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[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Late-stage capitalism (specifically public companies) are rather incompatible with singleplayer or "one-off" games that don't have a long revenue tail of a live season or multiple DLCs/expansions. That really sucks for the whole games industry, players and developers alike.

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why? Shouldn't they be working on another game after releasing the first?

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Line must go up next quarter.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They brought that one upon themselves imo. They were privately owned for 10 years before their IPO in 2018