As the live service wars continue, analyst says games like Black Myth: Wukong, Palworld, and Helldivers 2 prove it's hard to predict the next hit: "All bets are off"

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“But other than that, I think all bets are off.

“A boxing game hasn’t been in the top ten since April 2011…

I don’t know anyone that even was really thinking about Undisputed before it launched.

And here it is, right?”

So it’s quite the pickle to make a run at figure out.

That these smaller games are finding these audiences is actually really exciting and fun.”

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