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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bowflex" data-source="post: 49651" data-attributes="member: 24">It's a bit more complicated...Farsight themselves have stated that acquiring the licenses needed to create Star Trek TNG does not even get them started in the process for any of the other Star Trek tables over the years.  Obviously each table that features Batman would have different likenesses, visually and sonically, that would require ancilliary licensing.  It would certainly be possible to obtain a license that would cover the rights to Batman for all the various tables made over the years but it isn't necessarily guaranteed that they would negotiate that or it is financially feasible.The biggest question mark is pricing.  Nobody on this board is privy to the demands of the license holders.  Just because a licensed property is more successful than another one has no bearing on the price that will be commanded.  The license holders may have a perceived value of their property or they may need to recoup costs for losses from the original property.  Say you have Johnny Mnemonic and it costs 100 million to make but only achieved a box office of $50 million.  The owners of that license and the production company are still going to look to recover all of the lost money they can so subsequent licensing could be inflated.We also have the variable of being able to accurately predict sales.  Based on popularity from top 100 polls it would be easy to get a basic prediction but some other things play into that.  What game is it paired with, what is the pricing strategy, and even unexpected (un)popularity of something that differs from its historical success.  Ripley's had moderate sales for Stern but now there is reportedly huge interest in it because of TPA.  To make a long answer short, there are just too many variables and too much proprietary information to be able to answer this question.</blockquote>

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