simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWarner Bros. Admits MultiVersus Underperformed, Contributing to Another $100 Million Hit to Revenue in Its Games Businesswww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10 cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkWarner Bros. Admits MultiVersus Underperformed, Contributing to Another $100 Million Hit to Revenue in Its Games Businesswww.ign.comsimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square19fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarechakan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoThey would’ve done better with the IP to license it to Nintendo. Smash is the end all for this type of game.
minus-squarefern@lemmy.autism.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoIf you mean plat fighters, Rivals 2 is making waves by being a good game first and a platform to sell IPs last.
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoRivals has found its niche, but I don’t think even that is pulling in the kinds of numbers Warner expects for a AAA they sunk this much money into.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoI don’t think this game is AAA or that they sunk much money into it. From what I can tell, they just fell $100M short of very optimistic revenue projections based on high initial player numbers.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoThat’s definitively untrue, and why would Nintendo take that deal anyway?
They would’ve done better with the IP to license it to Nintendo. Smash is the end all for this type of game.
If you mean plat fighters, Rivals 2 is making waves by being a good game first and a platform to sell IPs last.
Rivals has found its niche, but I don’t think even that is pulling in the kinds of numbers Warner expects for a AAA they sunk this much money into.
I don’t think this game is AAA or that they sunk much money into it. From what I can tell, they just fell $100M short of very optimistic revenue projections based on high initial player numbers.
That’s definitively untrue, and why would Nintendo take that deal anyway?