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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I disagree. Voting with your wallet is the only metric they understand. They just ascribe different analysis as to why it failed to their boardrooms. In the end, you put 70 million into the development and marketing of a game that doesn't sell, that is going to get attention. Complaining on Reddit won't.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

They just ascribe a different metric as to why it failed

Yeah... That's my point. They will never say "our game failed because it was overly formulaic, unpolished, and our customers are getting sick of our bullshit"

It doesn't fit on the spreadsheet. They will never come to the correct conclusion. They structurally cannot