• enkers
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    1619 days ago

    I read the article, and still have no clue what “content abandonment losses” are. Did they basically predict FFVII part 2 to sell as well as part 1, and then it didn’t?

    Seems weird to call your forecasting error a “loss” if that’s the case.

    • @[email protected]
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      1019 days ago

      I think they cancelled a bunch of projects in development, and they are writing off the cost.

      • @RvTV95XBeo
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        619 days ago

        This is (very likely) it. Made up scenario because I don’t know what’s in their pipeline, but this would be like seeing FF7 Remake not meeting expectations while Palworld thrives, and deciding to can the FF8 reboot they’d already floated millions into and instead redirecting their entire workforce to adding guns to the their Minecraft knockoff Dragon Quest Builders.

      • enkers
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        619 days ago

        Oh, okay, so it was they who abandoned the content, not the users. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks!

    • P03 Locke
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      419 days ago

      Considering the glowing reviews on part 2, I’m surprised there’s any sort of “loss” here.

      • @Croquette
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        519 days ago

        There might be some Hollywood accounting here.

      • enkers
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        319 days ago

        Yeah, I was trying to reconcile that too, which is why I asked. Seem like it was other projects that were fully canceled, not the biggest of the big.

      • HEXN3T
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        118 days ago

        Too busy advertising Foamstars 😔😔😔