all fancy about it.

[Sludub_babe]

i will wait and always wait for new suikoden ( not included tierkris )

[tojaro]

I still own all the Suikodens that were on Sony consoles. I refused to buy Teirkris(i gave away my DS and didn't like the switch from 108 to 60 stars or whatever it was as well as the move to handheld).

I won't believe it's dead until i hear it from a Konami spokesperson, but at this point in time with development costs and the time it will take to develop it for the PS3 as well as the shift to FPS and online gaming by more and more gamers this gen i don't see it as a viable solution for Konami. It would have to sell at least a million copies if not more to be worth the time and effort i think.

As a point of fact i always like to point out that Sony themselves still haven't released a RPG this gen(please don't point to Folklore, as i own it and after inserting the game it states on the bottom right hand corner "action-adventure"), and while i see no excuse for it, the above reasons make a good argument for anything that doesn't have FF printed on the box because it's guaranteed to sell(yes, i did buy FFXIII and i loved it).

Like you all, i will continue to hope....but I'm on the doubting side of the fence at this point.

@gilgalad: I did buy Eternal Sonata for the PS3 to support it, but I'm thinking it's going to have to be more then 230,000 copies sold to be profitable with all the VA alone that might need to be included.

[Gil-galad]

Selling 1 million copies is an impossibility. Even titles Lost Odyssey which have a lot of big names, and advertising behind them do not reach that mark. Tales of Vesperia, by comparison a very, very popular series, with a good deal of money behind it is expected to reach 450,000 units sold between Xbox360 and PS3. That game would have a much higher budget than a potential Suikoden release. Konami has made Suikoden games significantly below the common production value of systems before-- just take a look at Suikoden IV. Even Suikoden V had lower production value than other late PS2 RPGs. *shrug* It can be done. I'm not expecting it to happen because I have no faith in Konami, but that's absolutely no reason to say it can't be done.
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[Elc]

Silly Salad has a point. I believe there will be another Suikoden game (Tierkreis or not) at some point, but given it is illogical to expect logic from Konami, there's no telling when that day may be. Since my time spent playing games is rather erratic, I'm not too fussed if another game is released tomorrow or in a couple years.

All I want is some good Suikoden action.
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Time was never on my side, So on I wait my whole lifetime."

[Thief]

[quote="tojaro":7r3xdd9d] didn't like the switch from 108 to 60 stars or whatever it was as well as the move to handheld).