They wanted to use it to sell music licences for games and media production and the like. But it never really worked out, so they’ve sold it to a company that already actually knows how to do that.
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332@feddit.nu 9 months ago
Yeah, people speculated that this was coming.
Also, why the hell do they own bandcamp, lol.
Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
ryper@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
A good reason would have been potential “synergies” with Harmonix, which they also own, but I don’t recall ever seeing anything about that. Collaboration between the company that sells music and the company that makes music games seems like a no-brainer to me.
zecg@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Also, why the hell do they own bandcamp, lol.
Because a gaming company with a successful battle royale is like a mule with a spinning wheel or something.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I dunno, company that sells digital content for young people buys company that sells other digital content for young people. I can see the synergy there.
elvith@feddit.de 9 months ago
Wait… They sell games? I thought, they’d just gift you some every week!
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Lol same my entire Epic library is all the free games I get every Thursday like today.
zecg@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And there’s like 300 of them. With Steam, I had to buy my way into a Buridan’s donkey position where I don’t play anything because I have too much. My man Sweeney made me jaded for free.
elscallr@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Wait that’s a good point. I hope I get to keep all my free games.