John Carmack goes off about online-only games being abandoned

Re:John Carmack goes off about online-only games being aband... by corbulo on Sunday February 12, 2023 @05:50PM (#34767991)

Greed isn't the true culprit. You don't make more money by making any % of your consumer base hate you.

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Re:John Carmack goes off about online-only games being aband... by Ygg2 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @09:29PM (#34769499)

If you don't release game by X date and for 5 year old consoles. Your stocks will definitely go down. And CDPR is a publicly traded company.

For a publicly traded company, especially one with short term oriented investors, some amount of brand tarnishing is acceptable.

For another similar example see Fallout 76.

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Re:John Carmack goes off about online-only games being aband... by corbulo on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:34AM (#34770492)

Greed being the common denominator makes it not the culprit. If greed were truly the culprit then they would be focused on making the most amount of money possible without constraints.

It's poor leadership and short sightedness IMO.

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