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Game publishers want to end preservation. But we have a chance to stop them. (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Venator to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The people that matter have gotten paid anyway, unless of course the publisher steal from them too, which happens from time to time, see Bethesda and Mick Gordon.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And the studio will be shut down either way regardless if the game was a success or not. See Hi Fi Rush.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago

These big game publishers and studios really aren't giving people a reason to pay for stuff. Pay for it:

it doesn't belong to you
it comes with malware aka "anticheat"
the dev team is fired even if it's successful
sequels are canceled

Seriously, what's the point of paying them?

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Thankfully the talent still exists, so they might move on to other places, do their own thing, or leave game dev altogether.

Gamedev is an extremely toxic career, and it has been for a very long time. I'm glad people are finally starting to at least somewhat care, if only for the studios themselves.