Hilarious, when will they learn you cannot sell a game that gamers do not want to play.

  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    I always feel bad for the devs with these situations. I’m sure there’s so much art and effort put into this game even if it sucked, and those people who made it now don’t even get to show it off in action. Even if the final result sucked, it still sucks for those people who worked hard on elements of it.

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      1 month ago

      Same. And especially for a live service game, it’s just gone. If someone made some great 3D models and animations for an offline game, even if the game doesn’t sell very well, their work is still out there. But with a live service game, that’s just it. No one else gets to see it for more than a few days.

      I also hate the fact that the dev studio will face the consequences of this, while whatever braindead exec with a master’s in bullshit administration will probably still be employed.

      But at the same time… I can’t help but enjoy the spectacular failures of these anti-consumer products lately.

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        1 month ago

        Absolutely. And I believe we can both laugh at the stupidity of the leadership while feeling sympathy for the devs who were just doing their job (likely thanklessly). It doesn’t need to be picking a side.

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      1 month ago

      I couldn’t imagine putting 8 years of effort into a game only for it to bomb. But a least they got their paychecks.

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        1 month ago

        There is a good chance if it is a badly managed project by the time it launches everyone working on it already resents the project anyway and will be glad that it is over.

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      1 month ago

      And then there was a developer calling gamers talentless freaks for not enjoying the game so hard to sympathise with everyone.