• Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    Eh, reputation is still a thing and they probably aren’t getting to keep any of the IPs they worked on, like Stray or Outer Wilds. They also won’t get to keep whatever cash the company might have had in reserve. My understanding is that the idea of spinning off a studio to be indie is that you get to keep developing your IPs to some extent, you still have your brand and your reputation, etc. Otherwise they probably would have done this at the beginning.

    So, no, they didn’t really spin it off heh.

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      2 months ago

      They didn’t make outer wilds (the parent company Annapurna interactive published it)

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      2 months ago

      So, no, they didn’t really spin it off heh.

      Did you tip your fedora after you typed this?

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      2 months ago

      I’d be willing to bet with the right PR this would only strengthen the reputation of whatever studio they decide to create next.