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AreaKode, do games w Pop it in your calendars

Arrrr…

CocaineShrimp, do games w Pop it in your calendars
@CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works avatar

Die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain

ceenote,

This looks less like heroes becoming villains and more like villains (who were always villains) tricking the hero and murdering them. Unknown World’s founders and developers of the first game all got fired by the company that acquired them.

RadicalEagle,

Definitely died as heroes.

athairmor,

The founders are the villains of this piece as much as Krafton. They sold out for a big payday. This was all very predictable.

You’d have to really dense to think that Krafton is going to come along with half a billion dollars and just let things carry on as usual.

TachyonTele,

They didn't sell out. That's a childish view.
They made one and a half games (Subnautica and the dlc turned full release), never made the direct sequel, cut thier losses and cashed thier checks.

If they sold out they'd still be on the dev team, making micro transactions for the corpo.

athairmor,

They literally sold out. They sold the company. And, they sold it to a corporation whose portfolio is littered with microtransactions.

cut their losses

What losses? Were they not profitable?

and cashed their checks

Yeah, that’s the selling out part.

TachyonTele,

No. That's taking the money and run.
If they sold out they'd still be on the dev team, making micro transactions for the corpo.

ceenote,

They tempted the heroes with wealth beyond measure so that by the time they stab them in the back, nobody mourns.

Tattorack, do games w Pop it in your calendars
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

Well… Piracy it is, then.

swordgeek,

Probably not really feasible - it will require constant connection to a back-end server to play or some bullshit like that.

But even if you can, that’s not the answer. The proper action is to deny them entirely. Don’t play the game, don’t play PUBG, don’t do anything that expands their reach, money or not.

They need to suffer with NOBODY playing this game. They need to suffer by people deleting their Battlegrounds accounts. Software piracy is what makes games legendary.

duchess,

Or do the boycott right and don’t play the game at all.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

I’ll just watch some let’s plays on YouTube

DeathByBigSad, (edited )
@DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works avatar

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod, (edited )
    @Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

    I only got into subnautica because Markiplier was so funny screaming in the videos

    Tattorack,
    @Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

    Doing the boycott “right” means not paying money. Corpos think each pirated copy is a loss. That’s how they explain it to their investors too:

    “Look at all this money we’re not making because of those damn dirty pirates!”

    duchess,

    That’s not what they think, that’s just how their law lackeys justify horrendous fines. Their market analysts will still see the „talk“ about the game, by people who played, legally or not.

    LostWanderer, do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @LostWanderer@fedia.io avatar

    I'm not particularly excited about this upcoming dumpster fire...Already took it off my Wishlist.

    stupidcasey, do games w Pop it in your calendars

    Gotta be honest, I would do the same and worse for 250 million dollars.

    Green_Mouse, do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @Green_Mouse@piefed.social avatar

    Yikes!

    CidVicious, (edited ) do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @CidVicious@sh.itjust.works avatar

    I thought the people fired were executives, not creatives.

    Edit: I also don’t see how a boycott helps the actual people working on the game.

    BombOmOm,
    @BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, I’m just going to wait and see. If it’s good, I’ll buy it, otherwise I won’t.

    swordgeek, do games w Pop it in your calendars

    Oooh, there’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.

    $250M PLUS legal costs PLUS $250M in punitive fees. That should hurt them a bit.

    MJKee9,

    You can’t typically get punitive damages for contract disputes. Also, there is a very real possibility that the contract hasn’t been breached by the new owners’ actions. It sounds like they used their superior bargaining power to put a lot of questionable yet enforceable provisions in the contract.

    thann,

    Ive heard of it once where the defendant litterally wrote a book on how to use overseas buisness to pull off scams like the one he was being accused of

    swordgeek,

    Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here.

    It’s a stretch perhaps, but that’s what I think would be reasonable.

    MJKee9,

    Typically, conduct would have to rise to the level of fraud to justify punitives in a contract based dispute. That’s a very high hurdle in most jurisdictions. Also, at that point the conduct complained of would likely be based in tort, not contract.

    Aatube,

    By what law?

    rollerbang,

    Not a lawyer but I’m guessing it would have to be proven as a justifiable delay.

    Aatube,

    That’s easy, just say there were features they wanted

    mriswith, do games w Pop it in your calendars

    The three people were replaced with a guy who used to work at EA. And one of their first announcements was an unprompted “we wont put loot boxes in the game”…

    ChaoticEntropy,
    @ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk avatar

    I’m not going to burn your house down, rest easy knowing that. :)

    kurcatovium,
    @kurcatovium@piefed.social avatar

    No, they won't. Because they already are there, maybe?

    Bronzebeard,

    Next week: Introducing new “reward containers”

    dastanktal, do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @dastanktal@lemmy.ml avatar

    Companies only answer to profit and unfortunately we get to see the results. Can’t have those proles making 250 million dollars now. That would eat into the profits of our shareholders.

    JoMiran, do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar
    TheEighthDoctor,

    Yo ho all together hoist the colours high…

    Baggie, do gaming w Linux users: Are we over-reliant on Steam?

    A touch, yes. I’m much happier being reliant on steam than Microsoft. They’re not incredibly indispensible either, you can do this stuff without them.

    Blaster_M, do games w Pop it in your calendars

    Welp, guess I’m going to not buy it harder then…

    NONE_dc, do games w Pop it in your calendars
    @NONE_dc@lemmy.world avatar

    So is like what happened in ZA/UM with Disco Elysium?

    maxwells_daemon, do games w Pop it in your calendars

    “But it’s still mostly the same team, please give us the benefit of the doubt 😭😭😭😭”

    Don’t be stupid, don’t buy from a publisher before the 1.0 release

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