Marvel’s Avengers hasn’t had the smoothest of starts, and while the team has been busy patching and getting things smoothed over, the issues did have an effect on the overall sales of the game according to a new financial report from Square Enix, the parent company of studio Crystal Dynamics. The new report reveals Saure Enix had a loss of 6.5 billion Yen in regards to its HD Games portfolio, which David Gibson points out was headed up by Marvel’s Avengers. We don’t know how many copies the game sold, but Square Enix did reveal that the sales were 60% of the planned sales totals, which is due to lower than expected sales and a loss in microtransactions.
“Square Enix – reported Yen6.5bn loss for HD Games driven by Marvel Avengers, would not say how many sold but that volumes were 60% of plan. Implies game cost over $100m to make but only sold 3m or so. Ouch”
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