Acclaim was certainly a publisher more focused on quantity than quality. They ported some good games to console, as well as stuff that wouldn't have made it to America otherwise, but they also responsible for the awful Batman Forever game. I like some of their originals, like Iggy's Wreckin' Balls and Fur Fighters, and obviously the early Turok games were a hit, but there's just so much licensed garbage they were responsible for.
It's a blessing they went bankrupt in 2004 and were shut down at that time. Probably was because of all the crappy licensed games they made. The 3DO Company also made a lot of crappy games and they went out of business in 2003 due to poor sales of said games. Only games they made that people even liked were the "Army Men" franchise and "Might and Magic".
They (Acclaim) also made some really stupid business and marketing decisions. Listen to this from Wikipedia; I was laughing my head off at all this, especially the tombstone thing; who in the hell markets their crap by engraving their ads on somebody's gravestone?! XD Anyway, here is all is:
"During Acclaim's decline towards bankruptcy, the company made several controversial business and marketing decisions in the United Kingdom. One example was a promise that a US$10,000 (£6000) prize would be awarded to UK parents who would name their baby "Turok", to promote the release of
Turok: Evolution.
[27] A later investigation by
VG247 found that all those who had reportedly changed their names were actors.
[28] Another was an attempt to buy advertising space on actual tombstones for
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming.
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To promote
Burnout 2: Point of Impact, Acclaim offered to reimburse any driver in the United Kingdom who received a speeding ticket. Following a negative reaction to this from the UK government, the plan was cancelled.
[29] In the US, Acclaim suffered multiple
lawsuits, a portion of them with former partners.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen sued over unpaid royalties.
[30]
In the last iteration of the BMX series,
BMX XXX, nudity and semi-nudity (e.g.,
full motion video of strippers and nude female riders) was added in hopes of boosting sales.
[31] However, like most of Acclaim's video games during its final years,
BMX XXX sold poorly, and was derided for its sexual content and poor gameplay.
Dave Mirra himself publicly disowned the game, stating that he was not involved in the decision to include nudity, and he sued Acclaim for fear of being associated with
BMX XXX.
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Another lawsuit was from Acclaim's own investors, claiming that Acclaim management had published misleading financial reports.
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