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Xevy
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Exact same shit. Rich "gamer" says I can make a game people like, because I, too, like games!
Doesn't realize how hard it is to make a game and you start with a crawl not a sprint.
Bankrupt.
Elon's AI gaming company (remember that?) probably already exploded or we'd be seeing this from him very soon I'd expect.
Doesn't realize how hard it is to make a game and you start with a crawl not a sprint.
Bankrupt.
Elon's AI gaming company (remember that?) probably already exploded or we'd be seeing this from him very soon I'd expect.
Lunis
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Curt and Steven are both narcissistic retards who tried to make an AAA+ mmo instead of just making a solid mmo designed for a specific playerbase. Unsurprisingly they both ran out of money well before their games were close to being finished & both blamed everyone else but themselves. Brad, for all his faults, at least released a product that lasted 7 years & had the dignity of having a nervous breakdown over it instead of being a self-righteous tool.
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moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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Mist is a Rhode Islander. So he wasn't affected by Maine's gaping hole.
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38 studios got Rhode Island funding to locate in Providence. At least they released a semi-decent single player rpg.
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Cybsled
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From what I recall
1) Curt started the company in Massachusetts
2) Rhode Island dangled some state money in front of Curt to get him to relocate
3) Curt relocates to RI and staff has to move down there. Some employees get less than optimal housing changes as a result
4) Single player RPG comes out, is ok but not a financial hit
5) Company collapses because of money
6) Rhode Island takes possession of all assets, but doesn't recoup its investment
1) Curt started the company in Massachusetts
2) Rhode Island dangled some state money in front of Curt to get him to relocate
3) Curt relocates to RI and staff has to move down there. Some employees get less than optimal housing changes as a result
4) Single player RPG comes out, is ok but not a financial hit
5) Company collapses because of money
6) Rhode Island takes possession of all assets, but doesn't recoup its investment
Daidraco
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Im under the impression that Big Head made most of Kingdoms of Amalur, but the lore, the design and everything was changed to match R.A. Salvatore's vision. So not necessarily a complete retooling, but quite a lot of changes happened after the merger. Compared to something like Dragon Age Veilguard, at 1.2 million copies - is a success. But compared to something like Valheim, its a flop. So .. subjective is what Im getting at. Considering THQ bought Kingdoms of Amalur for less than a million, I dont think it did that well.
Looking at it from a third party perspective, though? I would have done the same thing. Releasing a single player game before even attempting to start an MMO. But like every other failed to launch MMO - it looks like 38 studios was just trying to do "too much" in the MMO's design. If they would have stuck with single player games and made a better portfolio, and gained more experience as a team (including Curt), they probably would still be around. At least thats what I "think" would have happened. After all these years, I think I would start a game company and keep pushing until I had a major blockbuster before even attempting an MMO (now).
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it was a brand new rpg IP from a new studio that sold like 1.3mil copies in the first month and had what, 2 DLC/expansions? it went on to sell like 2-3 mil copies? it was a success full stop, made like 100mil dollars.
it wasn't enough to bail out the massive amount of debt that curt's game was in but that's his fault not KoA.
It would of been fine if that had been the idea from the outset, make a single player game build the lore the IP etc then start MMO production, but no they were like 200mil into the MMO then pivoted 5 years in, bought a single player RPG and then massively redid all the lore/art etc to match the half baked MMO he had so just massively increased the cost of the game plus what he bought it for, it was enough to pay for KoA but not enough to save copernicus.
once they were bankrupt and RI government seized all their assets and sold shit at auction for pennies on the dollar sure the IP only cost a million bucks but that's not an indicator of KoA failing. Curt and his company failed, THQ relaunched KoA and even made enough to release a new expansion pack on it. granted it only cost them like a mil but they made like 10mil profit from it.
it wasn't enough to bail out the massive amount of debt that curt's game was in but that's his fault not KoA.
It would of been fine if that had been the idea from the outset, make a single player game build the lore the IP etc then start MMO production, but no they were like 200mil into the MMO then pivoted 5 years in, bought a single player RPG and then massively redid all the lore/art etc to match the half baked MMO he had so just massively increased the cost of the game plus what he bought it for, it was enough to pay for KoA but not enough to save copernicus.
once they were bankrupt and RI government seized all their assets and sold shit at auction for pennies on the dollar sure the IP only cost a million bucks but that's not an indicator of KoA failing. Curt and his company failed, THQ relaunched KoA and even made enough to release a new expansion pack on it. granted it only cost them like a mil but they made like 10mil profit from it.
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jayrebb
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Correct he bought the finished game from Big Huge Games and retrofitted it for launch.
38 studios didn't really develop anything to do with Amalur.