That NetEase news really paints a grim picture for the global games industry. Large conglomerates buying entire game studios solely for increasing their stock market value. They don't even want those studios to produce games because that would mean they have to spend money on marketing. - ThreadSky

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kaiserbeamz.bsky.social • 1 day ago

That NetEase news really paints a grim picture for the global games industry. Large conglomerates buying entire game studios solely for increasing their stock market value. They don't even want those studios to produce games because that would mean they have to spend money on marketing.

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zerocrossing.bsky.social•1 day ago

I once worked on a game for almost 5 years. We were just about to go beta and we got the announcement that we were closing. We literally had a fully functioning game that was really good. The week before, our parent company announced that they signed a huge contract with Dreamworks.

crinklefink.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely spot on 👍

kaiserbeamz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Poor Nagoshi and Suda51. They thought getting in with a large-scale company like NetEase would allow them better chances for getting their weird projects funded with bigger budgets. Turns out all those billions are meant for the CEO and the CEO alone.

roz-en.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hey, thats not true! They could ship a new entry in a beloved series like Ouka studios an-

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bonagrok.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know my drop in the bucket won’t do much but I uninstalled and left a bad review and reasons for my uninstall. Shame because it was a fun free game that genuinely seemed like a work of love.

screamingmantis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Games become literal pulp fiction quickly.

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