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Ubisoft says it should have held Mario + Rabbids sequel for Nintendo’s next console | VGC
It underperformed because it was released too early, according to CEO Yves Guillemot…
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“I think it was a different issue with Mario,” he said. “We had already released a Mario Rabbids game [on Switch], so by doing another we had two similar experiences on one machine. On Nintendo, games like this never die. There are 25 Mario games on Switch.
“Nintendo [has advised] that it’s better to do one iteration on each machine. We were a bit too early, we should have waited for [the next console].”
I don't think that's what he means, he is saying there are 25 distinct Mario experiences all selling on an ongoing basis on the Switch, an iterative follow up to one of them wasn't going to stand much of a chance when its predecessor was an active seller.“25 Mario Games”. Dude if you don’t understand that there’s a wide variety of experiences in “Mario games” by now then maybe it’s time to re-evaluate your job
Well............re-release it?
Yeah, it seems super silly to tout the 10m sold of the first game as reason to expect big sales for the sequel when of the "25 Mario Games" on the Switch, it was the only one getting mega discounts lolI liked the first M+R, major reason I haven’t bought Sparks of Hope is that I know it’ll get a hefty sale at some point
The first game had issues I wanted to see get fixed, so I was fine with a sequel.Yeah, that, or make M+R genre independent. That'd make even more sense, because nothing about the Rabbids screams "strategy" per se. Doing a direct sequel felt weird to me from the start.
Problem solved! if thats the case, i can wait to buy it.He added: “Because you could play a great game. And we think it will last for ten years, because we will update it for the new machine that will come in the future.”
So, they will (and they are also confirming imho that the Switch 2 will have some sort of enanghed backward compatibility)
Oh yeah, the fact that Guillemot's still there is icky. I have the same feeling with ActiBlizz.The first game had issues I wanted to see get fixed, so I was fine with a sequel.
My issue was with Ubisoft and their cooperate culture.
idgiWeird. I thought it being exclusive to Nintendo Switch like Octopath Traveler II should've been according to some here, meant it would've been a guaranteed success. Guess not.
octopath 1 had a heavy marketing push from Nintendo, the second game did not and got the SE marketing which is basically nothing. that's why it didn't do as well. SE can't even be bothered to market their biggest game in a long time, ff16. it's all being handled by sony, so of course they weren't going to do much for octopath 2.Weird. I thought it being exclusive to Nintendo Switch like Octopath Traveler II should've been according to some here, meant it would've been a guaranteed success. Guess not.
Right. The "give people more of the same" with iterative sequels is not a tactic that modern Nintendo employs regularly (there are exceptions like TotK, the Xenoblades, and Splatoon 3) in the same hardware generation. As the CEO he or his subordinates should know this by now.I don't think that's what he means, he is saying there are 25 distinct Mario experiences all selling on an ongoing basis on the Switch, an iterative follow up to one of them wasn't going to stand much of a chance when its predecessor was an active seller.
His name is mudThe name of that guy is Guillemot, not Guillemont.
Launch-year games tend to sell better due to less options being available.I don't see how sitting on the game till the next console would've changed its outlook significantly
People tend to buy more random games in the early days of a game console, and I think Mario Rabbids 2 was a great game to showcase what a Mario game would look like on the Switch 2, so I think that made a significant difference in sales.I don't see how sitting on the game till the next console would've changed its outlook significantly
I’d rate the situation at AB quite a bit worse. It’s also not guillemot himself that was the problem as the dude at AB is ,and he did do “something” (not enough, but something)Oh yeah, the fact that Guillemot's still there is icky. I have the same feeling with ActiBlizz.
Uh, nah, as the guy in charge it's his responsibility to keep a clean ship. He either knew it was happening and is the problem, or he didn't know it was happening and he's incompetent.I’d rate the situation at AB quite a bit worse. It’s also not guillemot himself that was the problem as the dude at AB is ,and he did do “something” (not enough, but something)
Maybe. I think it would have went from selling poor to selling just okay. The iteration didn't seem to hit with as many people the second time. However, people seeing a new Mario+Rabbids game showcasing better resolutions or fps or w/e to highlight the benefits of the new Switch would have gotten some early adopter sales on top of the people that were willing to buy on the current Switch.