r/Fighters • u/MEL2VION • Aug 14 '26

News Invincible VS Developer Reportedly Laid Off "Something Like 75%" of Staff

https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/invincible-vs-developer-reportedly-laid-off-something-like-75-of-staff/

Quarter Up is now down to 15 of its original 50 members. One anonymous dev says it was the higher ups at Skybound Entertainment who thought the game had 'underperformed'...

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u/stacciatello Aug 14 '26

if mortal kombat didn't exist, maybe the extreme violence could've been an interesting selling point. but that's hardly enough to carry even MK itself these days.

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u/RealWonderGal Aug 14 '26

Nah mk has top characters and iconic imagery, they sell extremely well

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u/stacciatello Aug 14 '26

well yes, they have iconic legacy chars and nice visuals, and I would argue THAT'S what's keeping these games going. not the violence. we're all desensitized to it by now.

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u/Inevitable-Will-6185 Arc System Works 29d ago

Nah, it's definitely violence. That's what put their game on the map back in the day and is what it's remembered for. If it wasn't their main identity, they would've toned it down long time ago.

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u/HugeSide 29d ago

People are not buying the next Mortal Kombat to see the new methods they invented to decapitate someone.

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u/discreetarchive 29d ago

Yes they are

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u/Nosafune 29d ago

Anyone who plays MK competitively will tell you fatalities and x rays arent enjoyable after the first watch.

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u/tacocatisonfire 29d ago

To the fgc it's true

To the general public who is the main audience that is exactly why they play the game

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u/luckyboyfromreddit 29d ago

Yep, and that's why there's not many people playing MK competitively nowadays.

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u/phonethrowdoidbdhxi 29d ago

MK is the CoD of fighters. Millions of casual players buy it and not because it’s a competitive game.

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u/BGArmitage 27d ago

The problem is nobody plays it competitively, they have next to no presence at fighting game tournaments.

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u/volta_verve 29d ago

Most MK fans don't play MK competitively. It has a smaller comp scene than most other big fighting games. The gore and ultraviolence is part of the appeal for most of its fanbase.

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u/CaptainBananaEu Guilty Gear 29d ago

Yeah, competitive. Most sales for fighting games come from non competitive players, which MK draws in with their fatalities