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Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Another victim of arrogance perhaps. Before the game even released fans told them that’s not what they want and they said “fuck you, you don’t understand shit” and proceeded to make one of the most uninteresting video games on the planet.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

If Embracer Group wasn't frantically trying to right the ship, Volition would've been left alone. This is on the gratuitously large capitalist conglomerate that's bought up every studio it could.

[-] Coeus@coeus.sbs -5 points 1 year ago

So basically capitalism

[-] Ginjutsu@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

...no? It honestly has more to do with ego than anything, and I say that as somebody who currently works in the game industry. It's shocking how out of touch some developers can be when it comes to delivering a product that the players want, especially when those developers hold actual positions of power over the rest of the team (directing and managerial roles).

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Volition also did this with Red Faction: Armageddon. They took everything that was good about Guerrilla, threw all of it in the bin and then made Armageddon.

So Volition have form for not doing what the players want.