simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWarner Bros. Admits MultiVersus Underperformed, Contributing to Another $100 Million Hit to Revenue in Its Games Businesswww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10 cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1101arrow-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 · 10 days agomessage-square19fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squarechakan2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·10 days 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-up12·10 days 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-up8·10 days 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-up9·10 days 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-up4·10 days 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?