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'

[korkki@lemmy.ml]

yeah, MP1 and MP2.

[i_jedi@lemmy.today]

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.

[comrade_spood@quokk.au]

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

[tothegravemylove@sh.itjust.works]

What the fuck, when was that?

[biotin7@sopuli.xyz]

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.

[popcar2@piefed.ca]

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.

[mohab@piefed.social]

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/02/22/metal-gear-survive-makes-you-pay-10-for-a-new-save-if-you-dont-want-to-delete-your-existing-character

[tothegravemylove@sh.itjust.works]

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.

[_nico198x_@europe.pub]

i hate capitalism. so very, very much.

[screen_shatter@lemmy.world]

Are their offices rent controlled?

[creamyjalapenosauce@piefed.social]

All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke

[criss_cross@lemmy.world]

You’ll get control legends with loot boxes and micro transactions.

[tronn4@lemmy.world]

Control 2026. Control 2027. Control 2028

[venator@lemmy.nz]

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/

[doublah@sopuli.xyz]

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.

[skaverat@discuss.tchncs.de]

Every artifact is a lootbox instead

[aksdb@lemmy.world]

If you hold Control that high, then no worries: everything will be under Control.

[carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works]

Control 2 should hopefully be fine as the CEO is new and it is scheduled for the first half of the year (They told investors 2026H1 and no one would lie to investors /s). Not so sure about anything else.

[piemeplenty@lemmy.world]

Remedy already has lasting value in our hearts you out of touch dork!

[agentrocket@feddit.org]

IMO Alan Wake 2 could have performed much better if it wasn't an Epic exclusive, but from what I heard, because of that deal, Remedy got their development cost back before the game officially broke even.

Don't know what to think of Firebreak, because it's a genre i don't like (coop) and that doesn't go well with Remedys biggest strength, the storytelling. Until recently i didn't even know the game existed.