Epicly expensive gaming failures

[James]

Epicly expensive gaming failures

Some games were incredibly expensive to make, but failed terribly

 

[Stunt]

Too Human was actually an incredible game with a lot of potential! Really sad that SK went the route they did because since all unsold copies of their games had to be destroyed due to that lawsuit, very few people would experience the awesomeness of that game.

 

[DieGrootHammer]

Maybe it wasn't a major disaster like these games, but I'm pretty sure that Star Wars: The Old Republic is also a game that has never even gotten close to return on investment.

 

[Clive Woofer]

All Points Bulletin was truly awful. One of the worst MMOs I've had the displeasure of playing in my life.

 

[Grievous]

I enjoyed the matrix game.

 

[brendanvb]

Let's not forget about:

Total production costs were estimated to be US$125 million.

...about 3.5 million of the 4 million produced were sent back to the company as unsold inventory or customer returns. Despite sales figures, the quantity of unsold merchandise, coupled with the expensive movie license and the large amount of returns, made E.T. a major financial failure for Atari. Next Generation Magazine reported that Atari grossed US$25 million in sales, but netted a loss of US$100 million due to overproduction and returns.

 

[Snare]

Last time I played Enter the Matrix I think I was 14. Was amazing then; seems they released a "make it bad" update whilst I wasn't looking .

 

[benroveno]

I think making games is really risk taking, especially making the new IP titles. I believe game developers should make the new system that allows people to pre-order the game even before the games are being finished. So they only showed the cinematic scenes and gameplay of their new games and see how market's reception. If they're interested, they can just preorder the games. This will give game developers some information whether their games are gonna be failure or otherwise, hug hits.

 

[Clive Woofer]

I think making games is really risk taking, especially making the new IP titles. I believe game developers should make the new system that allows people to pre-order the game even before the games are being finished. So they only showed the cinematic scenes and gameplay of their new games and see how market's reception. If they're interested, they can just preorder the games. This will give game developers some information whether their games are gonna be failure or otherwise, hug hits.

I honestly have no idea what you're trying to say here.

We're already able to pre-order games before they're finished (that's the point of pre-orders) and we do get to see cinematic and gameplay trailers before release.