Sony blew $400m on a flop game it reportedly thought was the next Star Wars

[gatto]

@Shuck

There’s been a bunch of consolidation there (the whole Embracer fiasco), too

and annapurna, who had carved out a really good niche

Annapurna Interactive's entire staff quits after talks with owners break down

panic ( who made the playdate ) has started to publish some games like that now. but they’re still a very tiny company

eta:

@Shuck

Right now AAA seems to be (desperately) betting that better, more automated development tools can bring dev costs down, but we’ll see.

aka, ai. and that’s surely not a money sinkhole