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submitted 11 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Good games sell better than bad games.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Irrelevant to this case but that isn’t true

[-] Dagrothus@reddthat.com 9 points 11 months ago

"“no one anticipated” Baldur’s Gate 3’s success."

Maybe ask literally anyone who played DOS2 or DnD?

[-] alessandro@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think the kind of success that was unexpected was the "above the AAA catalog" kind.

Games like Zelda sometime take sort of 11/10 on some magazine's review, and then they shut up (because those 11/10 come usually from some Nintendo's shill reviewers: they shut up to avoid see their BS being called over).

BG3 was bragged unanimously as some sort of holy thing.... and they are still going.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Maybe don't estimate every game you release is going to make a billion in profit. Maybe the execs shouldn't be taking the bonuses they are. And maybe, just maybe think of the individuals when you start over-hiring. Getting really tired of theae headlines of layoffs because of short-sighted decisions for game releases.

[-] ParkedInReverse@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

What was the marketing budget? $5? If you're launching in a loaded window like that, might want to pump that up.

[-] wccrawford@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

“commitments to a particular doubt”

... Do they mean "debt"?

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