Telltale made amazing games and distributed them to the wrong audience with the wrong advertising and monetization strategy on the wrong platforms.
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"the sudden closure of Telltale Games could be interpreted as a sign that narrative-driven games aren’t profitable" -Variety No. Telltale had problems with product vision and market fit. Their problems speak to bad management, not to the viability of narrative in general.
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Very surprised that they said this. What article was this in; I can't find it.
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"While the sudden closure of Telltale Games could be interpreted as a sign that narrative-driven games aren’t profitable, Murray said that Skybound still believes in them."https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/skybound-telltale-the-walking-dead-2-1202973863/ …
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"Thing failed, proving all things like it will fail" takes make me grumpy.
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A coffee shop in my town shut down. Should we conclude no one here wants coffee?
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Seriously... Is Variety somehow unaware of the new Hollywood money flowing into interactive narrative? Or is it just being a stodgy skeptic?
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Conversely, it could also be said that some of the most successful games of all time have been narrative-driven such as The Last of Us, Halo, Assassins Creed, GTA, Fallout, Skyrim and not forgetting Fifa! GG Variety.
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How about Metal Gear Solid, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, Mass Effect, God of War...
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They don’t listen too well to the gaming community, do they?
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@Variety is a clear indication of nothing more than fact-skimming and fact-skipping journalism." --Me Maybe if they had people who knew what they're writing about, they'd get intelligently written articles with actual factual content. I know, a tall order.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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