Future of MK

In other MK news, Evo 2023 announced Ultimate MK11 will be featured with a 25k bonus. There are rumours circulating about a possible announcement from NRS. Grain of salt and all that but at least it's something.
 
Weird way to announce the game by a random conference call and not the Game Awards. Hopefully we'll get some gameplay soon...
 
Max brought up a good point in the fact that Street fighter 6 and MK12 are releasing in the same year. Reminds me of SF5 and MKX all over again. It will definitely be a interesting to see how both games stack up to one another. It crazy how three of the biggest fighting game franchises of all time are set to release literally months from each other.
 
lariat said:
Weird way to announce the game by a random conference call and not the Game Awards. Hopefully we'll get some gameplay soon...
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It was an investor call. It reeks of desperation.
WB is in financial mess right now. While Hogwarts Legacy was a massive win, that they desperately needed, it is still just one win. They need more of those, hence why during investor call, they started promising and announcing new things. To raise confidence in WB once again.

Cause to be honest. DC franchise is in the shitter right now, so they need some major wins and gaming is where they will definitely focus next, cause the rest of their media is... eeeeh.
 
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Max brought up a good point in the fact that Street fighter 6 and MK12 are releasing in the same year. Reminds me of SF5 and MKX all over again. It will definitely be a interesting to see how both games stack up to one another. It crazy how three of the biggest fighting game franchises of all time are set to release literally months from each other.
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MK12 will have a lot to live up to. Because if SF6 keeps racking wins and their open world idea will prove to be successful, then MK12 will have to do better, than just make MK11 2.0.
 
It's a ballsy (or foolish ) move from WB and NRS Ether way you look at it. The funniest thing about all this is Boon still playing dumb about it on twitter. You can't make this shit up. WB must be sick of his trolling ass Lmao!
 
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It's a ballsy (or foolish ) move from WB and NRS Ether way you look at it. The funniest thing about all this is Boon still playing dumb about it on twitter. You can't make this shit up. WB must be sick of his trolling ass Lmao!
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Aye. I imagine out of desperation they are throwing entire "secrecy" out of the window. They are just pushing everything out. They really need those wins.
 
lariat said:
Weird way to announce the game by a random conference call and not the Game Awards. Hopefully we'll get some gameplay soon...
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"random conference call":ROFLMAO:

I almost spit out my coffee with that.
That shit was about as random as when a WWE wrestler gets "injured" and then uses that time to take a vacation and comes back later.
Vince McMahon was also suposedly "killed" in a limo explosion in 2007, but the storyline was pulled after Chris Benoit's death weeks later.
Similar scenario (not to that extreme), but just with WB / NRS.
Pretty sure that Ed Boon was in on the whole "conference call" thing too and will somehow make a surprise appearance at "E3" or a future State Of Play. This shit writes itself, and they needed 0 marketing to do it, just a "leak" of a phone call by Zaslav and within hours (probably even minutes) it was up on Twitter, Gamespot and the front page of IGN.
Brilliant as shit and 0 dollars spent on advertising!
Now they have people salivating on reddit (MKLeaks) and other places around the web.
 
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IDK...I think your giving WB/NRS too much credit. I doubt this ''annoucement'' was that coordinated. I'm with Misucra on this one, this feels very rushed by the top ranks at WB to keep their shareholders at bay. When MK11 was first announced at the VGAs it already had a trailer plus gameplay screens ready to go. The fact that we've seen nothing not even a update on NRS twitter account reeks miscommunication on both sides to me.
 
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Aye.

We have to take into account how bad situation is at Warner.
DC Universe (the big money maker) is a mess. Aquaman 2 is filled with controversies around Amber heard and reshoots that cost millions. Early screenings claimed that the movie is a complete garbage. So that is danzo.
Flash movie has people excited about Batman, but it is also lead by Ezra Miller. A guy known for recorded assault, drugs, theft and cult like behavior.
Oh and Suicide Squad: Kill Justice League got disliked to hell. It is just another Generic Live Service Loot Shooter.
The only win they have right now is Hogwarts Legacy. (Expect more Harry Potter stuff from them)

So now I get a VERY strong feeling, that MK12 could be in similar situation as Cyberpunk 2077.
Executives announce release date, while devs think it is some sort of joke. Only to find out, that is not and they have to rush the game out.
Zaslav started in a right direction, with cutting out garbage projects and anything that bled money. But he has no idea in what direction to take the company. WB is in a crippling debt right now, so they need way more Hogwarts Legacy type of wins. MK12 is one of the few trump cards they have and now they are throwing it on the table.
Cause again. Investor calls are not meant for customers. It is meant for shareholders. That announcement wasn't made to excite gamers, as much as the guys investing into the company.
 
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Zaslav was like "I'm tired of these morons on mortalkombatleaks, here's how you leak!".

But yeah, this is definitely a move to excite investors, nothing to do with the average schmoe who's going to buy the game.
 
it's little "strange" that the Mortal Kombat 12 is going to release this year; April is very close (too close), other months for releasing Mortal Kombat games are more likely uncommon, it's almost tradition to get hands on Mortal Kombat games in April. Also October and September in the past years. We will see :)
 
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it's little "strange" that the Mortal Kombat 12 is going to release this year; April is very close (too close), other months for releasing Mortal Kombat games are more likely uncommon, it's almost tradition to get hands on Mortal Kombat games in April. Also October and September in the past years. We will see :)
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That just adds more to the theory of desperation.
On one hand Commander would be fully right, when he said that they used investor call to save money on marketing. But as someone who has dealt with executives in the past, and has overall common experience on how they prefer to present everything, I can tell that this was a very messy and rushed announcement.
Executives like to save money as much as possible to increase profits, but they also LOVE to make explosive announcements and overspend greatly on them. The fact that they chose an investor call that not a lot of people watch, as a place to announce the game, just screams "We need more wins ASAP!"

So I imagine thanks to this "announcement", the reveal will be either during E3 or EVO.
E3 is kind of unlikely, as barely anyone is attending that show anymore. It is literally on its last legs and organizers are completely disconnected from what Gamers like. Hint: Celebrities and virtue signaling is not it.
BUT... let's say game comes out in Fall/Autumn. So they need at least 3 months or so, to build up the hype for the game and get pre-orders. At minimum. So E3 that happens in June, seems like a much better option, than EVO that is way later in Summer. That is the only way I can see MK12 being revealed in E3.
Which is also good for E3, cause... people will be coming to check on MK12. So right now all we need is a confirmation, if WB will appear in E3 or not. If they do, then MK12 reveal is definitely happening there.

But yeah. I can see release being September/October or even November. Depends on the state of the game.
And if the game will get delayed at least once, then it is definitely being rushed out.
 
NRS will most likely hold their own press event. They did the same after they announced MK11 at the VGAs. E3 has been a dead horse for marketing any big AAA game at this point. Most of the big third party publishers now a days just hold their own press events. I don't see MK12 being any different.
 
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lariat said:
NRS will most likely hold their own press event. They did the same after they announced MK11 at the VGAs. E3 has been a dead horse for marketing any big AAA game at this point. Most of the big third party publishers now a days just hold their own press events. I don't see MK12 being any different.
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So the MK11 Reveal was 3 months before (17.1.2019) official release in April (23.4.2019). IF the MK12 releases sometime close to Street Fighter 6, then March 2023 could bring us some (big) news. If it releases later in the year (around October or November 2023), then the reveal could happen around SF6's release date in June. These are only speculations and calculations. Just (over)hyped curiosity :cool:
 
lariat said:
NRS will most likely hold their own press event. They did the same after they announced MK11 at the VGAs. E3 has been a dead horse for marketing any big AAA game at this point. Most of the big third party publishers now a days just hold their own press events. I don't see MK12 being any different.
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I hear you, but you have to take into account that things are different now. WB is bleeding money and now it is Zaslav who is the CEO. The Mr.Cheap, the guy that threw a complete "Batgirl" movie into a trash bin, just to save on costs.
MK11 happened, when WB was still able to hand out blank checks. When they could still throw insane events like that themselves and foot all of the bills. Darling studio or not, reality is different now. From economic standpoint, E3 would be a better option.

I mean what do they care about E3 marketing condition, at this point? They revealed MK12 in investor call, in the first place.

So I am putting my money on E3 being the place, where they will reveal the game.
 
IMO they have too much competition coming this year to just tease a trailer at E3 and hope for the best IMO. If WB's CEO is too cheap to announce the game in any traditional way than I seriously doubt he's willing to fork over the money to advertise at E3 Ether. Worse case scenario is just 3 of them sitting on a couch showing the game that way. Best case scenario is a reveal event for maximum exposure. They're not going to get another billion out of gamers taking the cheap way out IMO. Like you stated countless times...They desperately need this game to succeed and with SF6 and Tekken 8 hot on their heels they won't get there without some marketing push IMO. E3's not the Titan it once was. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all pulled out of E3 years ago and just do their own events now. Sony owns EVO now so my guess it will be teased there like Tekken 8 was... after that a full reveal event wether it be a video or press conference. That would give them three months if the game does release this fall/holiday season.
 
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IMO they have too much competition coming this year to just tease a trailer at E3 and hope for the best IMO. If WB's CEO is too cheap to announce the game in any traditional way than I seriously doubt he's willing to fork over the money to advertise at E3 Ether. Worse case scenario is just 3 of them sitting on a couch showing the game that way. Best case scenario is a reveal event for maximum exposure. They're not going to get another billion out of gamers taking the cheap way out IMO. Like you stated countless times...They desperately need this game to succeed and with SF6 and Tekken 8 hot on their heels they won't get there without some marketing push IMO. E3's not the Titan it once was. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all pulled out of E3 years ago and just do their own events now. Sony owns EVO now so my guess it will be teased there like Tekken 8 was... after that a full reveal event wether it be a video or press conference. That would give them three months if the game does release this fall/holiday season.
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Trust me, it is much cheaper to have someone house your event, rather than do everything yourself. A lot of management headache goes away.

Still all things said... I get a feeling that MK12 wasn't supposed to come out this year. I just get this strong feeling right now. Call it gamer's sixth sense.
Cause just what we already saw from SF6, makes MK11 look like a joke content wise. So if NRS was following with the similar model for MK12, then they are in deep trouble. Pretty visuals won't help against the game with full blown customization, open world, mini games, solid netcode and interactive Lobby.
They worst nightmare will be if SF6 is a massive success, that will be used as comparison against MK12 and then Tekken 8 comes out with its own customization system (Director mentioned that Tekken 7's customization was incredibly popular, so they be foolish not to double down on that) and solid content, which will make MK12 look even worse. So for their sake, they better have more, than just MK11 Part 2.
 
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