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SouthPeak to stop selling 'My Baby' during legal issues
While SouthPeak continues its legal dispute with My Baby developer Nobilis and publisher Majesco over the rights to the franchise and My Baby 3, the publisher will discontinue selling My Baby Girl and My Baby First Steps. SouthPeak Chairman Terry Phillips stated in an investor call today, "We firmly believe we are the rightful holder of the intellectual property to this franchise." He continued that the company is currently in court proceedings to resolve, what he calls, the wrongful termination of its agreements with Nobilis and is seeking damages for the developer soliciting the My Baby 3 rights to Majesco. He concluded that the company plans to "vigorously" defend its position. The My Baby franchise has been a "significant" part of the company's revenue, according to Phillips. So, missing My Baby 3 -- along with the other titles -- from the portfolio isn't helping SouthPeak's already glum financials.
'My Baby' sold by SouthPeak -- one million times
SouthPeak Interactive may be a little wobbly on paper and in the courtroom, but its My Baby franchise was born to run. The publisher's three My Baby games have sold over one million units in the US and Canada. Yes, one million units over three games may not sound so impressive, but we're talking about a series that retails for $30 and likely didn't cost much more to develop. The games are meant to appeal to girls ages 6 to 11, allowing "gamers" to start with a newborn in My Baby Boy and My Baby Girl, then transitioning them to "experience the joys of parenthood through to the toddler years in My Baby First Steps" After that, they'll be all set for the real thing with 16 and Pregnant.
My Baby Girl/Boy video scares us away from parenthood
It's not often that we post trailers for baby-raising sims, and one look at this video from My Baby Girl/Boy will explain why -- they're scary. Obviously us and most of our readers aren't the targeted group for such a game, but even so, we think this might deserve and "M" for "Mature" rating. How much more mature can you get than raising a baby anyway? My Baby Girl/Boy also seems to leave nothing up to the imagination, except for the birthing process (and who knows, maybe not even that). From bathing the babies, to playing games with them, to wiping their butts and changing their diapers, you have to do it all.To be nice, it does seem that the stylus works well for the gameplay involved.[Via GoNintendo]
More games to put girls in their place
In case all the Ubisoft games that end with a "z" weren't enough for you, Nobilis has announced releases for both My Baby Girl and My Baby Boy in June. The games will probably be the same, only one will involve raising (and possibly birthing) a girl in an atmosphere of pink things, while the other will feature a boy and a blue theme.Perhaps the most unsettling facet of these games is Nobilis's marketing and the compulsive use of sonograms. Not only did we see one in the press release, which announced that the games would "birth" soon, but there's also a Flash sonogram on the games' official website. Dealing with children isn't our forte, so forgive us if we're wrong, but don't things like this just bring up uncomfortable questions with parents?We suppose it could be worse, though; the games could be called My Baby Girlz and My Baby Boyz, after all.[Via press release]
