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

• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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    • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      True, but many indies do rely on funding from investors of one sort or another, be that angel investors, startup funds, or even just small business loans.

      Many of those investors have lost their appetite for games, making it extremely difficult to pay the bills unless you’ve already got a sizeable cash reserve to cover costs.

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      • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “I’m sick of investing in video games. They’re always so unreliable.”
        “You literally only ever invested in two companies.”

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