ARMS 2 Hopes and ideas

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TheMisterManGuy said:

curl-6 said:

If we were talking about committing a secondary or external studio to it I'd say sure, go for it. 3 million is a good outcome if you're Monolith Soft, ND Cube, or Intelligent Systems. But for the team that make Mario Kart, an ARMS sequel just isn't worth the investment. It'd be like committing Naughty Dog to make Knack 3 instead of Last of Us Part 2. As an IP, ARMS has demonstrated a distinct lack of longevity, and for the same amount of resources  as a sequel would need, you could've created a breakout new success or a new entry in a flagship property that could top 10 million.

And again, Nintendo doesn't put it's teams on a pedestal like that, especially since EPD teams are more decentralized than most studios. I mean, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still selling Switches and is even getting a few updates, so it's not like Yabuki and the team are in any rush to get a new Mario Kart on the Switch. Thus, Nintendo is fine with them concentrating on ARMS for now, and maybe making Mario Kart 9 sometime in 2021 or something. 

It's not a matter of pedestals, just of ROI. From a business point of view, it's simply unwise to invest heavily in a series whose debut entry is dead in both sales and mindshare within a year of its release.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 06 August 2018