Saints Row reboot gross sales have flopped and now the franchise’s future appears unsure. IP proprietor Embracer Group beforehand acknowledged the sport’s mediocre crucial and industrial reception, however that is the primary time it has admitted that the reboot underperformed with “sub-par” return on funding.
Saints Row reboot modified how Embracer greenlights video games
In its Q3 2022 monetary report launched yesterday, Embracer Group revealed that following the underwhelming efficiency of its console and PC video games, the corporate has modified its coverage in the direction of greenlighting new tasks. Whereas it didn’t particularly single out Saints Row, Embracer made it clear that going ahead, “every venture has to earn its proper to exist,” leaving a query mark across the sequence’ future.
Embracer Group wolfed up numerous sport firms and IPs however has had little success with them, if any. The corporate acknowledged that it must “put high quality first” and supply “distinctive, optimistic participant experiences.”
We have now elevated administration focus and efforts to optimize investments and effectivity throughout the group even additional. To simplify, every venture has to earn its proper to exist, which suggests we’ll enhance our efforts to place high quality first even additional, and ensure we create distinctive optimistic participant experiences.
Embracer didn’t reveal what number of copies Saints Row has shipped.