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Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead

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2018/11/26 10:17:16 (permalink)
https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/starbreeze-studios-begins-cost-cutting-amid-poor-sales-for-overkills-the-walking-dead/
 
As part of Starbreeze’s latest quarterly financial results, it was revealed that the company had posted a loss of $11.3 million. Now, the board of directors at Starbreeze is calling on management to begin cutting operating costs, an effort that will be led by CFO, Sebastian Ahlskog- who will be getting replaced as CFO at some point in the future, according to GI.biz. Still, Starbreeze isn’t giving up on the game yet, Overkill is already working on new content for the game, which will begin rolling out in the near future. Perhaps eventually, the game will grow to a point where it can be looked at as a huge success, similar to Payday.

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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/26 10:29:59 (permalink)
    It seems like they got hit with a hot show probably when they signed the deal but during the production the popularity of Walking Dead declined and zombies are not as popular as they once were. They probably paid a lot for the rights to make the game and really I think the show removed the real threat of the zombies and some of the stars seem to be able to get out of everything. It used to be they could bring in a few new people and kill off a few of the older ones every other episodes and that the dead was always a threat. Maybe they can improve it but really I think at this point AMC needs to tell fans that the series will wrap up with a total of 12 or maybe 13 seasons.
     
    As for Starbreeze hopefully they can turn things around. I don't think that they are a bad studio or a one trick pony like Telltale.

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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/27 07:23:37 (permalink)
    Yeah, I played this game at the end of the beta and it wasn't horrible  but it definitely wasn't finished nor  a polished product.  It has potential to be good, it just needed more time in the oven.
     
      Unfortunately gamers are pretty easily distracted to new 'flavors' in games, especially at this time of year with releases - so I highly doubt they will be able to pull back in any big crowds of gamers after a poor showing out of the release gate. 
     
     This almost seems like I'm reviewing the TV show also... ...  half done right , needs polishing , losing fans...

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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/27 14:20:34 (permalink)
    The problem is the game is not anywhere near worth 60.
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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/27 18:27:06 (permalink)
    Maybe the franchise turning into a woke soap opera wasn't the best IP to make a first person shooter around?
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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/27 22:24:47 (permalink)
    fearpoint
    Maybe the franchise turning into a woke soap opera wasn't the best IP to make a first person shooter around?



    Yeah, really bad timing to make a Walking Dead game. They released it right when the shows ratings have been at their worst.
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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/27 23:05:12 (permalink)
    Well it's kindaaaa bad right now in Gaming lol.  Battlefield V is like soooo bad lol...literally CoD and cs go met much better lol

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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/28 15:15:18 (permalink)
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    Well it's kindaaaa bad right now in Gaming lol.  Battlefield V is like soooo bad lol...literally CoD and cs go met much better lol




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    Re: Starbreeze Studios begins cost cutting amid poor sales for Overkill’s The Walking Dead 2018/11/28 16:26:08 (permalink)
    One would think after there being 100 zombie survival games out there, that someone would actually get everything right for once. It boggles my mind how dev houses iterate on the same themes and still not understand what makes a game good.

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