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ISolox@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• TalkingFlower@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  playstationlifestyle.net/…/august-2016-digital-sa…

  Why should Hello Game ditch the game?

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  • TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because, as this article that you keep linking says, they already made bank with the broken product in the first place. They could have just taken the money and closed the studio, or at least rebranding and going for the same trick again and again, as so many other actually do. They did not do that, they chose to do the opposite, which was an incredibly bold decision at the time.

    You also keep linking another article showing how they made so much money recently, like in 2022, but you forget that this is now, with hindsight. In 2016 just after release, it was more dangerous for them to keep working on a game nobody trusted anymore.

    And for the record, I bought NMS in 2022, and liked it okay-ish. It’s far from the best game ever, but arguing like you do that “they only added stuff they said would be in the game in the first place” is clearly fallacious.

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    • TalkingFlower@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fair enough, I will address that. It’s a commendable act…in the game industry, but at the same time, it is the professionalism expected in another industry, which is why I brought up the building analogy in my original post.

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  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nobody’s saying they should. We are saying that most companies would. Because most companies do.

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  • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well that is what lot of devs do, after scamming and getting the quick money and stop working on it. But they kept working for years, still ongoing 10 years after launch. Even with the hate they got and after they got exposed.

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    • TalkingFlower@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s why I used the building analogy in my original post to point out the standard of professionalism.

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