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Curt Schilling's 38 Studios Struggling Financially
medv4380 writes "38 Studios, run by Curt Schilling, is having a hard time paying its bills and employees. The gaming community hasn't been happy with the company since the issue with an Online Pass for Single Player Content, which we discussed previously. Now, 38 Studios has bounced a check intended as a payment on its $75 million loan from the state of Rhode Island. If the company defaults, Rhode Island taxpayers will have to cover the loan and interest, which could total nearly $100 million."
All I can say is good riddance. I'm glad that a shitty game with an even shittier DRM practice is not rewarded. We should be happy about this.
Remember all the hub-bub that KoA was getting about even though it was single player you couldn't get 1/3 the game unless you purchased new? Yet all of a sudden, even though it's average score was a 7, it was getting rave or good comments all over every game sites message board. The astroturfing was so obvious and egregious. And the problem was, it was so prevalent and everywhere people actually genuinely believed it was a good game.
What pissed me off more though is that everyone was carrying torches the day before it was released about the DRM, and then "they just bent over and took it."
So I say good riddances and thank god. Because if that game sold well, you know damn well that would open the floodgates to needing online passes for single player games forever on...consoles!
Ugh.
Koa was an absolutely amazing game. The extra content was bound to a cd-key so present reselling used games. If you think resellers should be able to purchase used games for 10$, re-price them for $30-40 and take in double the profit compared to brand new game you're insane. I'd be pissed also if I was a publisher because you're dipping twice into the profits. Diablo 3. Not DRM. It's a online only game, period. Whether you make your session public or private is up to you but the game is played online. This was mad very clear over a year ago. DRM is designed to stop piracy. Always online is there to combat hackers and keep the Real Money Auction House legit. If you really think it's about piracy then you're delusional. Always online is going to become more and more common so you better suck it up now.