IGN's Silent Hunter 5 Review

[Iron Budokan]

SH3 sold really well. Not everyone who bought that game was a hard core sub sim fan, either. Word of mouth sold that game and made it a monster hit.

People who had never played a sub sim before heard SH3 was fun and they went out and bought it.

It's not rocket science. Good games sell.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

People who had never played a sub sim before heard SH3 was fun and they went out and bought it.

That's exactly how I came to be here.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by goldorak

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.

Originally Posted by IanC

I'm pretty sure there's a profit to be made from a good submarine game. They don't need to pour all their resources into it. Anyways one thing's for sure, they'll never get the sales they want if they keep pushing them out unfinished.

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

SH3 sold really well. Not everyone who bought that game was a hard core sub sim fan, either. Word of mouth sold that game and made it a monster hit.

People who had never played a sub sim before heard SH3 was fun and they went out and bought it.

It's not rocket science. Good games sell.

Ah, well, I can't argue with that. I don't have access to the budgets for any of the three games, nor the market segments that actually bought the games. But as long as we are supposing and guessing, it sounds pretty convincing.