• nanoUFOOPM
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    3 months ago

    Funny how a trillion dollar monopoly can’t keep a studio that makes very highly rated games alive.

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      3 months ago

      Because at that level it has nothing to do with the actual studio or people. It’s just numbers on a spreadsheet to a team of accountants moving columns around so the final spreadsheet every 3 months looks as good as possible.

      Normally without a sale like this, they would maintain IP rights to sell or use later by whatever studio they wanted to use. The studios are a tool to make the product, nothing more.

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        3 months ago

        Normally a company struggling with console sales would lean into an IP that could sway consumers, even if the game itself didn’t make a ton of money.

        Sony pumps money into big IPs to do the same, at the expense of game profits.

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          3 months ago

          Normally a company struggling with console sales

          You’re assuming microsoft still cares about selling consoles… at this point either they gave up on this generation, or they moved on altogether.

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            3 months ago

            What I don’t understand is what the point was in buying all of these expensive studios if they weren’t going to compete.

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    3 months ago

    Well, that’s good. Though I have some concerns about how well Krafton is as a manager for such things. Also, didn’t a lot of the developers and other people in Tango already quit before this anyways and went to do other things or joined other studios?

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    3 months ago

    Remember when the real value were the people building amazing games and not just the IP?

    Larion studios/krafton inc remembers.

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      I’m pretty sure Microsoft still own hi fi rush. This’ll just be that the company with is Devs have been bought so they can continue working together

      Edit: I just actually read it and saw that they did indeed but the ip too. That’s awesome.

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      3 months ago

      I think MS gets a cut of Hi-Fi Rush 1 no matter what, which you should get and play because it’s awesome. Hi-Fi Rush 2 will be the one benefiting Krafton.

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        3 months ago

        I played it on gamepass, but I’ve been thinking of getting it on steam, especially if the money would go to the new studio.

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    Not a fan of Krafton but I’m glad this team gets to keep their jobs and hopefully they’re allowed to make a sequel.