It got three seasons, what are you on about?
My mistake then. Still forgotten about, with not too many people remembering it. I forgot it existed at one point. The only reason I remembered was a YouTube critic (Monty Zander, if I remember correctly) bringing the show/game up in his
Quantum Break video.
Well, yes, the MMO was a failure, was Defiance as a whole a failure? Debateable.
Yes. It is when most people have forgotten about it, or bring up how most of its ideas failed to really make an impact.
I don't know where you're getting the idea of cross-media "constantly failing," there's a plethora of IPs that have extensive EUs that are going strong, heck, IPs where the lore is exclusively in EU material effectively (League of Legends is perhaps the premier example when it comes to this, and that was well before Arcane). Heck, there's even cases where the EU material becomes more popular than the core material (e.g. Sonic Boom).
Note how I said a lot, and not all. Read between the lines. I said a lot have messed up on this. I know not all stories like this are failures, but it still doesn't stop many of them fucking up someway or somehow. Sturgeon's Law and all that. As for
Sonic Boom, it lucked out (not trying to downplay the show), because at least the TV writers knew what they were given and actually tried to make the best of it. They knew what kind of show they were making, and were lucky to be given a Season 2 with a better budget and action. The show still had its own issues with advertisement, because Cartoon Network barely promoted the show, and it got quietly cancelled. Still doesn't change the fact that Sega fucked up real hard to
Sonic 06 levels with
Rise of Lyric, and what else we got were two average platformers on the 3DS. So people messed up on both ends. In this case, it was the case of executives not caring enough to advertise or rushing a buggy game out for a quick profit.
As much as I like the show, there are changes I still didn't like nor agree with. Many others as well, but I am not going to get into every single one of them. Removing Knuckles backstory and turning him into a dumb(er) muscle head did no favors, and is a big sticking point for me. Loveable memes or not. I don't care how lighter and softer this universe is supposed to be.
- Invisible Advertising:
- Cartoon Network did little to advertise and promote the show, which already had an awkward time slot at 7 AM Eastern. In fact, there wasn't an advertisement for the show on the network until after the premiere. What's more, Sonic Boom's TV show only had one full trailer which could only be watched on YouTube.
- The advertising for Season 2 was arguably worse. Much like Season 1, the most promotion it had two trailers that could only be seen on YouTube, the second of which came out a week after the season premiere. The show was also moved to Boomerang after the season premiere with little to no fanfare.
- Quietly Cancelled: Despite the utter failure of "Rise of Lyric", the cartoon did well enough to get a second season as well as another game attempt with "Fire & Ice". However "Fire & Ice" didn't do well enough sales-wise and, combined with Cartoon Network's atrocious scheduling for the show (the first season was put in an early morning slot and the second got bounced to their "Boomerang" channel, a channel that very few have), once the second season finished its run, there had been no word for quite a while from Sega if the show would continue. Eventually it was confirmed that the second season was the last one.
That's pretty much the argument you're making. Cross-media stuff has been part and parcel since at least the 90s in games, and goes further back when you factor in stuff like films. Like anything, it runs the gamete of quality.
Still doesn't change the problem that most of them are shit, and doesn't do much of anything, but wastes the consumer's time, and adds nothing to the overall experience. Only the very few have succeeded around the perfect storm for it to happen. Most have failed trying to make lightning strike twice or force it upon most that don't want it. I rest my case. Not my fault, if you can't see and refuse to notice the problem. Like I said before, I am not doing a back and forth on this. Evidence speaks for itself and I will ignore anything you else respond that is not relevant to the situation. Not wasting my entire morning or day on this.
After a new Spider-Man 2 trailer debuted at Comic-Con, fans were convinced that Insomniac had done something drastic to change Mary Jane's face from the original game. But no, it's the same actress and same face model.
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China can still get fucked.
Parents should worry and already be watching out for bad tactics. Stay alert!
Gaming is a huge force for good, but developers using gambling industry tactics are causing nothing but harm
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