ARMS 2 Hopes and ideas

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TheMisterManGuy said:

curl-6 said: At the end of the day though, Nintendo's lead teams exist to drive their hardware and software business, and ARMS 2 doesn't really achieve either objective. There is a place for the modest success, but that place isn't one of Nintendo's flagship teams.

But as I mentioned, Yabuki already got out a title that can drive hardware sales. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's outselling the Wii U version, and is still a system seller for the Switch. Nintendo's not in any rush for Yabuki to be working on a new Mario Kart with 8DX selling so well. The team can focus on ARMS for now because that's a new property that's still successful and helps diversify the Switch lineup. It's not bad business I believe. 

But it makes little sense to double down on ARMS when they could still diversify the lineup and achieve much better hardware and software sales through other projects. There's a long list of potential games the team could undertake next, why limit themselves to an IP they already know isn't a heavy hitter?