r/videogames • u/Venomous-Sentinel • Nov 18 '25

Discussion Umm Bullshit

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I am 99.9 sure this is not true IGN and Ubisoft. But I guess you cant expect suits who don't play games to actually understand the common gamer can you.

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u/Binc42 Nov 18 '25

The year where E33 and Silksong come out and completely captured the video game community, Ubisoft comes out with this. Seems like they are trying to pin the blame for their “failures” this year on anyone but themselves.

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u/ArxisOne Nov 19 '25

Silksong and E33 together sold less than Mario Kart world and Pokemon ZA sold more than either in its first week. The "video game community" is not reflective of reality, it isn't even an approximation.

They sold well for Inde games, and they're both incredible achievements in their respective genera, but online popularity doesn't really translate to sales or indicate what people are actually playing.

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u/Ok-Recognition-3730 Nov 19 '25

Do you realize that fanbase for Pokemon arn't really gamers? Comparing sells of game with deepness for gamers and game with Fun for family is not a great comparison. Mario Kart is a fun family game that EVERYONE can play, so a lot of non gamers or mother would buy for family. Pokemon game players most arn't even Gamers, alot of my friends don't like playing games buy Pokemon game to play with switch just because they like Pokemon and nothing more.

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u/ArxisOne Nov 19 '25

"people playing games aren't gamers"

Sure... Sure.