• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If they release two games at once then those games compete with each other for sales. Some people may purchase one but feel disinclined to purchase the other regardless of its quality because they can’t afford both or think the purchases are too close to each other.

    This is what has created “hidden gems” in the past, one game completely overshadowing everything else, despite some of the other games possibly being better.

    That’s why publishers try to release certain games around some games but not others. The same thing happens with movies. Disney’s Treasure Planet is a good example. Its a movie that would typically release in the Summer, which Disney released in the Winter and in theatres where it competed with another Disney film, The Santa Claus 2. Treasure Planet went on to be known as one of the biggest animated box office flops ever, losing Disney an estimated $109 million.

    Publishers want to avoid that.