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What do you think will be the biggest flop of 2019?
- Thread starter Memento
- Start date
I hope so too..
There is something that is just not right with it....
I'm saying it now Days Gone is niche..man. everyone quote me and act like many people said this when it does well.
I have no idea at this point till the midway point of the year.
Far Cry. Too much like a Battle Royale except with boring AI instead of real opponents. Unless I'm missing something and it is a hundred player BR game?
Dreams will sell well. It's unique, made by Media Molecule, and has full VR mode. The markets for wanting something different, wanting to try the new thing from the LBP guys, or wanting a full sculpt/animation tool in VR will make sure it doesn't flop
Dreams will sell well. It's unique, made by Media Molecule, and has full VR mode. The markets for wanting something different, wanting to try the new thing from the LBP guys, or wanting a full sculpt/animation tool in VR will make sure it doesn't flop
I'm guessing days gone just because it kind of looks generic. Anthem also looks super generic, but it's probably gonna have better marketing thanks to EA
Lmao comparing it to spiderman. S ol me of ya'll really catch feelings when a Sony game is mentioned. This is just a prediction thread they don't need the defense force yet.
I doubt Bethesda has big promises for Rage 2 but Fallout 76 has been a huge L.
COD 19 will most likely be Modern Warfare 4.
The MW series is arguably bigger than the Black Ops series and it's still COD so it won't flop
please tell me this was a joke post lol
My guess is Days Gone. Dreams should do ok, Crackdow will launch on Gamepass so even if it sells poorly it's going to be one of the most played games on the service for at least a couple of months.
I think the person you quoted is referring to Bethesda as publisher and not Bethesda Game Studio. Single player games they published seems to keep underperforming, like Dishonored 2, Prey, Evil Within 2, and Wolfenstein 2. Ofc there is always a chance Rage 2 could be the next DOOM.
Unless I'm misunderstanding your post ?
yeah people don't understand the definition of a flop
A flop is when you literally don't make your money back plus inflation. That is a *very* hard mark to reach in today's modern game industry because the margins on AAA games are obscene, they make so much money even the inflated development budgets are made back in spades.
I would say maybe Rage 2 will come the closest, but even F76 and No Man's Sky, the biggest "flops" in many consumer's eyes for awhile, were profitably as.
A flop is when you literally don't make your money back plus inflation. That is a *very* hard mark to reach in today's modern game industry because the margins on AAA games are obscene, they make so much money even the inflated development budgets are made back in spades.
I would say maybe Rage 2 will come the closest, but even F76 and No Man's Sky, the biggest "flops" in many consumer's eyes for awhile, were profitably as.
Looks like a lot of people didn't get the chance to play Anthems closed alpha this weekend. It's not flopping. Good thing there's an open demo next month for more people to be served crow.
You were spot on and I might have mistaken that as well. With that said most people who bring up Bethesda's poor sales performance tends to be referring to their development side (at least from my experience), but yeah I might have made a mistake. :)
The Switch has only been a boon to Nintendo's first party series' sales, Fire Emblem's popularity has been on the rise, and Fire Emblem Heroes has come out to soaring success in the interim.
I see no reason to doubt Three Houses' success. It'll probably achieve record numbers for the series.
I will never forget that thread when everyone was so sure Horizon was gonna bomb.
Anthem is going to sell huge assuming it's not broken at launch. Also The Division 2 will sell well to. It's Ubisoft and *a lot* of people played the first. There's a lot of weird predictions in this thread
I can see BioMutant not doing well but Days Gone is the big PlayStation game so it will do fine and Crackdown has game pass to fall back on and that will be fine and Control looks cool as hell and is Remedy's big return to PC so I think it will do well
Fallout 76 fell flat because nobody wanted it from the jump, and it released at a terrible time, and as a pile of shit. It's existence will have no effect on other online shooters.
Bioware doomsaying is a favorite pastime around here. Every thread about them is utterly toxic.
The game from the AC guy. (I think it's called Odyssey?). First gameplay shown at the VGA looked like nothing, I haven't seen anybody talk about it and it's a weird game about apes (I know they are not apes, but that's what people will see when they only casually follow it)
Sales wise? Metro. I think it looks great but it's coming out during a time where it's not going to gain mindshare. It needs to get pushed back.
In terms of critical appeal? I actually like everything that's a AAA announced title but if I had to pick one it's Days Gone...even though I'm looking forward to it. Think the masses are a bit bored of zombies.
I have a decent feeling about Crackdown. But then I had a good feeling about Sea of Thieves. Hopefully this is Microsoft's 1st party turnaround moment.
I believe Anthem will be a success. It's getting good feedback. Heard almost no one get a hands on and say it wasn't fun. My only fear of Anthem is that it'll pull a Destiny 1 and be light on content at launch.
In terms of critical appeal? I actually like everything that's a AAA announced title but if I had to pick one it's Days Gone...even though I'm looking forward to it. Think the masses are a bit bored of zombies.
I have a decent feeling about Crackdown. But then I had a good feeling about Sea of Thieves. Hopefully this is Microsoft's 1st party turnaround moment.
I believe Anthem will be a success. It's getting good feedback. Heard almost no one get a hands on and say it wasn't fun. My only fear of Anthem is that it'll pull a Destiny 1 and be light on content at launch.
For the most I agree with you, but $60 turn based strategy could be a bit of a tough sale. I'm personally ecstatic to see the series returning to a home console, but the bar for financial success may be higher than the portable entries.
Destiny 2 didn't do too hot either before that. F76 just push it.
Anthem - Just has failure written all over it
Entry for Fates complete was $80.
Entry for Fates complete was $80.
Switch has been boosting nearly every single Nintendo franchise.
As long as it's reviews well, Fire Emblem's gonna melt through franchise records 60 dollars or not.
D2 sold great:
Activision said the newest expansion didn't meet expectations. Bungie then said they were pleased with sales. That's it as far as that goes.
Oh please. They haven't done themselves any favors with how terrible Mass Effect Andromeda, inquisition, and ME3 were. Not to mention Anthem looks like Destiny Lite plus whatever schemes EA plans to add to make money. Being wary of Bioware's output isn't "doomsaying".