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FairGames Cancelled (Studio will become a Support Studio).

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Yurinka said:
RIP


They have many very experienced, successful and valuable people.

In addition to the game they also built an entire workflow with engine and tools that highly surprised Cerny and Hermen. A workflow that improved many processes and general productivity because many tools people use for gamedev, meetings and project management etc where integrated in the cloud, highly reducing some times (like render times, or copying huge chunks of files from a computer to another), making remote work easier and safer etc. Pretty likely they've been sharing these things wtih the other teams and will support them in these areas and not just in the traditional ones (extra artists, coders, etc)

If they don't fire anybody pretty likely is because they were doing well what they were supposed to do, but at some point saw the project wasn't going to work well enough after doing a few attempts to improve it and save it.


Goverments don't invest in studios. To invest in a studio is to buy a portion of it, so you get dividends if gets profitable and hopefully can sell that part later for a higher price in case it gets more valuable.

What governments do is to support companies or projects in cultural or tech/innovation areas with grants or tax credits to favor companies creating jobs in these areas there, sometimes limited to hiring young people from there. They use to be pretty strict with the projects accepted and there's an important paperwork to get it and to periodically show that the project is properly progressing. On average around 90% -varies a bit depending on the country- of the new companies in general (also applies for gaming) die in under 5 years, so they have covered the case when a game gets cancelled, because grants often are given to new companies.

In some cases when the project gets cancelled or doesn't generate enough money the company still has to bring them back the money or part of it (it's like getting a debt with a bank but with better conditions, and sometimes with the governement paying a part of it if the company can't return it). In other cases nothing happens, like in some casses when the way they supported them is lowering some tax.


The one in charge of the studios and to decide if a project or studio gets shut down is Hermen.

Nishino is in charge of the hardware, accesories, store, PSN, marketing and 3rd party relationships area.
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I never said the government invested in the studio 🫩
 
Danja said:
They failed! We don't gotta be delusional James. It was the biggest failure of the entire generation. They are lucky they had so much momentum and Shu set in place so many games initially... Billions went up in smoke. They only finally managed to pay off the Bungie tax last quarter
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No they didn’t, not from a profit and loss standpoint

Bungie was a valuation mistake, they paid too much, but that’s a separate issue
 
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James Sawyer Ford said:
No they didn’t, not from a profit and loss standpoint

Bungie was a valuation mistake, they paid too much, but that’s a separate issue
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You are using one game Helldivers 2! A game that predates the entire GaaS Initiative. Which further proves what a failure their GaaS push was.
 
James Sawyer Ford said:
No they didn’t
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Exactly!

Marathon was the biggest launch of 2026, basically mimicking Overwatch 10 years ago
Concord will get its 3rd major update next week with new maps and characters
Fairgames finally opened its pre-orders and its doing numbers

Its a fun alternative universe!
 
Danja said:
You are using one game Helldivers 2! A game that predates the entire GaaS Initiative. Which further proves what a failure their GaaS push was.
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Yeah that one game is big enough to more than make up for every live service failure and it will continue making money in the future

That’s the point of all this, you have to crack eggs to make a scramble
 
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James Sawyer Ford said:
Yeah that one game is big enough to more than make up for every live service failure and it will continue making money in the future

That’s the point of all this, you have to crack eggs to make a scramble
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But it's not part of the GaaS Initiative 😎. The entire initiative was a colossal failure.
 
Helldivers ain’t some one time spend … it’s continued operations costs money and it’s not really selling dlc. Still relying on price of entry and new sales.

If it was funding all these imaginary games you speak of Sony wouldn’t have parted ways with Kojima and shutdown like 10 projects…
 
Oh FFS. I’m sure the initiative wasn’t meant to end up being 10 cancelled games, shuttered studios and mass layoffs either

Sony has fucked up plenty this gen. VR included.

How the damage mitigation plays out moving forward is important
 
both helldivers and destiny Sony’s biggest live service games peaking at 25k tonight

Huge success. Funds 20 games

Blowing shit way out of proportion here buddy
 
James Sawyer Ford said:
It’s a GaaS game and they extended development time under the Jim Ryan initiative

Of course it counts lol
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It doesn't not count as part of the GaaS Initiative! It was already in development years before Jim took over. Yes he gave them an extension but that doesn't mean it suddenly falls under his 12 GaaS Initiative. It does not
 
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