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I remember the first time I fired up Mortal Kombat 1 and experienced that incredible ending sequence - the sheer adrenaline rush of mastering those finishing moves felt like hitting the jackpot. That's exactly what we're all chasing in gaming, isn't it? That big win moment. But lately, I've been noticing something troubling across multiple franchises. Just like how Mortal Kombat 1's promising story has descended into chaos according to most players, other established series seem to be struggling with maintaining that magic formula that made them great in the first place.
Take the Mario Party franchise as a perfect example of this phenomenon. After selling roughly 2.8 million copies of the GameCube version back in the day, the series hit what I'd call a "strategy slump" that lasted nearly a decade. When Super Mario Party launched on Switch in 2018, it moved an impressive 5.3 million units in its first year alone, proving there was still massive demand for the social gaming experience it offered. But here's where things get interesting from a game strategy perspective - while the commercial success was undeniable, the developers made what I consider a strategic misstep by leaning too heavily on the new Ally system. Don't get me wrong, innovation is crucial, but when you're dealing with a beloved franchise, you need to balance novelty with the core elements that made people fall in love with it originally.
Then came Mario Party Superstars in 2021, which essentially served as a "greatest hits" compilation. It sold approximately 4.2 million copies within six months, showing that nostalgia definitely sells. But as someone who's analyzed gaming trends for years, I noticed this created an interesting dilemma - players were getting either too much innovation or pure nostalgia, with nothing that truly blended both approaches effectively. Now we have Super Mario Party Jamboree completing what I'm calling the "Switch trilogy," and from what I've observed, it's falling into the classic trap of prioritizing quantity over quality. The developers included over 110 minigames and 15 boards according to their marketing materials, but in my experience playing through them, only about 40% of these elements feel genuinely polished and engaging.
What strikes me about this pattern is how it mirrors the issues we're seeing in Mortal Kombat's narrative direction. Both franchises started with incredibly strong foundations that captured players' imaginations, but subsequent iterations have struggled to maintain that original magic while introducing meaningful evolution. From my perspective as both a gamer and strategy analyst, the key to "winning big" in today's gaming landscape isn't about packing in more content or mechanics - it's about understanding what made the core experience special and building upon that foundation with careful, player-focused enhancements. I've found that the games that truly stand the test of time are those that respect their legacy while introducing innovations that feel organic rather than forced. The current approach we're seeing across multiple major franchises seems to be creating what I'd call "feature bloat" - overwhelming players with options while diluting the quality of each individual component. If developers want to truly boost their game performance both commercially and critically, they need to refocus on creating cohesive, well-polished experiences rather than checking boxes on a feature list.
We are shifting fundamentally from historically being a take, make and dispose organisation to an avoid, reduce, reuse, and recycle organisation whilst regenerating to reduce our environmental impact. We see significant potential in this space for our operations and for our industry, not only to reduce waste and improve resource use efficiency, but to transform our view of the finite resources in our care.
Looking to the Future
By 2022, we will establish a pilot for circularity at our Goonoo feedlot that builds on our current initiatives in water, manure and local sourcing. We will extend these initiatives to reach our full circularity potential at Goonoo feedlot and then draw on this pilot to light a pathway to integrating circularity across our supply chain.
The quality of our product and ongoing health of our business is intrinsically linked to healthy and functioning ecosystems. We recognise our potential to play our part in reversing the decline in biodiversity, building soil health and protecting key ecosystems in our care. This theme extends on the core initiatives and practices already embedded in our business including our sustainable stocking strategy and our long-standing best practice Rangelands Management program, to a more a holistic approach to our landscape.
We are the custodians of a significant natural asset that extends across 6.4 million hectares in some of the most remote parts of Australia. Building a strong foundation of condition assessment will be fundamental to mapping out a successful pathway to improving the health of the landscape and to drive growth in the value of our Natural Capital.
Our Commitment
We will work with Accounting for Nature to develop a scientifically robust and certifiable framework to measure and report on the condition of natural capital, including biodiversity, across AACo’s assets by 2023. We will apply that framework to baseline priority assets by 2024.
Looking to the Future
By 2030 we will improve landscape and soil health by increasing the percentage of our estate achieving greater than 50% persistent groundcover with regional targets of:
– Savannah and Tropics – 90% of land achieving >50% cover
– Sub-tropics – 80% of land achieving >50% perennial cover
– Grasslands – 80% of land achieving >50% cover
– Desert country – 60% of land achieving >50% cover
