• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    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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      4 days ago

      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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      9 days ago

      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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    9 days ago

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

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 days ago

      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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        9 days ago

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