Lost Planet 2 bombed by leaving ice world behind, says Capcom

Last we looked, Lost Planet 2 had sold 1.5 million copies across both consoles -- not amazing, but not exactly terrible, either.

Capcom's head of R&D Keiji Inafune has indicated the reason for the less than stellar sales is the move away from the original game's unique ice-covered world.

"I put towards the original concept for Lost Planet and based on that success I left the team to get on by themselves. It was not received very well. What I learned from that experience was we really have to be clear on the concept, the foundation of the game, then we can build upon that."

"It's easy to say because we've already got Lost Planet 2 out, but if I were to define the concept for Lost Planet 2 - the shooting game based on the extreme icy conditions. That was quite rare in the genre, so rather than going at the variety of the environment settings and so on, I feel that there were a lot more things we could've done in that extreme icy condition."

Presumably, the first title profited better than its sequel, though respectfully, we're sure some would disagree with Inafune's assessment, including ourselves, if only in part. Nevertheless, it would be exciting to see a return to the ice-ridden planet, or a new one altogether, what with much-improved graphics since we last saw it and all.

Source:Official Xbox 360 Magazine

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