Why?

[The Herald of Torrent]

Can someone please tell me why licensed games always suck [badly]? :confused:

[Draconomicon]

Because they pay so much money for the licence, they dont have enough for competent artists, developers, writers etc...

[Zeta]

Not to mention that the game has to be published while the license is still "hot", which often means that it's done within six months instead of the usually 2-3 year cycle that most of the good games have.

[ocelotrevs]

They have too rush the game out while the bandwagon is still rolling
They also don't really care about the quality (most times), as people will buy it regardless (child pressure from parents, Disney tie in's for example)
But Spider-Man 2: The Game was decent and amazing
It also works both way, when games get transferred too movies, they usually come out sloppy

[Sanagi]

With profit guaranteed by the licence, quality is a frivolous pursuit.