• Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Good. Not every studio needs to be snatched up by a massive corporation. Embracer’s yearlong meltdown is a great example of how that can end badly.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      Every company that gets bought by another corporation either cranks out a few good games and then dies, or cranks out an okay game and then dies. The eventual outcome is always death.

      Bullfrog, Raven, Westwood Studios, Bioware, Origin, Maxis, Viceral Games, all of them.

      • Trudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 months ago

        There are some exceptions like Naughty Dog (is there another one?) that kept their quality after getting acquired. But I agree in general with your thesis.