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.
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They would’ve done better with the IP to license it to Nintendo. Smash is the end all for this type of game.
That’s definitively untrue, and why would Nintendo take that deal anyway?
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.