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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
True, but that's limited to all the people who want a submarine game will buy. Like my summary pointed out, they have to make an educated guess on how many copies will sell, even at the highest quality. They cannot just pour money into a project without expecting a decent return. No one I know would do that with their money.
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You're right, but Ubisoft is not pouring resources into the SH series without any idea of how the sales will perform. They have past data. They know how well SH 3 sold (and in terms of developing that game, they sure invested much more in it than in SH 5). And SH 3 made a profit, otherwise we would never have seen 2 sequels.
Do I have to remind you how the development of SH 3 was high jacked in mid course so they could add a dynamic campaign ? And at that time they didn't know how well the game would sell. You could say they did an act of faith. And they were rewarded for it. But it seems that lesson was lost on them, as both SH 4 and SH 5 clearly show.