Not really surprising given how it looked (like a generic ripoff), how it’s priced (should be free), and how it was marketed (every conversation I enter starts with a chain of comments saying it’s the first they’ve heard of it).
What is surprising to me is how much a Sony first party game missed the mark. I can’t think of any other recent examples.
I had never even heard of the game until a couple weeks ago when I saw some articles posted here on Lemmy about it.
So basically, it’s a poorly marketed $40 game facing a lot of free and popular competition.
Did they market it at all?
All I have seen is the post mortem articles. Deadlock has had more marketing.
This is literally the first I’m hearing of this game.
Honestly, deadlock doing the whole Fight Club marketing strategy really paid off for them. I heard so much about “the game you weren’t allowed to talk about” on various streams.
Never heard of it until now, but I figured the hero shooter genre had already died off.
Yeah, IGN will explain to you why the game is failing 🤣. They forgot one thing though, here’s a good comment:
What is DEI? Is this some forced diversity “woke” rant?
Basically. DEI (Diversity,
EthicsEquity, and Inclusion, IIRC?) is the new “woke”/SJW bogey.Having an woman (with exposed skin, no less!) is causing all entertainment to be ruined forever, etc etc, that kind of thing.
EDIT: Equity, not ethics, whoops! Thanks for the correction.
Yeah, I bet that nobody buying a game that they know nothing about is caused by it’s diverse cast. It has nothing to do with it being an Overwatch rip-off with terrible marketing.
Thanks for clarifying, looks like they are coming up with acronyms in their echo chamber.
It’s equity, not ethics.
