Callisto Protocol sales, which came out with great expectations and were disappointing, fell far short of the company’s expectations.
The Callisto Protocol has been one of the biggest disappointments of the last period with its magnificent visuals and atmosphere, despite its vulgar gameplay. The game, which was released with the slogan of “next generation horror game”, apparently has lost despite the high expectation pre-orders. Because when we look at the announced development costs of the game, we see that the difference is quite large compared to the sales figure.
Callisto Protocol sales well behind cost
According to the statement, The Callisto Protocol development cost totaled $162 million, and the game was expected to sell more than 5 million copies in the first period. Despite this, it is stated that the game has not reached even half of this figure yet, and it can barely reach 2 million sales by the end of this year. In other words, we can say that there is a great loss on the sales side and the profit purpose of the company.
According to reports, Krafton, the distributor of the game, paid the developer of the game 5.4 billion won in 2020, 77 billion won in 2021, and 113.6 billion won until September, when the game approached Gold status in 2022, a total of about 196 billion won. When the dollar is struck, we see that this figure is around 162 million dollars, as we mentioned at the beginning.
In other words, even for the game to save its cost, it has to reach 2.5 million sales figures and do it in the 60-70 dollar band. Considering that the game will receive a discount, we can say that it is impossible to save even its cost this year, at least, and that it is generally a loss-making game. As such, it is a fact that it is very difficult to meet the cost necessary for the continuation of the game.