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Topic	Warner Bros. wants to double down on live service games
Unsuprised_Pika 03/05/24 1:31:44 PM #26:	Biggest sales success of the entire year is a single player game and almost all the other big games outside the usual annual sports/COD are single player or have (often) somewhat tacked on co-op but are not even remotely live service Baldu's Gate 3 Spider-Man 2 Super Mario Wonder Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Resident Evil 4 Final Fantasy XVI Star Wars Jedi Survivor And many of the evergreens, successsful new AA titles or breakout budget/indies are traditional or single player focused Pikmin 4 Super Mario RPG Suika Game Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild(6 years old, zero multiplayer, still sells 2m+ a year) Dead Space Armored Core VI Sea of Stars Lethal Company High-Fi Rush Etc. Its also worth noting "Live Service" doesn't need to be strongly monetized to bring in money. Monster Hunter drops a year or so of free updates, some tacked on cosmetics for pocket change, then does a huge paid expansion, and another year of dlc and tacked on cosmetics. Elden ring does balance patches and an arena, drops a meaty paid expansion just like games used to do instead microtransactions. Splatoon just does it all for free except a single player expansion and maybe some bonus side content. And they go "WE NEED MORE MEGA BUDGET LIVE SERVICE" No. You need quality and follow ups. Live service isn't inherently bad but if you aren't already entrenched its too packed a space to make an impact. And it can't be obnoxious or too inorganic. People swallow nonsense from FIFA because their friends play it and they bought it every year for years. Something new has thrice the work to do in recruiting and keeping players. Who is gonna play Warner Bros IP live service for years when COD, Fortnite, Genshin/Star Rail, Roblox, EA FC, Fighting games, MMOs and phone games etc got like 95% the playerbase already? And you have Nintendo, Monster Hunter etc. eating most the less aggresive live service market? People want Batman solving crime, teaming up or beating thugs up not Batman using his bat credit card to get batbucks. --- I post clips of my cool, stupid and glitchy MH Sunbreak and Tears of the Kingdom gameplay here just for fun. https://youtube.com/user/linkachu1000 <cite>Unsuprised_Pika posted [p:979202097] in Warner Bro... [t:80713420]...</cite> <quote>Biggest sales success of the entire year is a single player game and almost all the other big games outside the usual annual sports/COD are single player or have (often) somewhat tacked on co-op but are not even remotely live serviceBaldu's Gate 3Spider-Man 2Super Mario WonderLegend of Zelda Tears of the KingdomResident Evil 4Final Fantasy XVIStar Wars Jedi SurvivorAnd many of the evergreens, successsful new AA titles or breakout budget/indies are traditional or single player focusedPikmin 4Super Mario RPGSuika GameLegend of Zelda Breath of the Wild(6 years old, zero multiplayer, still sells 2m+ a year)Dead SpaceArmored Core VISea of StarsLethal CompanyHigh-Fi RushEtc.Its also worth noting "Live Service" doesn't need to be strongly monetized to bring in money. Monster Hunter drops a year or so of free updates, some tacked on cosmetics for pocket change, then does a huge paid expansion, and another year of dlc and tacked on cosmetics. Elden ring does balance patches and an arena, drops a meaty paid expansion just like games used to do instead microtransactions.Splatoon just does it all for free except a single player expansion and maybe some bonus side content.And they go "WE NEED MORE MEGA BUDGET LIVE SERVICE"No. You need quality and follow ups. Live service isn't inherently bad but if you aren't already entrenched its too packed a space to make an impact. And it can't be obnoxious or too inorganic. People swallow nonsense from FIFA because their friends play it and they bought it every year for years. Something new has thrice the work to do in recruiting and keeping players.Who is gonna play Warner Bros IP live service for years when COD, Fortnite, Genshin/Star Rail, Roblox, EA FC, Fighting games, MMOs and phone games etc got like 95% the playerbase already? And you have Nintendo, Monster Hunter etc. eating most the less aggresive live service market?People want Batman solving crime, teaming up or beating thugs up not Batman using his bat credit card to get batbucks. --- I post clips of my cool, stupid and glitchy MH Sunbreak and Tears of the Kingdom gameplay here just for fun. https://youtube.com/user/linkachu1000</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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