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-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.
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.