Current Events > Why aren't there more TV and movie based games like in the 80s and 90s?

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Remember when they would have games of stuff even like Full House?
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Games are a lot more expensive and take a lot longer to make now.

Imagine releasing a game for a TV show that got cancelled 2 years ago.
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Games were small time back then and they probably sold the licenses to developers for peanuts compared to what theyd ask for these days
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Pitlord_Special posted...

Games were small time back then and they probably sold the licenses to developers for peanuts compared to what theyd ask for these days

What might it cost to make one these days?
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Pitlord_Special posted...

Games were small time back then and they probably sold the licenses to developers for peanuts compared to what theyd ask for these days

What might it cost to make one these days?

Idk, look at a studio like Telltale Games that crashed and burned big time trying to make games based on licensed IPs
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Tell tale died because they expanded to fast and took on to many things at once should have stuck to one game at a time
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CADE FOSTER posted...

Tell tale died because they expanded to fast and took on to many things at once should have stuck to one game at a time

Did kind of seem like they were competing with themselves for a minute.
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There actually was another video game publisher a decade ago that was completely focused on making licensed games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brash_Entertainment

Brash Entertainment was an American video game publisher focused on licensed games. The company was co-founded in 2007 by Thomas Tull, Bert Ellis, President and COO Nicholas Longano, and CEO and Chairman Mitch Davis.

Of the first three games produced (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Jumper: Griffin's Story and Space Chimps) Alvin was the only one to sell moderately well at 360,000 copies. Despite this all three lost money and the stigma of low quality products made some developers wary of doing business with them.

The company also announced a series of games built around the Saw film franchise. On November 6, 2008 Variety reported that Brash was short on money and was in talks of returning the movie rights back to its holders. During this time Brash was forced to stop paying some of its developers as well as modify the release schedule of the next year to only two titles (Saw and Six Flags: Fun Park) On November 14, 2008 the company went out of business.

Several sources such as Kotaku and Joystiq hinted that Brash had the rights to develop titles based on franchises by DC Comics. Developers Factor 5 and Bottlerocket Entertainment were developing a title based on Superman and The Flash, respectively. Also, one of the licenses was believed to be based on the remake of Clash of the Titans.

lol
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Darmik posted...

There actually was another video game publisher a decade ago that was completely focused on making licensed games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brash_Entertainment

Brash Entertainment was an American video game publisher focused on licensed games. The company was co-founded in 2007 by Thomas Tull, Bert Ellis, President and COO Nicholas Longano, and CEO and Chairman Mitch Davis.

Of the first three games produced (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Jumper: Griffin's Story and Space Chimps) Alvin was the only one to sell moderately well at 360,000 copies. Despite this all three lost money and the stigma of low quality products made some developers wary of doing business with them.

The company also announced a series of games built around the Saw film franchise. On November 6, 2008 Variety reported that Brash was short on money and was in talks of returning the movie rights back to its holders. During this time Brash was forced to stop paying some of its developers as well as modify the release schedule of the next year to only two titles (Saw and Six Flags: Fun Park) On November 14, 2008 the company went out of business.

Several sources such as Kotaku and Joystiq hinted that Brash had the rights to develop titles based on franchises by DC Comics. Developers Factor 5 and Bottlerocket Entertainment were developing a title based on Superman and The Flash, respectively. Also, one of the licenses was believed to be based on the remake of Clash of the Titans.

lol

Derp
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Games cost more to make, the owners of the properties probably want a much bigger cut, the biggest financial appeal is currently moble/microtransaction, THQ & Acclaim were responsible for a lot of the older ones.
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Yeah there's a shitload on mobile stores now. That's where they've all went.
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Darmik posted...

Yeah there's a shitload on mobile stores now. That's where they've all went.

Are any of them good?
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

Darmik posted...

Yeah there's a shitload on mobile stores now. That's where they've all went.

Are any of them good?

No, they're all low effort cash grabs designed to milk you as much as possible.

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We must except facts TC, the world will never have another game as great as Cory in the House for the DS.

Existence has become meaningless!
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King Kong is the best video game based on a movie

Change my mind
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last good game based on a TV show was Simpsons Hit &Run
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