Mortal Kombat 1 Has Sold Nearly 3 Million Units in 2 Months. Will focus ion 3-4 year release cycles and live service

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨drmoose@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/warner-bros-eyes-more-live-services-as-mortal-kombat-1-sells-nearly-3-million-copies

Most interesting part of the article:

“Our focus is on transforming our biggest franchises from largely console and PC-based with 3-4 year release schedules to include more always-on gameplay through live services, multiplatform, and free-to-play extensions, with the goal of having more players spending more time on more platforms. U

Ultimately, we want to drive engagement and monetization over longer cycles and at higher levels where per specific capabilities we’re currently under scale, and see significant opportunity to generate greater post-purchase revenue”

What a major turn-off ngl.

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pete_the_cat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I hate it when they give something the suffix “one” when there have been multiple previous versions. This is like the 13th game in the main series, but some asshole was like “Let’s call it Mortal Kombat 1!”, same goes for “Xbox One”.

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- drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  When it started out as “One” suffix to signal that it’s a hub sort-of-thing it made sense but then they took it and ran with it. I wonder how many sales XBox missed because of their dumb naming schemes. I honestly still don’t know which xbox is the newest one.
  
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  - altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The stupid thing now is the Xbox’s name got stupider. Xbox One was confusing, but now Xbox Series X/S is even more WTF?
    
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Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

live service

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But yeah it’s a good fighting game as it is. Just wish they’d leave it alone instead of trying to squeeze money from it until well past when it’s a dry piece of rock.

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Walican132@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m so disappointed with the monitization in mk1. The game is great I did buy at launch because i was hyped for story mode, and 11 had so much single player content. 1 not so much. I do not mind season passes if they are going to support the game, however a season pass plus paid fatalities and cosmetics is ridiculous and the current state of the game is so lacking.

Probably my only gaming regret of the year so far was thinking this game would live up to the last 3.

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- drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was on the fence about buying on launch and glad I didn’t. I’ll just pick up the complete edition in a year or two.
  
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  - smort@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If I’m reading the article right, there won’t be a “complete” edition. Like waiting for a “complete” edition of Fortnite or GTA Online
    
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- Stamets@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I loved MK11 and still have it on my PS5, years later. That rarely happens. But I hate the multiplayer. Primarily because I suck. The single player I can at least try and can say “input reading” when I get my ass kicked. But online? Just ends up being disrespectful douchebags. Kick my ass, fine, but do you have to be so fuckin toxic about it?
  
  Knowing there’s a huge drop in single player content just simply means I’m not getting the game. At least not without a drastic sale. Considering Liu Kang is now a God (FUCK him, the aggravating little twat) I was already kinda meh on it. Knowing that I’d be shoved towards the ‘community’? Love you Ed Boone but you can fuck off now.
  
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  - Walican132@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah the invasions mode just isn’t fun. I’d recommend watching some footage but I was sick of it before the season ended.
    
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