Do you think this game was a scam to get funding from Tencent and do almost nothing?
" This is, quite frankly, American VC talk. Innocent Smoothies > Bought by Coca-Cola Inc. It's also 100% false. It's almost always a cash-out and retire deal. " Yes, I think I made it quite clear that I feel that Tencent was doing the fraud here. No-one sane gives up 16.6% on the cusp of a $45mm revive unless they're getting squeezed. > It's almost always a cash-out and retire deal. Why would you not do this post launch? That's the question. Last edited by Nameless_One#4282 on Dec 29, 2024, 11:11:19 PM
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" I completely agree with the second point as well. I think it's insane that the final shares were sold months before a huge influx in valuation, and indicative of a squeeze like you mentioned. Like I said not sure why we are arguing... As to the first point, not sure this forum is the right place to debate different profit sharing schemes, and I agree that what I posted was certainly from an American perspective given the prevalence of those strategies in the US. |
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" It's perfectly possible that by taking on C level Sixjoy appointments ex-GGG C levels had golden parachute deals written in regarding a percent share of profits made on launch for 100% control. *ahem* NZ Law views that type of deal negatively, however. If it did occur. Allegedly. |
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" I wouldn't mind literally any of the several dozen MTX i have from POE1 to work in POE2. But they aren't elaborate screen polluting bullshit, mainly just gear skins. that's probably why not a single one works. Last edited by TSDfabrication#7766 on Dec 29, 2024, 11:34:08 PM
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No. Go away.
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" That definitely does suck, and I absolutely suggest you send them some feedback requesting the skins you want be made to work. I totally acknowledge I've been on the lucky end of the spectrum with this, where most of my favorites work, and a few other things, like limited to no performance issues, have not messed up my experience. All I'm trying to express in my original post it is one thing to point out real and valid criticisms and concerns, and I'm 100% for that. It's another to allege GGG was trying to defraud tencent, and that the devs haven't been doing anything for 5 years. Hope your skins work out and have a happy holiday |
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Poe2 ends with the campaign, on the maps there is poe 1, which means kill the mob before it kills you with a hit. Poe 2 was supposed to be slower, more skillful, and it is only like that on rb, when we get to the maps it is simply poe 1 where the game is too fast and there is too much going on, and we go back to the roots where you die with a hit and you don't know why, I guess that's not what they promised us
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I get the feeling that they had some sort of vision that they developed inside a bubble without looking if their ideas are realy working out. They seem to have never realy simulated or tested anything to a degree neccessary. Now its EA and we see the problems coming in, but if they get resolved at all is a big questionmark.
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Sad how many in this thread think that a corporate name or ownership matter to gamers or consumers of any product.
just like with Blizzard stop being loyal to names. You should only care about products (games in our case) that are worthy of our time. As long as passionate game designers make the games and care enough to keep the 2header's from ruining them via pandering to destructive and stupid desires who the fuck cares. That time is long past at Blizz and some day it will also be the case here. But POE2 is a fine initial offering. Names and product identification are dumb things to emotionally invest in like you see in this thread. The moment GGG Tencent or any other corporate entity releases a shitty game I just don't buy it. D4 was my last time getting burned by a name or IP its was a case of: "I'll buy it because of old feels about an older product and I'm bored anyway" I honestly knew better and just was bored and wanted to try it. I could tell from their free open beta that it was a trash game with shallow systems that pandered to the lowest common denominator guide and normie gamers. Just like I can tell right away that POE2 is the exact opposite of that, trying to appeal to gamers who can press more than 1 button and don't need loot dumpsters raining on their heads to foster the illusion that they're winning. POE2 is a banger that needs and will get tons of balance and new content, if its too hard for you thats fine, but there's nothing about this release that suggests some soulless corporate suit or conspiracy was behind it. If you want to be bitter that its not 1 button enough for you just do that and drop the hilariously simplistic tin foil. If you can't see the passion of GGG devs then you're not paying attention or you're just being deliberately obtuse. And I say this as someone who is consistently critical of their designs at time. Pandering to players who don't want consequences for their mistakes is a perfect description of what went fundamentally wrong with D3 and 4.
If they wanted mindless mobile game time waster gameplay they sure did make some perplexing choices and marketing statements for 6 fucking years. |
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" perhaps they play the game just fine and its some of the 1 button POE1 players who are having the issue? Pandering to players who don't want consequences for their mistakes is a perfect description of what went fundamentally wrong with D3 and 4.
If they wanted mindless mobile game time waster gameplay they sure did make some perplexing choices and marketing statements for 6 fucking years. |
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