• skates@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Have there been any studios that have been loved, gotten way bigger, and didn’t become wicked greedy?

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      1 year ago

      I wanted to say CDPR, but I guess they fell from grace with CP2077.
      I’d still rate them as rather trustworthy though.

      Santa Monica Studio has also stuck to their guns with the GoW games and Cory Barlog seems to be a beacon of hope in this dirty industry.

      Also Nintendo have been semi-decent. Yes the games are costly, but expansion packs are usually worth the dough if released. They probably fall outside the scope though…

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        1 year ago

        ngl, I totally forgot Nintendo existed when I wrote that comment, I feel like they still put in a ton of effort into their games and are mostly still loved too.

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          1 year ago

          You missed the part “and didn’t become wicked greedy”. Nintendo is way shittier than any other gaming related company I know.

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            1 year ago

            I guess they might be wicked greedy. Far from the worst gaming related company I know though. I mean just off the top of my head, I’m still a bit bitter about “Overwatch 2”. Paywalling heroes and calling it fair. Terrible battle pass. And the whole bait and switch with Modern Warfare 2. Promise a two year call of duty then rug pull after they made their sales. And the buggy messes that all those games come wrapped up in. Plus the whole sexual harassment lawsuits, but that’s a whole separate matter.

            Maybe I don’t play enough Nintendo, but every time I’ve picked up one of their games, I don’t feel any pressure to spend extra on any microtransactions or pay more to get ahead of other people. I mean, I’m sure there are examples, but looking at other companies I’d say they’re decent by comparison.

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              1 year ago

              I don’t play multiplayer games, so I missed the cases you mentioned.

              And yeah, Nintendo isn’t shitty in that sense, they’re more like “we’ll happily ruin your life whenever we feel like there’s a copyright infringement”.