![]() Needless to say, if a publisher can cut corners and still make their money back, more often than not they will. ![]() Though one will sneak onto a console every now and then, as mostly seen on mobile platforms. It’s hard not to read into the cynical nature of this process, and you don’t really see these kinds of games on consoles anymore. Since licensing fees are so expensive, a lot of these were cheaply developed. In fact, a great many of them are absolutely abysmal. ![]() Unfortunately, not all of these games are good. Heck, even Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be King Kong. Game developers realized early on that as long as there was a Scrooge McDuck, we will want to be Scrooge McDuck. Since the dawn of the arcades, licensed material was the prime candidate for playable content. So, why wouldn’t you want to see those characters digitized and playable in exquisite video gaming format? The marriage of video games and licensed entertainment is a no-brainer. We all have beloved franchises that we stick by through thick and thin.
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