Has there been a widely successful brand new Triple A IP 3rd party game in the last few years?

[↓R↑LYB]

elden ring literally came out last year

I'm playing that shyt now and Elden Ring is fukking magical

I'm like 60 hours in that bytch and I've barely scratched the surface. Low key might be the game of the generation

 

[ItWasWritten]

Maybe Gamepass would of increased engagement

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Elden ring is a “new ip” in name, but the hype that carried it came from the success of its predecessors.

AAA games pretty much need a built in fanbase to be successful these days.

Reviewers, influencers, commentators pretty much trash anything that doesn’t have hype attached to it.

The industry has created a dumb ass bubble, then wonder why so many studios end up closing

 

[gurf]

Deathloop and Ghostwire were fairly successful.

 

[Kingshango]

elden ring literally came out last year

How Chris Rock say it:

“Grand opening, grand closing”

 

[Legal]

Idk if Cyberpunk is wildly successful. I wouldn't be surprised not to see anything more from the cyberpunk universe after this expansion at all. Especially if it doesn't do numbers.

Supposedly they're at over 20 million sold, and they've said they plan on the sequel entering the R&D phase by next year.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Supposedly they're are over 20 million sold, and they've said they plan on the sequel entering the R&D phase by next year.

Right. No game that sells 20 million copies in two years is considered “unsuccessful” and yeah, the sequel is in development and will also probably sell 20m

Cyberpunk already had its redemption arc in regards to public perception

 

[The Mad Titan]

If you gotta add in like 5 qualifiers this ain’t really worthy of a discussion. Every game is based off something at this point

a game thats not just a spiritual successor made by the same publisher.

So many qualifiers.

And even if you wanted to add ER on technicals that all of what? 1?


Seems like brand new triple A 3rd party games are hardly worth the risk for big publishers.

Especially ones that don't involve microtransactions, DLC or some type of GAAS features.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

So many qualifiers.

1. Has to be AAA
2. Has to be new IP
3. Has to be 3rd Party
4. Can’t be heavily inspired by anything else
5. Released this past generation

I get what you’re ultimately trying to say, which yeah, it sucks how expensive and how long game development has gotten which leads to less risk taking for new IP. Thats why i always root for new stuff even if I don’t personally care for the game, especially single player stuff.

I also see it less as a problem with game developers/publishers and more on the fans. Every new IP that comes out gets a shoulder shrug or shytted on if its not by a famous director or studio.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Thinking back to like 2021,

Deathloop was probably the only game that year, back for blood flopped, scarlet nexus probably has done ok, can't think of anything else.

2022

ghostwire I guess did ok? No clue what else was there Callisto protocol? Elden ring massive success...but again it's basically just a refined dark souls (which there is nothing wrong with)

2023

Wild hearts did ok, not enough to stay afloat, wo long appears to be doing well. Atlas fallen is probably a flop, Immortals just came out and I don't know a single person that has bought or played it.

 

[duckbutta]

Starfield just came out this month

 

[winb83]

Starfield just came out this month

First party Xbox studios title.

 

[THE 101]

AAA gaming is dying and the industry will be better off for it.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Ghost of Tsushima comes to mind.
But from the thread I see we’re gonna be splitting hairs over “widely successful” and “new ip”

 

[ColdSlither]

Elden ring is as much a new IP as each release of a final fantasy game

So you're moving goal posts?