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Thing is, despite having bought up so many studios, as well as many IPs, they don't have many of the latter that are moneymakers. Tomb Raider, Borderlands, Saint's Row (they still own the IP)and LotR are the most prominent ones. The first two have upcoming entries, but are still at least a year or more out, and Saint's Row and LotR, well, we know what happened there. Deus Ex is a big name, but not a big bank franchise. Same for stuff like Legacy of Kain, Thief and Gothic. Dead Island 2 and Remnant 2 supposedly sold well, but I'm not sure if a couple minor hits is enough to offset all those acquisitions and a number of big flops (and the Saudis pulling out of €2B dollar partnership deal).
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Volition Shares Final Message With Fans Following Closure
Red Faction and Saints Row dev Volition shared one last message to fans following the announcement that it would be closing yesterday.
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That's a very nice and gracious farewell. I think the majority of us don't like seeing studios close, when we hate on a game or hate design choices made for a game, I don't think most people do that out of malice but out of passion. Gamers want good games, especially from developers we KNOW can make good shit. So even when a developer does some dumb shit, we call it out and we shit on them not because we want them gone, but because we want them to be better. To do better, and make the kinds of games we know they can make. The sad fact is that there is a also of business behind making games and you don't get many chances to fail in really any business. Volition is a result of just bad directions made for their games over the past few releases and you can't have a streak like that without the end coming eventually.@Chimpzy, @CriticalGaming, @thebobmaster, & @hanselthecaretaker2.
Volition Shares Final Message With Fans Following Closure
Red Faction and Saints Row dev Volition shared one last message to fans following the announcement that it would be closing yesterday.
Saint's Row as a reboot could totally have worked, but the execution was so poor that part of me wonders if they simply ran out of time. Did Volition know the closure was coming anytime and rushed to get one final game out the door at any cost? The bugs, the bad writing, all of that could be explained by a studio under a rushed panic to get one final title out the door.
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If anyone was interested in the Wayfinder early access kerfuffle
Basically if you got caught in the insane queues they effectively gave you the entirely early access cost back in goodies.
Also
" We have also adjusted the skin and weapons price discussed in our previous communication right at launch. Anyone that made a purchase at the previous price point has been refunded the Runesilver, and moving forward we’ve adjusted the prices permanently for similar weapons + items. "
Which was in reference to things costing like, 150 more then the currency packs (so you'd have to buy a 1000+500 pack for instance). Which I think is the first F2P game I've ever interacted with that has abandoned that nonsense)
(the rest is bugs and roadmap stuff only even vaguely relevant if you're playing the game)
Basically if you got caught in the insane queues they effectively gave you the entirely early access cost back in goodies.
Also
" We have also adjusted the skin and weapons price discussed in our previous communication right at launch. Anyone that made a purchase at the previous price point has been refunded the Runesilver, and moving forward we’ve adjusted the prices permanently for similar weapons + items. "
Which was in reference to things costing like, 150 more then the currency packs (so you'd have to buy a 1000+500 pack for instance). Which I think is the first F2P game I've ever interacted with that has abandoned that nonsense)
(the rest is bugs and roadmap stuff only even vaguely relevant if you're playing the game)
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So a couple of days ago Steam presented the survey to me. I told it to collect its information... and it identified my gaming PC as a laptop.
Fuck yeah! About damn time! BTW Sega, can you port the 2011 of GH re-release from XBLA and make it on all available consoles and PC? That would be great. Thanks Chimp. You made me a happy Sega fan right now!
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GTA 6 price tag of $150 and $1 billion budget: Leaks, rumors, and more
Despite no official confirmation from Rockstar Games, many players and fans believe that GTA 6 will have a $150 price tag.
Okay, if this rumor is true, then I really hope (but doubt) GTA 6 will be something mind-blowing. I mean it's asking more than double the price of regular AAA games, it needs to be near perfect.
Or they could realize this is a ridiculous price tag and drop it back down to $60-70.
Wouldn’t surprise me, but regardless of how advanced it is they’ll have a hell of a time justifying it to people outside of admitting to mismanagement of funds (most of which are from milking the last GTA) via development hell.GTA 6 price tag of $150 and $1 billion budget: Leaks, rumors, and more
Despite no official confirmation from Rockstar Games, many players and fans believe that GTA 6 will have a $150 price tag.www.sportskeeda.com
Okay, if this rumor is true, then I really hope (but doubt) GTA 6 will be something mind-blowing. I mean it's asking more than double the price of regular AAA games, it needs to be near perfect.
Or they could realize this is a ridiculous price tag and drop it back down to $60-70.