Comment on Microsoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them all

BurgerBaron@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  We probably wouldn’t have expedition 33 if Ubisoft gave people a reason to stay

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• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I wish that was true, but funding has dried up across the entire sector and that affects the viability of smaller studios more than it does the mega corps with bottomless warchests.

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• burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i don’t believe the next video game collapse is going to be very pretty for anyone. also, most independent studios and developers make little to no money at all

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  • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    its only the big publishers that are going to crash, so nothing of value will be lost.

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    • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Tell that to all the smaller studios that have already been decimated and forced to close because of their publishing/funding deals falling through over the last couple of years.

      It’s comforting to believe that only the biggest companies are struggling, but the industry as a whole is currently in active collapse from the inside out.

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      • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        i know it’s not the important part of your comment, but I must point out that indies will be fine because indies do not have publishing deals. If your studio is beholden to a publisher, then you are by definition not independent.

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• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Personally I agree. I’ve seen way more startups kicking off with these waves of layoffs. It’s a silver lining, not much more, but I’m happy to see people finally realizing they don’t want the big tech solutions anymore.

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• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Still bugs me that Microsoft owns the rights to the King’s Quest series, though.

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• emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean sure but just like with movies, the rights dont change hands very often, even if they’re not being actively used or the rights holder goes out of business. This means a ton of promising franchises either suffer by getting terrible sequels or no sequels at all.

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Honestly no sequel is better. Dishonored is great, but i don’t want any sequel under the current Arkane.

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    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are 2 sequels lol

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      • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Obviously i mean it ends at doto.

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