Considering that's how we ended up with a reboot in the first place, I'd say you're spot on. They didn't think that level of sales was worth the budget... so they rebooted with higher budget and got the same sales. Announced it missed its sales goal... and then announced there would eventually be a sequel.

I don't understand the point of spending way more money to try and fix the problem of "financial disappointment" wouldn't it be counter-productive to idea of gaining profit? it's rather annoying how companies are considering hit games to be "disappointing".

If by "realistic" you really just mean "dark", "dull", or "depressing".

I'll bet its actually cheaper.

"... then why not premiere an anime about Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb?"

If anyone is able to make a movie about this subject, without becoming either nationalistic, or anti-nationalistic, it's Miyazaki. It seems he succeeded rather well, but the problem remains: why make a movie about the creator of such a notorious killing machine? Does the movie show the atrocious suicide bombings that…

You win! Your prize is a selfie from Anthony Weiner. Would you like something from our Pantsless collection?

"Work is not an excuse" Hahahahah okay. Sure.

The Internet. You just have to debase yourself to find them.

With many people as they get older and their free time becomes more constrained, you begin to appreciate quality over how much hours/$ you're getting. Not that I hate long RPGs mind you, the ME trilogy is a favorite of mine, but I can see the value in appreciating shorter games.

This. I'm only half way through Luigi's Mansion and The Last of Us, and I got both of them on their respective launch days.

Stage in life makes a big difference in how long you like games to be. Single, I loved loong games. Married, moderate length, 12-20. Now, with a toddler, a 20 hr game takes years to finish..

All these kids without jobs. Must be nice.

same boat brother

it needs more soot sprites for the authentic experience.

Case in point, I can't tell if you're being satirical or a legitimate MRA.

I hope you meant horrific as in you were horrified at the amount of misogyny in video game culture that her videos described.

*SPOILERS*

Yea. I even remember an article on IGN back in the day before ACIII was coming out. Someone at Ubisoft had said that they released ACB and ACR so soon after ACII to bring the story up to speed since December 2012 was coming soon. So they wanted ACIII to come out before the apocalypse was supposed to happen. So I kept…

Dayum! I knew PS+ gave subscribers games but this is above and beyond.