I imply I get why the thought is interesting: You construct a recreation universe and your accountability from right here is to not preserve making new video games, however to provide new content material for a recreation you have already made. Far much less demanding and is significantly better for value effectivity.
You might be proper to say that they wrestle to help them for various months, however I feel this recreation and people prefer it getting (rightfully) panned out of the gate can be affecting even the builders’ curiosity (or maybe funds) to make extra content material for it.The truth that they’re pulling out Joker for Season 1 is just not a great signal in any respect. Including him with little different content material actually looks as if a Hail Mary. It will be like if Smash Final was doing poorly and the primary new visitor character was Sephiroth.
The opposite problem of some of these video games is well timed season releases. If you wish to preserve folks’s consideration, new compelling content material must be on time. That is more likely to lead to crunch and distress (and in the end a worse product).
One of the best likelihood a Reside Service recreation has, in my view, is easing up on the funds and staff dimension (AA, at most) and making a terrific gameplay loop on day 1. Helldivers II did precisely that and the sport was the breakout hit of February. Do not break the financial institution, take a look at the waters, and in the event you’ve obtained a terrific product, preserve supporting it. So long as you reel within the funds, there may be far much less want for aggressive monetization all through the lifetime of the product, too.