XDefiant budget seems like was 80+ mil
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Faultandfracture
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Is this game any good? I've never gotten round to trying it.
marasovsimp
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That doesn't seem that high when you compare it to Hyenas
MyNameIsNotJeff
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And it's the scary COD killer they said (I don't know if that was exactly said)
Jivesh
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Or when you compare it to Concord lol
Jivesh
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I don't know who said this but it was probably media. Everything is a COD or Destiny killer
As much as people hate on the CoD series. Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer they all know how to make an online shooter. It makes any developer have to get to a high bar when they make one of these games.
Jivesh
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Agreed. Same with Bungie and even Epic. Making these types of games ain't easy
alphalogical
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did u count the inflation? it would be almost above 100 million todayOof. Still a lot of money for a Multiplayer only FPS. Sure, inflation etc. but 9 years ago CDPR created The Witcher 3 with a similar budget.
GiGAHEART
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This money could've gone to WILDLANDS 2
...But hey, more fun making online-only things right Ubi? /s
Wildlands is such a precious gem; maybe it's too bright for them & they ain't brave enough to make a legit follow up (Breakpoint isn't).
Oh & let's not even get started with SPLINT CELL being put in purgatory now, suffering same fate as Megaman (being in OTHER games & not his own games).
Just
you know, bro...
alphalogical
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I didnt say that I just said if u counted the inflation of today's currency
crux
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Edited to make it more clear.
SleepyAgent
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$80 million on a F2P game that lives and dies on its cosmetics and battle passes is a bit concerning especially given the reports of massive drops in Player Numbers.
thenerdwonder
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Yeah, I think they were overconfident in how well this game would be received in a market that is already dominated by both premium AAA games (CoD, Battlefield, Siege) and existing F2P ones like Fortnite and Valorant. It's probably not helped by the fact Ubi launched it in a really bad window where BO6's marketing campaign was about to kick off and draw eyes away. Said it before but the ideal time to have released this game was in the first 3 months of the year when the honeymoon phase with MW III had worn off and people started getting frustrated with its MP.
alphalogical
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I think Ubisoft have to change their image bc everytime I hear ubisoft I just avoid it.
thenerdwonder
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They did not. Mark Rubin, the lead dev on the project explicitly said he just wanted to make a good game that people could enjoy. The CoD Killer thing was more from people who think SBMM is "killing" the franchise and XDefiant's SBMM-free gameplay is an asset. It obviously is not for anyone who does not want to spend their whole time getting stomped out by sweats.
It's just like how everyone tried to say Apex Legends was going to be a Fortnite Killer in 2019. Nobody at Respawn ever said that nor was it likely ever their intent. It was strictly a narrative cooked up by people on the outside.
thenerdwonder
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I do not. I think they still put out some great games, even if they also say and do some other whack stuff that makes no sense. With XDefiant, they made the same sort of mistake Sony did with Concord and tried to carve out a slot in a market where there is just no longer any room. Why give me something I already have in those other games I mentioned that have their own identities?
alphalogical
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True but nowadays I feel Ubisoft has lost its gem and even if they try to recover, its going to take a lot of time. Which for Ubisoft there isn't.