Re:iOS 11 reviewed
by masklinn on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:09AM
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You seem to have no understanding whatsoever of the funding system and life cycle of games.
Games are generally funded by a publisher who retains all rights to the game, the developer is contracted for some time, then goes on to work on something else. A publisher is not going to pay for the update of a paid-upfront game from 5+ years ago, there's no ROI in that. Without a continuous revenue stream, publishers don't keep updating games.
Furthermore, both publisher and original developer can fold, leaving the game orphaned.
Games are generally funded by a publisher who retains all rights to the game, the developer is contracted for some time, then goes on to work on something else. A publisher is not going to pay for the update of a paid-upfront game from 5+ years ago, there's no ROI in that. Without a continuous revenue stream, publishers don't keep updating games.
Furthermore, both publisher and original developer can fold, leaving the game orphaned.