darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Jan 2024 19:08
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Literally the only property of Eidos that I care about, and it was bad enough that the studio wasted so much time on that garbage avengers game rather than finish the deus ex story they left hanging.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml
on 29 Jan 2024 19:20
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I was hoping this would see the light of day but alas. Embracer is doomed.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 19:28
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Oh that’s a real shame, the Deus Ex games were a lot of fun.
TheEntity@kbin.social
on 29 Jan 2024 19:38
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halendos@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 23:58
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Jesus Christ, Denton!
altima_neo@lemmy.zip
on 29 Jan 2024 22:26
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What a shame.
He was a good game.
LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 14:48
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lip smack
What a rotten way to die.
dinckelman@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 19:42
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Companies like Embracer are a disease. Their leadership are taking any passion out of the art, and continue running the money printing machine with no oil between the gears
SharkAttak@kbin.social
on 29 Jan 2024 21:09
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Would be a real shame if someone boycotted every game they put their greedy claws on..
MelastSB@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Jan 2024 21:52
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Well if they just close studios and cancel games, there’s not much to boycott lol
altima_neo@lemmy.zip
on 29 Jan 2024 22:25
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At the rate they’re closing their studios and cancelling games, I don’t think there’s gonna be much left.
I don’t know what other games they had planned. So far they still have the studios that make tomb raider and borderlands.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 20:07
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First time I ever heard about Embracer and I hate them already 🤬
altima_neo@lemmy.zip
on 29 Jan 2024 22:26
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You’ve heard of them before. They used to be called THQ Nordic.
cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 01:06
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Canceling games and closing studios.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
on 30 Jan 2024 05:13
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Not so fast! Sometimes they also announce the return of old franchises, just to be shut down shortly after.
Like Timesplitters 4.
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 16:38
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There is a precise technical answer to your question a finance person can probably give you but it doesn’t really answer the question no matter how many acronyms they throw at you.
The actual answer is that there is no reason any of this has to be rational. Business people believe so strongly that companies like embracer are valuable and have a function in society that they detect zero cognitive dissonance when said companies don’t actually do anything but buy smaller companies, dissect them and destroy value.
You can’t understand business and finance people like they are scientists, they are closer to priests of a religious sect that believe in things because of their belief system not because of some rational framework that actually supports their ideas.
I think for the rich, it is just “good practice” to commit economic violence against smaller companies, it is good hygiene for keeping the power in the hands of the rich like mowing a field once a year or something. This doesn’t fully explain how poorly some of these companies function like embracer however.
nodimetotie@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 21:02
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We never asked for this
quams69@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 22:05
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We always hear about shit companies like embracer, but who are the actual people in charge? Who are the people who are very bad at their jobs and should be publically ostracized for damaging not only their ips but the lives of hundreds to thousands of working developers? Like what are their names? Who are these faceless scumbags?
Embracer is just a name to hide behind, the people involved in the decisionmaking here should be known by name, like Bobby “incredible piece of human filth” Kotick
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 22:25
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MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
on 29 Jan 2024 23:06
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You can tell from the pictures that they all play video games. /s
I really hate how people in charge of companies usually don’t give a crap about the product, just how to exploit it.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Jan 2024 23:52
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I honestly do believe Lars Wingefors is passionate about games and the industry, he’s been trying to find a place in it his whole career, but I do not think he’s a good business man nor worthy of stewardship for these IPs.
MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 06:19
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Very well could be. I didn’t research their backgrounds. I just know from first hand experience of people who get jobs who graduated with business degrees who don’t care about the stuff they sell.
marlowe221@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 02:27
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I love Deus Ex. This is extremely disappointing news.
JustUseMint@lemmy.world
on 30 Jan 2024 02:48
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Literally the only property of Eidos that I care about, and it was bad enough that the studio wasted so much time on that garbage avengers game rather than finish the deus ex story they left hanging.
I was hoping this would see the light of day but alas. Embracer is doomed.
Oh that’s a real shame, the Deus Ex games were a lot of fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vVF-Hvykg
Jesus Christ, Denton!
What a shame.
He was a good game.
lip smack
What a rotten way to die.
Companies like Embracer are a disease. Their leadership are taking any passion out of the art, and continue running the money printing machine with no oil between the gears
Would be a real shame if someone boycotted every game they put their greedy claws on..
Well if they just close studios and cancel games, there’s not much to boycott lol
At the rate they’re closing their studios and cancelling games, I don’t think there’s gonna be much left.
I don’t know what other games they had planned. So far they still have the studios that make tomb raider and borderlands.
First time I ever heard about Embracer and I hate them already 🤬
You’ve heard of them before. They used to be called THQ Nordic.
Well, they’ve been doing this a lot. They have bought a massive amount of game studios over the years just to run out of money and close them.
Welp, it sucked at square, and it got even worse now, Eidos can’t catch a break.
They need to go solo and crowd fund that shit
I love Deus Ex. I’ll contribute.
I highly doubt we can conjure up 70 million for them.
I’ll take some small indie game over none at all
It seems like the only time you hear about Embracer is when they are cancelling games or closing studios.
What even is their purpose?
Step 1. Amalgamate as many smaller studios as possible
Step 2. Probably some BS about tax writeoffs or packaging debt for sale
Step 3. Profit? (but not enough to pay anyone outside the C suite and maybe investors)
They supposedly should have an investment deal with a Saudi backed company. But failed last year theverge.com/…/embracer-group-saudi-government-lo…
So they need a lot of cash now
They’re the holding company that used to be “thq”
Kind of like how Alphabet is to Google, or Meta is to Facebook and Instagram.
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Canceling games and closing studios.
Not so fast! Sometimes they also announce the return of old franchises, just to be shut down shortly after.
Like Timesplitters 4.
There is a precise technical answer to your question a finance person can probably give you but it doesn’t really answer the question no matter how many acronyms they throw at you.
The actual answer is that there is no reason any of this has to be rational. Business people believe so strongly that companies like embracer are valuable and have a function in society that they detect zero cognitive dissonance when said companies don’t actually do anything but buy smaller companies, dissect them and destroy value.
You can’t understand business and finance people like they are scientists, they are closer to priests of a religious sect that believe in things because of their belief system not because of some rational framework that actually supports their ideas.
I think for the rich, it is just “good practice” to commit economic violence against smaller companies, it is good hygiene for keeping the power in the hands of the rich like mowing a field once a year or something. This doesn’t fully explain how poorly some of these companies function like embracer however.
We never asked for this
We always hear about shit companies like embracer, but who are the actual people in charge? Who are the people who are very bad at their jobs and should be publically ostracized for damaging not only their ips but the lives of hundreds to thousands of working developers? Like what are their names? Who are these faceless scumbags?
Embracer is just a name to hide behind, the people involved in the decisionmaking here should be known by name, like Bobby “incredible piece of human filth” Kotick
embracer.com/governance/board-of-directors/
You can tell from the pictures that they all play video games. /s
I really hate how people in charge of companies usually don’t give a crap about the product, just how to exploit it.
I honestly do believe Lars Wingefors is passionate about games and the industry, he’s been trying to find a place in it his whole career, but I do not think he’s a good business man nor worthy of stewardship for these IPs.
Very well could be. I didn’t research their backgrounds. I just know from first hand experience of people who get jobs who graduated with business degrees who don’t care about the stuff they sell.
I love Deus Ex. This is extremely disappointing news.
Breaks my heart. One of the best franchises/IPs
Common embracer L