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After $90 million driven by Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro says games will be "huge" for D&D and Larian's hit RPG is "just the first of several new video games" to come (www.gamesradar.com)
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Baldur's Gate 3 is a "mega hit" that Hasbro expects to pay dividends for years

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[–] mindbleach 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh god, they're gonna Fox it up. Listen: dozens of cool shows came out circa 2000, did pretty darn well, and were thrown in the fucking garbage for not being The Simpsons. That show's firehose of money funded brilliant new productions - most of which were cancelled for not instantly creating an equal firehose of money.

This is how Firefly, Futurama, and Family Guy were shitcanned despite intense demand. But games don't get revivals or movies the same way. They can't be pulled back together with a writer and some key actors. Game franchises just die. Their original creators get scattered to the winds, and the rights get tangled up in a heartbeat, so anything with the same name is just an empty brand and inadvisable hope.

Baldur's Gate 3, in so many ways, was a miracle among miracles. And these geniuses are liable to expect that, every time, in ways that make life hell for any studio whose quality is merely exceptional.

[–] starman2112 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Best we can hope for in game franchises are games that are made by the creators of X, but after Back 4 Blood I'm incredibly wary of anything like that

[–] mindbleach 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow, did Back 4 Blood have Left 4 Dead lineage? I assumed it was a straight ripoff.

[–] starman2112 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Like 3 developers, and they based some of their advertising on "from the creators of Left 4 Dead" or some such phrasing. It is effectively a straight ripoff, but significantly worse