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dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I totally understand the appeal of money, in situations like this, but we’ve seen the history repeat itself time after time.

It’s really great news, that they’re saying no. Look at what happened with Blizzard, immediately after acquisition. Or Bungie (multiple times now). Lionhead too, the makers of Fable. Or Volition, the recently shutdown studio behind Saints Row. The list of these is endless

Being absorbed by a gigantic corporation, just to be told they’re not interested in anything you do, is not helping anyone, except for those who are lining their pockets in the upper management and shareholder ranks

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TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The appeal of money already stung them once. I maintain that the reason they had to release Cyberpunk before it was ready was because of contractual obligations and penalty clauses from a Hollywood actor they enlisted, in the hope of selling more copies with his name. Movies have much more fixed release dates than games and the actor’s agents were the big dog at the negotiating table, setting the terms to suit themselves. I’d like to think they’ve learned their lesson.

Also, CDPR own GOG and have a stable income, one that relies on their current structure. I doubt anyone buying them would look to keep them DRM free.

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- Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, but I think cyberpunk would have been just as good without Keanu in it. I assume they mainly hired him for marketing purposes because he's famous and a meme.
  
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  - TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I completely agree with everything you’ve said. Also, I don’t blame Keanu if he did have harsh contractual penalties with CDPR, as it’s his agents who negotiate contracts.
    
    However I would say that, while his PR team no doubt influence things, by all accounts he is a very stand up dude.
    
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    Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    How would we know though?
    
    He's an A-lister and he's represented by a big talent agency and production company.
    
    They can quite easily squash stories, simply by refusing media access to other stars or productions on their roster.
    
    Hell, for all we know he could be on Epstein's list. Or he could be secretly donating money to donkey sanctuaries. Who knows?
    
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Selling your company is also the quick and easy cash-in. For most people that just want a good life that’s a solid choice, but for someone who really believes in what they built and their product they not only betray their vision, they also give all that future growth potential to that nameless investor or corp who will just milk it to death.

CDPR has several titles and IPs with great name recognition and future growth potential, cyberpunk for example. They also are not in any financial trouble as far as I know, so they would be fools to sell that off now.

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