SteamWorld Build publisher Thunderful said the game “fell slightly short of expectations”, as its company restructure i…

  • @Alteon
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    410 months ago

    I’m sorry, but what did you expect? You can’t possibly think people that were massive fans of your Metroidvania game were going to suddenly love your city builder.

    It’d be like if Call of Duty decided to build a Tower Defense game.

    • SuiXi3D
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      210 months ago

      And not even a particularly great city builder at that.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      It’d be like if Call of Duty decided to build a Tower Defense game.

      I would definitely play that if it is even a half decent game.

      They expanded too much in the last years and made terrible management decisions at Thunderful and now blame it on “underperforming games” that had the audacity to not save their ass from these bad decisions.

      It is the same with so many of these stories: “We made mistakes and are fine with studios and people working for us to pay the price.”

    • @kautau
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      10 months ago

      Call of Duty decided to build a Tower Defense game

      Activision execs: