I still don’t understand how even with a tax write off they make more money than if they actually sold the damn thing.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So basically they shut down their games actively being developed or games like NieR Reincarnation (I am legitimately upset they did not patch it to work offline, that was a great game that died yesterday) just so they could claim a loss. This is likely for tax reasons, if I had to guess.
Starkstruck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
From the looks of things, Warner Bros was just the beginning of this practice.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nah, companies have been doing similar practices for ages. Its just they’re being more public about it now.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 6 months ago
Now they're attaching pretend numbers to the cancelation.