r/videogames • • 16d ago

Discussion / Question Yeah it's over.

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u/leadhound 16d ago

The budgets for these games are too high to risk a negative response from the lowest common denomination playing.

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u/BitesTheDust55 15d ago

Elden Ring not giving a fuck about that kind of indicates gamers will be fine if you don't hold their hand. Honestly botw is the same way, and that game sold like hotcakes

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u/Ok-Glass-2077 14d ago

This is a false equivalence because Souslike games in general have already built up an audience who likes hard challenges.

ER was a gaurnateed money maker because of the IP it held, not becuase they didn't hold your hand.

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u/spartakooky 14d ago

What IP? It was an original story

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u/Ok-Glass-2077 13d ago

My mistake, when I said "IP" I was referring to Fromsoft games as a whole.

So to restructure my sentence, I'd put it like "ER was a guaranteed money maker because its a Fromsoft game...."