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Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My guess is that they knew it was going to be a shit game, but realized too deep in the development phase. So they just released it as soon as possible and didn't waste more money on it (marketing). My guess is that the released it instead of cancel just in case they were wrong and people actually liked it.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The only reason I can think to release it as it was, was for tax write odd purposes with how much money it was going to lose.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The Uwe Boll strat