Despite good reviews from journalists and gamers The Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden And Jusant They are selling below expectations. The French studio Don’t Nod is disappointed and talks about the extremely competitive and selective market.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden has an average rating of 78% and 85% from Jusant. Both games are available on Steam from players. very positive user reviews. As for role-playing games, they have been quite positive lately.
At the start of this year, Don’t Nod wanted to focus on three genres: RPGs, story-driven adventures, and action-adventures. The division was meant to reflect the studio’s rich history of creating a variety of gaming experiences. But the team behind Remember Me, Life is Strange, and Vampyr are now having to consider all the different options for their plan.
“We are clearly disappointed with our recent results in an extremely competitive and selective market. Despite the excellent critical reception, Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of new Eden unfortunately did not achieve the commercial results we had hoped for, resulting in a deterioration in our results for the first half of 2024 and forcing us to consider all possible options in our plan.” said Oscar Gilbert, President and CEO of Don’t Nod Studios.
This is already happening. Development of as yet unannounced projects codenamed P12 and P13 is nearing completion.. The team wants to focus entirely on the titles with the most potential. These are P10 and P14. They should be released by the end of 2027. Expectations are also high for the adventure game. The Lost Tapes: Bloom and Fury. This is the first project of Don’t Nod Montréal under the direction of Michel Koch. He was the art director of Life is Strange. Next up are side projects that should bring in good income. Their release is planned for the end of 2025.
Source :Indian TV
