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orl0pl, (edited ) do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome

I hope that they will share the source code on some kind of GPL to make this game not dead, shot down studio isn’t going to make any update and who will get the money?

Edit: they will still make the updates

FiniteBanjo,

Take-Two still receives the proceeds from the sales, depending on employment contracts probably pays royalties to the devs. Also, it’s their intellectual property so there could be consequences for leaking the source code.

kworpy, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome

Can someone copypaste the article? I’m not making an account.

Nom,
rbos, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome
@rbos@lemmy.ca avatar

They abandoned Linux support. Fuck them. It was one of the only games that did. Linux users were a bug part of their initial success, and they dumped us as soon as the money came in.

dustyData, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome

I predicted KSP2 was going to be eventually abandoned and IG closed around the time of the launch, when the first industry layoffs were starting to happen. The mildest thing I was called for suggesting this was pessimist and it only got worse from that term. I suppose I was half right…so far.

index, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome

something something redshell

Olgratin_Magmatoe, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome

Best case scenario, they learn from No Man’s Sky with what few devs they have left. Worst case scenario, the game remains shit, and we all continue to enjoy modded to hell KSP 1/Juno/etc.

Cybersteel, do games w Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome
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Idk if it’s true but I heard they were gonna pull og ksp from the stores soon so that ksp 2 have better legs.

Telorand, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

If it was me, I’d take the deal. They obviously don’t give a shit about even their successful teams.

Hdcase,

Me too. The writing is on the wall, especially if you’re at a small studio working on “small” games like Ninja Theory or Double Fine.

lazycouchpotato, do games w Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings - Bloomberg
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Gift article I found online.

The part that interests me is this:

Jill Braff, head of ZeniMax studios, said in the town hall that she hoped the reorganization would allow the division, which also develops Fallout and Doom, to put more focus on fewer projects. “It’s hard to support nine studios all across the world with a lean central team with an ever-growing plate of things to do,”

Why gobble up so many studios to consolidate into a gaming megacorp, then get gobbled up yourself by Microsoft? What’s the purpose of acquiring so many studios and holding onto so much IP if you can’t handle them?

Katana314,

I suppose anyone who saw the rise of EA a decade or so back saw this coming.

I didn’t, because, well…I think I naively expect the world of business to make sense.

tux,

That was my take too. “We’re spread too thin”… Then why the fuck did you buy up all these companies? Sure sounds like they just gobbled up all the good IP to hoard like a dragon on its pile of gold. Or to make sure those IPs don’t make it to Sony exclusives, wish the FTC would hang them by the balls since they’ve basically done opposite of what they promised during the mergers.

SupraMario,

Because CEOs are fucking idiots. So many companies do this shit, it’s not just the gaming side. A company starts to grow and instead of keeping with an organic growth they buy companies over and over.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

For that sweet buyout check. Management doesn’t care about the wake of destruction they leave, they got their 30 pieces of silver

WalnutLum, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

Why are they targeting Zenimax so heavily, don’t they have 50 other acquisitions they can suck the blood from

Hdcase,

Give it a year. Thankfully Toys for Bob was able to buy themselves out, otherwise surely they would have either been shut down or put to work in the Call of Duty mines.

shnizmuffin, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings
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Spencer said that “the thing that has me most concerned for the industry is the lack of growth.”

Oh hey there’s that Rot Economy thing again.

penquin, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

Why are they “cost cutting”? Are they going broke or something?

godzilla_lives, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

Welp, reckon it’s time I take my happy ass down to the local used game store and sell my Xbox. Thing’s collecting dust anyway. I think I’ll get a new camera lens instead.

shinratdr, do gaming w Bloomberg - Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings
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Wow it’s almost like buying up half the gaming industry and then producing literally nothing wasn’t a great idea.

Midnitte,

broader cost cutting

They’re just stripping everything down to save money, as every company that ever buys another company does.

This was entirely predictable (plus, they purchase IP, not people).

Hdcase,

Shutting down entire studios should not be a part of normal cost saving.

Midnitte,

Agreed, but it certainly seems to be.

Carighan, do gaming w Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings
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C-suite bonuses ain’t gonna pay themselves, you know?!

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