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'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 44 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think that's looking at the deal in hindsight. Palworld had just as good a chance at flopping completely as hitting #1 worldwide, I imagine they were grateful for the opportunity to have some guaranteed income at the time.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some? Didn't they make over 400m?

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think they meant guaranteed income prior to selling the game, since they had no way of knowing how successful (if at all) the game was going to be once released.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Ah, makes sense