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Weaker subscription deals have hit indie publishers, says analyst | GamesIndustry.biz (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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Smaller subscription deals and the underperformance of certain titles have had a severe impact on Devolver and TinyBuild, says stockbroking firm Goodbody.

Both companies floated at the peak of the games business in 2021 and have seen their share prices plummet over the past two years. Devolver has seen its share price drop 92% since its peak in January 2022, while TinyBuild's has fallen 95%

"We have seen from Devolver and TinyBuild that subscription is under pressure at the moment," says Patrick O'Donnell, technology and video gaming analyst at Goodbody.

"The cheques coming from Sony and Microsoft are just not as big as they were. And that creates problems if you're concentrated on that side of the market.

"TinyBuild, of all of them, was most exposed. Devolver was exposed, but not quite as much."

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Devolver has their hands on a ton of indie games. I'm surprised you haven't heard of Loop Hero, Deaths Door, Trek to Yomi, or Cult of the Lamb. Out of the Indie studios, they seem like the most likely to be able to push pass this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

*push past this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Turns out I didn't scroll down long enough. I felt like it had been 5 minutes of flying through and didn't get that far.

Yeah, if they're not getting paid well for those hits, then absolutely that's horse shit for them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All they gotta do is make a cult of the lamb 2 and they'll be rich