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minus-squarelockhart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·21 days ago and executives expressed concerns that a sequel would cannibalize long-term sales of the first game This is legit the most ridiculous take I’ve ever seen
minus-squareGerudo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·21 days agoRight? Like there are 48 Assasins Creed games, sequels are their bread and butter.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·21 days agoDon’t sequels actually cause new audiences to show up, who then go back and play the first game?
minus-squareditty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoExactly this; for a video game developer to claim otherwise is incomprehensible, and likely is just doublespeak to mask something
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·21 days agoOr they’re morons who are only familiar with the Games As Service model and completely forgot that’s not the only type of game they sell.
This is legit the most ridiculous take I’ve ever seen
Right? Like there are 48 Assasins Creed games, sequels are their bread and butter.
Don’t sequels actually cause new audiences to show up, who then go back and play the first game?
Exactly this; for a video game developer to claim otherwise is incomprehensible, and likely is just doublespeak to mask something
Or they’re morons who are only familiar with the Games As Service model and completely forgot that’s not the only type of game they sell.