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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (13 children)

What does "fail" even mean? I do have a great distaste for "AAA" titles roughly post-Skyrim, but AFAIK most AAA games succeed financially. Even Fallout76, widely regarded as a flop in terms of critical reception and player sentiment, performed reasonably well, even if not quite as well as previous Fallout titles.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

There's been a growing number of AAA flops in the past 5 years. Here's an incomplete list:

  • Concord
  • Skull and Bones
  • Marathon
  • Redfall
  • Highguard
  • Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
  • Saint's Row (2022)
  • Lord of the Rings: Gollum
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • Marvel's Avengers
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really don't want to consider Outlaws a flop even though i know the studios do. I played it (public library copy) a year after release and it was plenty fun. I'd probably pay $15 for it.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I'd probably pay $15 for it.

Tbh, that's probably most people's reaction to it on launch, instead of full price. Hence why it lost money

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