Comment on An Update from PlayStation Studios (Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios are closing)

Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it did, it would have just been throwing good money after bad.

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  • Glide@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But isn’t it featured in the list of games being given a short film via Secret Level? I kind of assumed the goal was to promote it via that episode and re-release the game around the same time.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nothing to say they won’t - it’s actually pretty uncommon for the studio developing a live service to be the one supporting/maintaining it long term.

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      • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Fewer than 700 concurrent players means that they probably weren’t making enough money to keep the servers running, let alone bug fixes, or even development.

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