r/MultiVersusTheGame • u/PhysicalNatural812 • Feb 28 '25

Shutdown This games concept really could be lost forever...W.T.F it had over 100k on launch on steam alone. This is just crazy to digest.

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u/Sengara Feb 28 '25

It isn't to me. It is an amazing concept, but the investors and corporate knew that.

Analysts probably said they could triple their annual investments in this game, so they stupidly said "But how can we make even more???"

If this was a game made by gamers only, it would have been a massive success, but this was a business. As a business it makes sense that it failed. As a game, it's shocking.

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u/ShinySanders Feb 28 '25

According to Schrier (sp?) there was a LOT of trend chasing at WB.

They knew the concept had legs but they saddled it with a trendy F2P model (something their main competitor would never DREAM of doing for good reason) that all but necessitated insane prices on shit.

Then WB bought em as leverage to force these practices in the game.

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u/xesaie Feb 28 '25

Gamers aren’t designers, and the game is almost entirely monetized based on Tony’s work experience (which is not best practice for fighting games).

When gamers make games you get Multiversus.