Houseman said:
I don't ever remember taking a survey asking me if I want a new Assassin's Creed game every year, so I don't know where he's getting this knowledge from.
King Whurdler said:
As I, and many others, have said to almost every single other person on these forums: 'cite your fucking sources.'
Where exactly is your proof backing this claim up Mr.Raynaud?
You can be 99% certain that they're going of sales data: as long as they continue to sell 10 million plus copies every year, they'll continue to take that as justification for putting out another one every year.
Falterfire said:
shrekfan246 said:
Hey, Ubisoft? Do you remember what happened to the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises?
I don't know a ton about Tony Hawk, but Guitar Hero died because they massively oversaturated far beyond one a year. You had World Tour, 5, Aerosmith, Metallica, Van Halen, Smash Hits, and Band Hero all in a two year period (08-09) plus Rock Band releasing a game or two in the same period.
Exactly what I was thinking. Guitar Hero had all sorts of problems - market saturation was actually just one of them. There seemed like there was a new one... what, every two or three months for a while there. They also didn't offer great value for money, as they were often charging full price for what was effectively just the same game with slightly different songs. There's the peripheral expense too, given that they expected you to shell out for completely new controllers just to play the games.
And then there was the competition, from Rock Band as well as a bunch of other stuff (DJ Hero, the karaoke games, etc).
AssCreed isn't oversaturated to quite that extent. It also has an ongoing plot (as preposterous as it is) that keeps people invested as well, something which none of the Tony Hawk or rhythm games had. And try as I might, I can't think of a lot of stuff that gives you quite the same experience... so it doesn't really have that much competition.
I hate to say it, but I agree with the guy: as long as people keep buying the games in these numbers, they'd be stupid not to put one out every year. I won't be buying them all, but someone obviously is...