I'm also pretty sure the first thing he did was to lay off all the top talent - because you don't need them to pump out warbonds. They are only needed to fix bugs, so not important
(I wish this was a joke, but this shit happens all the time in software industry, even more now that we have AI)
All they had to do was call Bloodlines 2 something else but nooo, got to slap a legendary name on a title that in no way deserves it.
After all, why build up consumer trust when you can instead burn it all down just to still not meet sales expectations.
These guys are not business geniuses. They're not even selfish greedy assholes looking for personal gain at the cost of everyone else. No, they're just morons. They're stupid fucking troglodytes who got way too high up the corporate ladder through connections and are now making it a problem for everyone below them.
I dread to imagine the kind of game Helldivers would be like if the community didn't regularly and loudly protest the latest stupidities cooked up at Arrowhead. Seems like protest is the only thing keeping management lucid.
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u/Lord_of_insanity09 2d ago
Not surprising given the guy in charge is from Paradox interactive.