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https://x.com/Wario64/status/1834348465788178797
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive resigned this month following a dispute with its owner.
— Wario64 (@Wario64) September 12, 2024
"A spokesperson for Annapurna confirmed that it had explored a spinoff and said the parties failed to reach an agreement, which led to the resignations."
"The spokesperson said… pic.twitter.com/yelq4Sr3r4
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https://annapurnainteractive.com/en
never heard of any of these
https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1ffed6j/annapurna_videogame_team_resigns_leaving_partners/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-the-entire-staff-of-annapurna-interactive-has-resigned-leaving-dev-partners-scrambling-to-figure-out-whats-next.979764/
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They all look like walking simulator slop
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I think they published the hit game Outer Wilds but thats the only place I remember them from and that they bought rights to some games like control
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Wasn't Outer Wilds Obsidian?
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That's outer worlds, the fallout clone, but a good enough game
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That's Outer Worlds.
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So I assume Outer Wilds is the 'good' one comparatively since Obsidian games are generally jank? I always want to get...one of these but always forget which.
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Didn't obsidian create Fallout Neo Vagina, the best game ever according to rdrama polls? I thought it's Outer Worlds then that's supposed to be better of the two?
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You are assuming game studios stay good for longer than a short few years. No one responsible for how good New Vegas is works there anymore.
Outer Worlds is RPG slop. Although it's not straight up trash.
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Oh well. I did look up some gameplay right now though and it does look interesting
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They published games I'm pretty sure
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They published a few good actual games among a lot of slop.
Cocoon and solar ash were fun. I haven't played outer wilds or the cat game, but they get pretty fequently jerked off when I hear people talking about them.
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I was trying to remember where I've heard of that game. Every time I nmspost he spergs at me.
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His recommendation got me to try it and I really liked it
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I keep getting outer wilds confused with outward
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I get it confused with outer worlds
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would for the thirsty suitors
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"We want to make movies" Studios
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The videogame division publishes games that want to be films, and the film division produces Sausage Party. Make it make sense.
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I barely understand what a video game publisher does these days
Video game developer makes the games
Publisher used to publish floppy diskettes and compact discs and distribute them to Electronics Boutique, Circuit City, etc
Now there is no disc, Steam, Epic, or console store distributes directly via download
But still there is a publisher in between the developer and Steam
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That's all developers can do though. Make games.
You need someone with interesting ideas, a vision and money to tell the basement dwelling neurodivergents what to do.
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I think they're the ones who hire the Indians and Bangladeshis to shill the game on forums? Not totally certain on that.
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My guess is they pay the developer studio to make the game in the first place, so they can pay their developers while the work is being done
Then the publisher makes their money back with interest when the game actually goes on sale
Or else they eat the developer studio
Basically they're loan sharks
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Publishers will also provide all the marketing, quality assurance and customer support for the game.
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Why you guessing, that's just objectively what they do.
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They provide funding, just like they've always done. In exchange for funding, they are allowed to exert some amount of creative control over the game to ensure profit. Very simple stuff.
Video game development isn't free after all
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Why anyone trusted these companies to not frick things up is beyond me.
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Literally who?
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Oh no without this publisher who will find already completed games and demand 70% of the revenue for putting it up on Steam for them?
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The Marsey GameStray is genuinely cute and pretty and fun to play for $30ish dollarsJump in the discussion.
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lol the boss is larry ellisons daughter
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Oh shit I really like Soyonara Wild Hearts and need to finish Lorelei and the Laser Eyes... Darn
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Literally who? Never heard of this company or any of the games they've made
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Literal who slop publishers, watch this have zero effect on anybody at all
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Snapshots:
https://x.com/Wario64/status/1834348465788178797:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
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