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Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Shadowedcross 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ah, you see, the issue is that it wasn't profitable enough. You just gotta try harder, devs, it's easy.

[–] Zehzin 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's crazy though, they plopped HFH on the store the day it was announced with no marketing push, it became a critical and audience darling and execs said it was a breakout hit.

What else do you need to stay alive in this industry? Insomniac made one of the best selling games of the year and got rewarded by getting 10% of its workforce cut.

[–] Yttra 4 points 4 months ago

I wonder if a number of those people playing it day 1 on gamepass affected their numbers, because there's no way they didn't account for GP downloads...

Maybe it didn't bring enough new GP subscribers in addition to sales...?