BaneIsPain
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A bit empathy, but already predicted this is the way after smug tweets for nu-rows.
smh. had never seen this. amazing how much of a walking-talking parody of themselves some people have become. thanks!...Stupid execs like in the Sony leaks:
Stupid execs like in the Sony leaks:
Holy shut that’s some of the cringiest corporate bullshit I’ve ever seen lolsmh. had never seen this. amazing how much of a walking-talking parody of themselves some people have become. thanks!...
It kinda gives me the same vibes as all these Disney “safe for modern audiences” remakes. Like the people writing it had absolutely no clue who the existing audience is or what made the original good. They see nothing beyond “in-group vs out-group” and “punching up vs punching down”.Jokes on them, when you tailor your consumer relationship based on the demands of a niche demographic, you'd better pick a demographic that makes enough money to buy the things they constantly bitch about. It was a doomed model from the foundation.
I also love it.
Well ....
not gonna say I'm surprised but always sucks to see studios getting closed and people losing jobs.
This shill has no self-awareness
I feel like nearly every dev studio goes through this unless the well known lead director/lead dev says that they have a protégé and introduce that person, like what Shinji Mikami recently did with John Johanas. People should keep that guy's name in mind because that one Hi-Fi Rush reveal video basically said the message loud and clear. All they were missing was a physical torch being passed.I'd bet the modern state of Volition was yet another example of a once great developer Ship of Theseus'ing itself through staff turnover into something incompetent. There might be a 30 year legacy of games to the company's name but it stops being meaningful when only a handful of people there even contributed to them.
It kinda gives me the same vibes as all these Disney “safe for modern audiences” remakes. Like the people writing it had absolutely no clue who the existing audience is or what made the original good. They see nothing beyond “in-group vs out-group” and “punching up vs punching down”.
Yeah, it shouldn't need to be said but probably a bad idea to piss off your fanbase. Also, the person running the saints row twitter should've been fired right on the spot after those tweets.of course, they changed it because the people changed. "Volition" is just a name on the building. It's not magic. You change the people working there you change the studio.
famous last words:
On a human level it obviously sucks that a lot of people are out of a job, specially since most of them weren't involved with the decision making at the studio.
Is the industry hiring right now? I'm thinking they're on a downturn so they might not be.Actually the worry now should be what other studios are they going to go polute and destroy
Saints Row 3 maybe 4. Depends who you ask though.When was the last time they made a good game?
You determined your character's appearance but it doesn't change anything about the plot being a gentrified zoomer power fantasy about a purposely diverse group of youngsters building a brutal criminal empire to pay rent and student loans because capitalism is bad. That was too many degrees removed from what made fans of the series fans in the first place.Sad, I know many will jump to the neckbeard "derr da game be woke" but to my understanding..
1. Its a create a character game, make your own fucking character, I don't buy that the sales had to do with people too fucking dumb to realize YOU create the character lol
2. This team was sold in the past, as in the Saint's Row titles where not even doing good enough under the last publisher, to pretend this has to do with some woke this or woke that is a bit silly, they've had issues for some time.
3. Embracer already stated they were closing down studios based on some restructuring, they closed down the Campfire studio earlier this month even with no project being put out lol
https://gamerant.com/embracer-group-shut-down-studios-campfire-cabal/
So it sucks to see it happen, but this is business as usual.
And that’s the thing about gaming. That studio logo can mean absolutely nothing. But the company hopes the branding holds up.It's also worth remembering that outside of a few figureheads, the studio probably had so much turnaround and shakeups for them to go from saints 4 to saints woke. The real talent probably left the studio years ago and we shouldn't be too upset that the less talented got the axe.
Actually the worry now should be what other studios are they going to go polute and destroy
Most of the vocal community want things that would translate horribly into a game and would then complain about said quality anyway. That, or they demand games to be of a specific quality while also being developed within two years maximum because of short attention spans.Saints Row Devs Not Backing Down After Reboot Backlash
Last week during Gamescom, Deep Silver Volition announced a brand new entry in the Saints Row series and it was a happy time for the studio. Unfortunately, fans of the series have not taken this reboot announcement lightly. You see, if you have played the series in the past you would know it is...www.glitched.online
This is what happens when you piss of the majority of your fanbase.
Reminds me of the Battlefield devs.
EA on the Battlefield V Backlash: ‘Accept It or Don’t Buy the Game’ | ExtremeTech
Angry about Battlefield 5? EA suggests voting with your wallet. ...www.extremetech.com
When will these f******* learn?? If you don't deliver what the majority wants people won't buy your games.
Not surprising.the other place is having a total meltdown. Highly embarrassing
Jesus Christ you just made me waste some four loko spitting it all over my keyboard.Volition changed their pronouns to Was/Were.
Most of the vocal community want things that would translate horribly into a game and would then complain about said quality anyway. That, or they demand games to be of a specific quality while also being developed within two years maximum because of short attention spans.
You determined your character's appearance but it doesn't change anything about the plot being a gentrified zoomer power fantasy about a purposely diverse group of youngsters building a brutal criminal empire to pay rent and student loans because capitalism is bad. That was too many degrees removed from what made fans of the series fans in the first place.
Whining about anything being "woke" is pretty silly, even this game. But this was a bad Saints Row game. If they had named it something else they might have been more successful. But there's little doubt that this turd of a Saints Row game was their coffin nail. If they had made a Saints Row game that people wanted and was pulling in revenue they likely would have survived this restructuring.