As a well-known game development team, Platinum Studios has launched many high-quality games, such as "Neil: Mechanical Age", "Angel Hunting Witch" and so on. The classic characters such as Miss 2B and Sister Bei in the game are the white moonlight in the hearts of many players.
Platinum Studio also proudly announced that the word "platinum" is their signature, "platinum production, must be a boutique".
This time, however, Platinum Studios overturned.
On March 3, Platinum Studios' new work "The Fall of Babylon" was officially released.
Not only did the danshi game debut sales not make it into the top 50 of the Steam best-seller list, but only 650 people played the game on the day it was released on Steam. The Marvel Avengers, which was previously regarded as the lowest-selling failure by SE, had 28,000 people online on the first day of launch.
The media is also not optimistic about the "fall of Babylon".
At present, the "Fall of Babylon" media on the M station (metacritic, review site) has an average score of 41 points, and only 6 media participated in the evaluation, of which 4 gave bad reviews. They argue that the game design is outdated, the combat and dungeon setup are mediocre, and clearly not a "platinum" work.
The last time "Babylon Falls" appeared in front of players was during Neil's fifth anniversary celebration, when it was officially announced that "Neil: The Mechanical Age" would be linked to "Babylon Falls".
At that time, many players didn't even know what the "Fall of Babylon" was. This also makes many players very confused, the game is not released, on the booking and 2B Miss Sister linkage, it is really some suspicion of rubbing heat.
Despite garnering some attention on Neil's anniversary, the "Fall of Babylon" started out in a very dismal way.
In fact, as early as the game testing stage, it received a lot of bad reviews from the media and players.
The dismal performance of "Babylon's Fall" actually reflects the dilemma of Platinum Studios. For many years, Platinum Studio has basically been doing OEM work, has no own IP masterpiece, and lacks sufficient funds and anti-risk ability.
After the founders Shinji Mikami and Mikasa also left one after another, Platinum Studio has not changed much, and the dream of having "its own IP" is still far away.