It doesn't have to happen on a single day, you can have a transition phase giving people time to move, to get new jobs if they want to stay and to find new workers. Not doing anything when you employed 300-400 people, generated huge costs and weren't making hugely profitable games for years wasn't a good idea.
Why? People care about issues that directly effect them. The vast majority of people don't know telltale's staff; they're just a studio. So between losing money on an incomplete product versus caring about people they don't know, losing money means the most
Difference is that Nordic is one of the best managed companies currently around.
I think the best hope right now is that some ex-Telltale employee leaks the scripts for episode 3 and 4. Otherwise, it'll join the pantheon of games that end on an unresolved cliffhanger.
I hope that it doesn't get leaked, at least not yet. If Telltale isn't able to finish the season - which seems to be the case - then Skybound could potentially work something out. I'd rather that happen than read the rest of the story in a fashion similar to Half-Life 2 Episode 3.
Next step:
I'm not well-versed in the legalese. Is Telltale's interpretation of TWD still entirely Skybound's property? But yeah, that'd be preferable, even if that project would likely be a year or more down the road.
They started appearing in PS+ and GWG at some point, probably when the studio's financials have gotten worse. It's always an idea to get quick cash, but yeah, it can be damaging if a lot of people discover that most games from the same studio end up being eventually offered "for free". Same goes with aggressive sales, why bother paying full amount when you can get it much cheaper before episode 2 or 3 comes out.
I would also like an answer to that. TTG was never my jam but some of their stuff sounds kinda interesting, so getting it before a delisting would be considered.
The games are literally the only assets worth anything in the remains of Telltale since they don't have any IP to sell. With that in mind I'd be surprised if they get removed for any significant period of time simply because continuing to sell the games is the only way of recovering any money.
This is only my first post in this thread and comment on the matter so I'm not trying to defend myself or anyone here but...
I don't know about it being a slapped to the face, but it does make me regret putting the time into the game and making me consider season one as a stand alone story more then anything.
Well said. I'm sure everyone here feels for the TellTale employees, and I certainly wish them all the best. However, I do consider this a very important issue. As we push further towards the seemingly inevitable all-digital future, we need to know that these companies are prepared for such outcomes, especially in an industry where a single failure can sink a dev studio.
Sorry, don't agree. If a service like PSN offers the ability to pre-purchase, and offer incentives to do so (in this case you got the entire series on top of the final season for your pre-order, so it absolutely seemed to be a good deal) then there should be some kind of guarantee in an instance like this. I don't believe I'm saying anything unreasonable here.
Being brutal doesn't mean he's lying.
