simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoDo they though? The biggest and most profitable games right now are all live services. Consumers are very much voting for live services.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThey voted for a handful of them, and then violently voted against the next thousand.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSame for every genre. For every Sonic or Mario there are 1,000 Bubsy’s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoBut they don’t have any false expectations of making hundreds of millions of dollars, betting everything they have that it will.
Do they though? The biggest and most profitable games right now are all live services. Consumers are very much voting for live services.
They voted for a handful of them, and then violently voted against the next thousand.
Same for every genre. For every Sonic or Mario there are 1,000 Bubsy’s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy
But they don’t have any false expectations of making hundreds of millions of dollars, betting everything they have that it will.