Gary Whitta

Right, but like... If they said to him, we really want you to do Elden Ring 2 and here's the financial case for it. Look at these numbers. He's like, yeah, that's great. But I just really, I just have no interest in it. I really don't want to do it. They're not going to say, well, fuck it, you're doing it.

No, I see that.

No, I see that.

I mean, has this industry ever had a completely banger, million, like, multi-million seller, commercial slam dunk mega hit that didn't then spawn a sequel?

I mean, has this industry ever had a completely banger, million, like, multi-million seller, commercial slam dunk mega hit that didn't then spawn a sequel?

That's not meant to have a sequel, necessarily. Yeah.

That's not meant to have a sequel, necessarily. Yeah.

There was always going to be a Spider-Man 2. There was always going to be a Halo 2. There was always going to be a God of War 2, right? Those games don't, you know... They can't be allowed to just, once you've found some success and you've created a hit and a brand that people know, at that point, you could argue it's financially, commercially negligent to not continue to pursue that, right?

There was always going to be a Spider-Man 2. There was always going to be a Halo 2. There was always going to be a God of War 2, right? Those games don't, you know... They can't be allowed to just, once you've found some success and you've created a hit and a brand that people know, at that point, you could argue it's financially, commercially negligent to not continue to pursue that, right?

Yeah, I view Minecraft as an ongoing thing. And guess what?

Yeah, I view Minecraft as an ongoing thing. And guess what?

They made a Telltale story mode game. And they're constantly adding stuff to it all the time.

They made a Telltale story mode game. And they're constantly adding stuff to it all the time.

There's already been a massive DLC, which is essentially a sequel. Now there's, you know, they're already exploiting the fuck out of it.

There's already been a massive DLC, which is essentially a sequel. Now there's, you know, they're already exploiting the fuck out of it.

It's like...

It's like...

having a metal detector right and you know there's treasure buried under the sand right and you're going and there's something and it's like oh shit you fucking dig you know what i mean like when you when you hit pay dirt when you find when you strike gold you don't move on oh let's see we can find gold somewhere no fucking gold here dig dig dig and that's how you get all these different iterations of the game yeah it's fun seeing chat names that name things right because somebody says bloodborne twitch to that i'd say

having a metal detector right and you know there's treasure buried under the sand right and you're going and there's something and it's like oh shit you fucking dig you know what i mean like when you when you hit pay dirt when you find when you strike gold you don't move on oh let's see we can find gold somewhere no fucking gold here dig dig dig and that's how you get all these different iterations of the game yeah it's fun seeing chat names that name things right because somebody says bloodborne twitch to that i'd say

There is a Tetris 2. Days Gone, I would argue, wasn't a big enough hit to justify a sequel, even though it's one of those games that's gone on to be more well-liked over time. Yeah. I don't think that's increased the commercial case for it. There probably won't be a Baldur's Gate 4, but again, it's too early to say. Nobody really knows what's going to happen.