@ampersandrew to GamesEnglish • edit-214 hours agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square91arrow-up1642arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: gamedev[email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•5 hours agoIf I had to guess, I’d say it’s some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 hours agoAs I understand accounting, you really don’t need to do stuff like this to write off your assets. I’m not saying there isn’t a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•5 hours agoEpic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off
If I had to guess, I’d say it’s some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.
As I understand accounting, you really don’t need to do stuff like this to write off your assets.
I’m not saying there isn’t a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.
Epic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off
EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off