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[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They would've done better with the IP to license it to Nintendo. Smash is the end all for this type of game.

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you mean plat fighters, Rivals 2 is making waves by being a good game first and a platform to sell IPs last.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's definitively untrue, and why would Nintendo take that deal anyway?