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7 Game Company Decisions That BACKFIRED [PART 2]

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Many gaming companies made seemingly big moves that ended up just blowing up in their faces. Here are MORE examples.
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0:00 INTRO
0:19 FIFA SWITCH LEGACY EDITION
2:11 SEGA SATURN LAUNCH
5:20 VALVE & ARTIFACT
7:10 SILICON KNIGHTS SUED EPIC GAMES
9:09 BIOWARE MAKING A LOOTER SHOOTER
11:22 MIGHTY NUMBER 9 PROMISES
13:56 CYBERPUNK 2077


SOURCES:

7. FIFA on switch is a copy paste once again

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/j7yebk/fifa_21_legacy_edition_switch_review_ign_210/

https://mynintendonews.com/2021/07/13/ea-announces-that-fifa-22-will-come-to-nintendo-switch-but-it-will-be-the-legacy-edition/





6. The Sega Saturn Launch

https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/North_American_release_of_the_Sega_Saturn

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/14/sega-saturn-how-one-decision-destroyed-playstations-greatest-rival






5. Valve's attempt to copy the success of Hearthstone with Artifact

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-07-03-how-artifact-became-valves-biggest-failure

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/4/22314103/valve-ending-development-artifact-tcg-dota-2




4. Silicon knights sued Epic Games, but lost everything

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2019/06/16/the-bizarre-story-behind-too-human--a-game-microsoft-is-giving-away-for-one-week-before-its-gone-forever/

https://www.mcvuk.com/development-news/silicon-knights-vs-epic-games-now-a-1-lawsuit/

https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/10/5296424/court-upholds-findings-in-9-2-million-epic-games-silicon-knights





3. Bioware wants to make a looter shooter - Anthem

https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964




2. Promising too much and underdelivering in every way with Mighty Number 9

https://www.destructoid.com/the-heartbreaking-saga-of-mighty-no-9/



1. CD projekt RED releasing Cyberpunk 2077 in an unfinished state

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-16/cyberpunk-2077-what-caused-the-video-game-s-disastrous-rollout
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Xbox
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video game culture, game company fails, bad game company decisions
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