Embracer Group set up an archival group saying it wants to preserve game history, then it pulls this nonsense.
https://www.eurogamer.net/deus-ex-go-becomes-unplayable-in-january-even-if-you-paid-for-it
@BrendanSinclair I'm starting to wonder if the different units within the Embracer group even talk to each other or have any real strategic alignment at all. The sale to Embracer certainly doesn't seem to have changed anything in the business management practices of the former Eidos studios.
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@MossRC I don't see how you can acquire scores of studios in such a short time and have any kind of coherent business-wide strategy or integration. IIRC, the studios have talked about being able to still call their own shots as part of the appeal to sign on, so it's probably been pretty loose over there.
@BrendanSinclair Yep, and for any studios and operating groups that are well managed, having that independence and agency within the ginormous Embracer family may let them thrive. But I'm not convinced that they're all well managed, and with minimal top-level personnel changes post-sale I suspect any dysfunction or incompetence has just been ported over and given a clean slate.
But back to the original point, I don't see any clear signs that they're even planning to implement a coherent business-wide strategic alignment. They seem to treat it more like an investment portfolio.
But back to the original point, I don't see any clear signs that they're even planning to implement a coherent business-wide strategic alignment. They seem to treat it more like an investment portfolio.