24 points

I really don’t think Baldur’s gate 3 and whatever the fuck Monopoly go is are the same kind of thing.

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The fact that they think it’s part of the same strategy is why they fail. They take a cursory look at both, see numbers go up, and think that all they have to do is push for common element X to succeed.

Gross oversimplification of business strategy and how products are built are why corporations trip over their own dicks over and over again. I wish they would just teach that in business school.

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Business school isn’t about learning to make money, it’s about indoctrinating idiots that already have too much money

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11 points

I’m sure we can expect the same quality as that Drizzt game that came out a couple years ago.

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You mean the new Dark Alliance game? I prefer the old 2004 one anyway.

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They probably should have thought longer about the success of Baldur’s Gate 3 before burning their bridge with Larian.

It wasn’t their IP that made it succeed, it was the quality of the developer. D&D as a brand is worthless if they just sell it to the highest bidder and don’t give a damn about quality.

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Tbf Divinity: Original Sin 2 did not come anywhere near BG3 levels of popularity. The difference between those can really only be attributed to the value of brand recognition.

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On the bright side I would much rather see a Divinity Original Sin 3 than a Baldur’s Gate 4 from Larian. Now they are free to do their own thing again.

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18 points

They said that their next game will be a brand new IP!

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I hope it’s a SciFi adventure

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19 points

Huh? TIL Monopoly Go exists.

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Apparently it’s super successful. Has made $3 billion within a year.

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Wtf? Who even plays monopoly? Is this some wild money laundering scheme?

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It’s only the game Monopoly in that it shares the same name and uses a Monopoly board… It’s a completely different game, and it sucks.

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It’s ridiculously popular. I have a half dozen coworkers who are obsessed with it.

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4 points

It seems incredibly dumb. Like playing slots

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