• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They cancelled so many other games but they keep this one alive? Any bets that they’re going to try to make it a PvPvE extraction shooter game that will be DOA?

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      1 year ago

      From what I understand, Ubisoft received a grant from the Singapore government that basically mandates this game be published, as opposed to the recent Hyenas cancelation.

      Relevant quote;

      The company, in exchange for generous subsidies, is required to hit a certain hiring quota and launch original IPs in the next few years, making it imperative that the title gets shipped by hook or by crook – final look notwithstanding.

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        1 year ago

        Right, but they should have just released it knowing it was going to die, unless they continue to receieve funding if they keep delaying it? Its just a money pit by this point and the faster they dump it the faster they can stop sinking money into it.

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          I mean … If you can delay the game and actually make a hit, why not?

          Gamers are so ridiculous “how dare you not release this game that’s clearly not ready!” one day “how dare you delay this game multiple times! Just give up or launch it already!”

          And you know maybe you’re not in the former group ever, but it’s just wild to me how people can have such wildly different takes on this.

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      It’s been established for a couple years now that it’s already going to be DOA. Ubisoft games almost are as a default these days, but this one in particular seems extra cursed.