It’s better than to remain abused and shuttered by the AAA publisher industry, which is getting increasingly more volatile and anti-worker every year. Even if they were to shutter themselves at least it would be on their own terms.

Is it smart, though? There’s a reason they accepted a buyout in the first place. Over the past 20 years, the work-for-hire market has shrunk considerably and it’s become exceedingly difficult for mid-to-large sized studios to survive independently. That’s why so many studios accepted buyouts. Hell, Bungie, one of the…

ARROW MUST ALWAYS GO UP! ANY DOWNTURN IS FAIL!

I have to question Fortnite though, with the additions they keep throwing out there, it genuinely feels like they are throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. Which is fine if they are validated, but that gets expensive fast. Granted, Riot will spend a decade+ on a game and still not release. 

80% of my kid’s gaming time is spent in Minecraft. They might stop and play the new hotness for a day or two, but then it’s right back to building with virtual blocks.

Its the MMO thing all over again. Everyone was trying to get inon that sub money WoW had - and no one could really do it. Everyone one of them spent a ton of money and fizzled. It took how many years and a massive reboot before FFXIV came along?? That is a lot of studio time and money dumped in the trash heap.

We’ve reached a point in the games industry where trends are moving faster than development cycles, and the results are calamitous.

A smart exec would say, “Hey, this is popular in this moment and won’t be by the time we’re done, so maybe we should make something different.” But then again, when was the last time you heard about an executive that could see past the next fiscal quarter?

Usually the companies don’t like licensed IP because a decent cut has to go to the IP holder. Baulder’s was shockingly low with it sounding like it was only 10%.

How interesting. They laid off 800 people last March so they could restructure and focus on the right projects https://kotaku.com/ea-layoffs-jobs-andrew-wilson-profits-electronic-arts-1850281078. I’m sure this time the restructuring will work and that it has nothing to do with giving more money to execs or stock…

Gyllenhaal seems a way more likely candidate than Johnson. Especially in a movie like Life, with a for-hire studio director like Daniel Espinoza who wouldn’t be looking out for anything except the final product. Johnson, Fassbender, McGregor and Hemsworth all have pretty solid reputations as costars. Gyllenhaal’s…

Of those listed, “Life’s Jake Gyllenhaal” stands out as the best suspect to my eyes.

I love Hugh Grant but he does have a temper apparently. But no way he was ‘ number one on a call sheet’ with Meryl Streep on that movie.

I can confirm I’ve heard my niece and her friends use the term “Default” as an insult, and they explained it was insulting someone who uses default skins in F2P games.  

anecdotal, but yeah.

My daughter was telling me about how people pick on you in Roblox for not having paid for avatar pieces and what not. I’ve played it with her using a very default looking appearance and it does appear there is some disdain for people who don’t buy into it.

Surge pricing works for Uber and Lyft not because of their market power, but because it also creates additional incentive for drivers to drive during that time. There is also potentially a huge difference in urgency for users of car services. If I am running late for a meeting, or flight, I might be happy to pay more…

I don’t think dynamic pricing is going to work out for Wendy’s. It works for Uber/Lyft because they have close to a captive market, but Wendy’s isn’t one half of the only game in town and customers are absolutely willing to drive a little further for a couple of dollars off.

It also doesn’t really make a lot of sense…

People keep including the “they can lower prices at times of lower demand” part but like they can do that by itself. I’ve seen a few places (most notably Sonic) have cheaper “happy hour” prices in the afternoon, usually 2pm until 4 or 5pm. And the great thing about this is that they advertise it, so you can actually…

I try not to make predictions, but a fast food restaurant charging more at times when people are hungry and/or have time to eat sounds like a big mistake. 

It looks like a nice remote play option, and priced nice at MSRP for what it is.