I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.

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[–] 215 points 9 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 87 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    With AI and microtransactions you say!

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it's at

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Remember when Konami was charging money for save slots? 😂 I can't with this industry…

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    What the fuck, when was that?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Omg wtf, Konami used to be great back in the day. What a way to burn up all good will with your fans. I refuse to buy any of their new games after they burned the bridges back when they claimed to be getting out of gaming for good.

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    [–] 104 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    Nnooooo

    They were already building lasting value.

    By just making good artistically meaningful games.

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  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    "Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape" - this guy probably.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    "Art isn't about artistic expression. Billions of people make paintings and most of them go unseen. Museums, on the other hand... They don't make paintings, they make experiences. For a nominal entry fee, consumers have access to an evolving and ever-changing catalog of content.

    This is the future we envision here at Remedy. High quality games that build upon themselves, creating an experience that grows with the player. For that reason, we're announcing that the Alan Wake series will no longer be individual games, but instead a live-service experience with episodic content."

    • also that guy probably
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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    They were already building lasting value.

    Not... Really. Alan Wake 2 under-performed and reportedly broke even 2 years after release. FBC Firebreak was a huge failure. It's not surprising to me that they're gonna pursue money harder. I hope Control 2 is good, at least.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I imagine locking Alan Wake 2 to the EGS on pc probably did not help their sales there. FBC I feel like had no excuse though

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Epic must've given them a really good publishing deal to make it an exclusive though. If it were also on Steam it definitely would've moved more copies but I doubt they would end up with more money than what Epic paid.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    From what I understand Epic gave them a blank check for the development of the game, which is great when it comes to developing that game for the creatives involved.

    But they did expect some sales revenue after release so they could develop other games and because Epic aren't a very good publisher (not just in the forced EGS exclusivity, but the lack of marketing and physical console editions) their business plans likely got very shaky.

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  • [–] 93 points 9 months ago*

    "build lasting value".

    Oh no, he's already using shareholder lingo

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  • [–] 55 points 9 months ago

    RIP Remedy.

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    RIP Remedy 😭

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  • [–] 34 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Well shit. I hope the supposedly in development Control 2 manages to come out somewhat unscathed before things go fully downhill.

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  • [–] 59 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Welp any hopes I had for more of the control universe after resonant just got trashed

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago

    i hate capitalism. so very, very much.

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago

    Smells cooked to me.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Just don't overextend, Remedy. Stay in your niche you dumbasses. Stay unique. No one cares about Firebreak exactly because it is just some lame copycat bullshit.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    I didn't know Firebreak existed (or forgot it). Doesn't look like anything that makes me want to buy and play. I am not against the idea of the game, its just not exiting (unless you have friends or family who are exited for this). Looks like a forced multiplayer live service game on a developer who are known for interesting single player games... where did we saw that before? (Anthem, Suicide Squad, Marvel's Avengers, Fallout 76)

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    Well that's an ominous headline if ever I saw one.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    Remedy is cooked.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    Of course, they announce a DMC-like Control sequel and go apeshit right after… I swear this genre is cursed.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    Well they're done.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    Poor Sam Lake.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    There goes another good studio. RIP.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Hopefully it won't be like Nokia and Stephen Elop.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    All my dreams for Control 2 just went up in smoke

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    Control 2 should hopefully be fine as the CEO is new and it is scheduled for the first half of the year (They told investors 2026H1 and no one would lie to investors /s). Not so sure about anything else.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Shit floats upward...

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Well hopefully at least we’ll get one more good game out of them with Control 2. Maybe also the Max Payne remake. Hopefully they’re too far along for Mr. Shareholder Speak to fuck it up. But I guess we’ll see.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    This is the TRUE American Nightmare. Rest in peace, Mr. Wake.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago*

    Remedy's cooked, though I like their games enough that I'll gladly pay up to 25€ for a single-player experience (after it's patched for a year) if there's no need for an online connection and no added live service "value", and it doesn't come with denuvo or kernel-level anticheats.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Fuck that shit

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'

    Checks corpo-speak to English dictionary:

    Lasting value is cash: Scale plan: First down, drastically, then bisect as many times as possible, then sell off the chunks to the highest bidders.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Remedy already has lasting value in our hearts you out of touch dork!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Fuuuuuuck 😭

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I predict a Control gacha game.

    A 50/50 soft pity at 100 pulls, with hard pity at 200. Pull your favorite Control character on the limited banner! Note the limited banner character won't transfer to standard once the banner ends. Pity also will not carry over.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Remedy's next project seems like to be more of the same old same old single player action games, albeit a couple of Max Payne remakes. Not unfuckup:able, with microtransactions, but still safer than some multiplayer hero shooter or smth.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    "We are absolutely cooked, chat." - Alan Wake (writer)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I never understood why Remedy got publicly traded.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Is this dude the reason Firebreak exists? Cuz if so, that doesn't bode well.

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    [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Gee I wonder if the fail creeper from the gambling scene will act like a fail creeper? God richies suck.

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