Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'
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Nnooooo
They were already building lasting value.
By just making good artistically meaningful games.
They were already building lasting value.
Not... Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It's not surprising to me that they're gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.
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"Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape" - this guy probably.
"Art isn't about artistic expression. Billions of people make paintings and most of them go unseen. Museums, on the other hand... They don't make paintings, they make experiences. For a nominal entry fee, consumers have access to an evolving and ever-changing catalog of content.
This is the future we envision here at Remedy. High quality games that build upon themselves, creating an experience that grows with the player. For that reason, we're announcing that the Alan Wake series will no longer be individual games, but instead a live-service experience with episodic content."
- also that guy probably
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Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it's at
Micro transaction is such a stupid pr spin of a term that just means regular transaction and I hate how well it’s caught on.
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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.
"We are absolutely cooked, chat." - Alan Wake (writer)
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Remedy's next project seems like to be more of the same old same old single player action games, albeit a couple of Max Payne remakes. Not unfuckup:able, with microtransactions, but still safer than some multiplayer hero shooter or smth.
A couple? As in 1 and 2?
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A couple? As in 1 and 2?
yeah, MP1 and MP2.
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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.
I predict a Control gacha game.
A 50/50 soft pity at 100 pulls, with hard pity at 200. Pull your favorite Control character on the limited banner! Note the limited banner character won't transfer to standard once the banner ends. Pity also will not carry over.
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They were already building lasting value.
Not... Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It's not surprising to me that they're gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.
I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though
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What the fuck, when was that?
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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.
Remedy is fucked. Not that I mind, I never liked their newer games. The only game I ever liked from Remedy is Max Payne.
CORRECTION: I kind of did like Control.
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I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though
Epic must've given them a really good publishing deal to make it an exclusive though. If it were also on Steam it definitely would've moved more copies but I doubt they would end up with more money than what Epic paid.
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What the fuck, when was that?
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Omg wtf, Konami used to be great back in the day. What a way to burn up all good will with your fans. I refuse to buy any of their new games after they burned the bridges back when they claimed to be getting out of gaming for good.
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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.
i hate capitalism. so very, very much.
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With AI and microtransactions you say!
Are their offices rent controlled?
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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.
All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke
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Welp any hopes I had for more of the control universe after resonant just got trashed
You’ll get control legends with loot boxes and micro transactions.
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All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke
Control 2026. Control 2027. Control 2028
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Omg wtf, Konami used to be great back in the day. What a way to burn up all good will with your fans. I refuse to buy any of their new games after they burned the bridges back when they claimed to be getting out of gaming for good.
You can thank Hideki Hayakawa, who turned thier Digital Entertainment (home videogames) division into more casino type things, completed around when Hideo left:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-BmDNuS7w
And now thier "Digital Entertainment" division is way more profitable:
https://www.pcgamer.com/konami-just-had-its-best-ever-year-thanks-to-games-youve-never-heard-of/ -
Epic must've given them a really good publishing deal to make it an exclusive though. If it were also on Steam it definitely would've moved more copies but I doubt they would end up with more money than what Epic paid.
From what I understand Epic gave them a blank check for the development of the game, which is great when it comes to developing that game for the creatives involved.
But they did expect some sales revenue after release so they could develop other games and because Epic aren't a very good publisher (not just in the forced EGS exclusivity, but the lack of marketing and physical console editions) their business plans likely got very shaky.
I can't with this industry…
