Why games like Smash selling like they are helps the industry...

[Shiken]

VAMatt said:

Shiken said: 

Now lets look at games that have lost a ton of money...

Battlefront 2

Destiny 2

Street Fighter V

Battlefield V

Fallout 76

Do you have any evidence that these games lost money?  I've not heard that before.  

We know that Fallout was a disaster, so it might be a safe assumption there.  Maybe we could say the same for Battlefront.  But, the other three, I've not heard anything more than slight rumblings about missed expectations.  That's a far cry from losing money.  

Street Fighter V sold horribly.

 

Destiny 2 had good initial sales and died off very quickly, meaning they lost those who would have purchased their expansions.

 

Battlefield V...looking at the sales of the game, one would have to be pretty naive to think it recouped its production costs, let alone made a profit.