Gaming Companies Milking Their Franchises

NINTENDO RE-RELEASING $60 WII GAMES AND MAKING A BAZILLION DOLLARS SEGA RUINING SONIC EVERY FOUR YEARS VALVE TESTING VR IN THEIR OFFICE SQUARE ENIX RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO MILK FINAL FANTASY 7 ROCKSTAR TRANSPORTING EMPLOYEES INTO GTA6 FOR MORE REALISM EA DEVELOPING THE FIFA FRANCHISE UBISOFT ON THEIR WAY TO UNLOCK THE MAP OF MONTREAL ACTIVISION MOVING THEIR LAST STUDIO TO THE WARZONE TEAM

A fast-paced montage mocks major video game publishers with absurd visual clips and captions about Nintendo, Sega, Valve, Square Enix, Rockstar, EA, Ubisoft, and Activision. The joke is that each company is allegedly exploiting, neglecting, or endlessly recycling its franchises, while the dramatic music makes the exaggeration feel like an over-the-top corporate apocalypse. It works as a reaction to repetitive releases, predatory monetization, unfinished games, and publisher mismanagement. EN: A fast-paced montage mocks major video game publishers with absurd visual clips and captions about Nintendo, Sega, Valve, Square Enix, Rockstar, EA, Ubisoft, and Activision. The joke is that each company is allegedly exploiting, neglecting, or endlessly recycling its franchises, while the dramatic music makes the exaggeration feel like an over-the-top corporate apocalypse. It works as a reaction to repetitive releases, predatory monetization, unfinished games, and publisher mismanagement.

• @itvbia / 22691 2022-03-29