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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw com/watch?v=43IWdsKFsUg&ab_channel=GameSpot the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic, unfortunately this didn't translate into game sales as audiences found it too similar to every other gritty shooters at the time and completely shunned it, making a sequel highly unlikely.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic, unfortunately this didn't translate into game sales as audiences found it too similar to every other gritty shooters at the time and completely shunned it, making a sequel highly unlikely.realistic.
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Doesn't count as it doesn't have a box office (a finite time to make sales back).
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Numbers for video game sales are hard to come by, but reports suggest that Fuse sold on the order of ''5,000 copies'' in its first week. To put this in perspective, [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Resistance 3]] (whose performance was disappointing enough to be a FranchiseKiller) reportedly sold ''180,000 copies'' its first week.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the more well known examples among the gaming community. Started off as a fun little spy romp with all Insomniac's trademark guns and humor. Then the focus testing happened with 12 year olds claiming it was boring and EA nudged Insomniac into going more realistic and gritty, resulting in the series now being more mature in a sense. As shown by the game sales, the rest was history and Insomniac cut ties with EA since then.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Numbers for video game sales are hard to come by, but reports suggest that Fuse sold on the order of ''5,000 copies'' in its first week. To put this in perspective, [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Resistance 3]] (whose performance was disappointing enough to be a FranchiseKiller) reportedly sold ''180,000 copies'' its first week.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic, unfortunately this didn't translate into game sales, making a sequel highly unlikely.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac to change the tone and art style to look more realistic, unfortunately this didn't translate into game sales, sales as audiences found it too similar to every other gritty shooters at the time and completely shunned it, making a sequel highly unlikely.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, EA encouraged Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, look more realistic, unfortunately this wound up hurting the didn't translate into game sales, making a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.sequel highly unlikely.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise. Insomnia broke ties with EA Games after this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise. Insomnia broke ties with EA Games after this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise. Insomnia broke ties with EA Games after this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, siblings and kids wanted something more edgy, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over the top Mission Impossible deal. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. It's release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over the top Mission Impossible over-the-top ''Film/MissionImpossible'' deal. However However, after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine imagine, this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. It's Its release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over the top Mission Impossible deal. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look with more emphasis on humor like a over the top Mission Impossible deal. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now. As you can imagine this wound up hurting the game a great deal as it now lacked any personality and looked like any cookie cutter game on the market. It's release went largely unnoticed and pretty much buried any chance at a franchise.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look.look with more emphasis on humor like a over the top Mission Impossible deal. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw the game was announced as]] ''Overstrike'', with a more stylized look. However after a round of focus testing, where people thought it was for their younger siblings, Insomniac decided to change the tone and art style to what it is now.
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