• BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    As I understand it, the game bombed beyond the point of being salvageable - tens of millions of dollars and around a decade in development, but it only peaked at a few hundred concurrent players, then fell off rapidly.

    • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      7 days ago

      tens of millions of dollars

      Several hundreds, based on the estimates I’ve heard. The whole project was a grift, and once again a former gaming exec already absconded to let the workers hold the bag.