As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May [UPDATE: Better Links]
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[UPDATE 03/09/24] I had some time this morning to gather the links for the list of games. Also, a reader pointed out that Westerado isn’t self-published so it’s still at risk of a delis…

I don’t understand how this works. How does delisting a game make or save money? It’s already spent in the creation. Now sales don’t cost anything. There’s no goods to ship. Steam copies the files to you, WB doesn’t do anything.

“As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May” cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26167118

This. Sucks. I really love games like Duck Game, Kingsway, and Super House of Dead Ninjas.

    • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      the relevant quote:

      it’s about these special tax breaks that these companies can take in the immediate aftermath of a merger. So the company expects to write off something up to $3.5 billion connected to content costs as a result. And part of getting that tax benefit means they have to pull some of these shows from the service

        • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          It’s more an unintended consequence. Pretty sure the point of this is that you can buy a company and get some relief for bad assets they have. You can also use healthy assets to get a quick tax break, for things unlikely to make a ton of money.

          • ashok36@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            The law needs to change. Artistic works that are written off for tax purposes must revert to the public domain permanently and immediately.

          • underisk@lemmy.ml
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            8 months ago

            unintended consequence is the definition of perverse incentive.

            A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.

        • arefx@lemmy.ml
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          8 months ago

          Welcome to the USA, this country is one “scam” after another all the way to the top

            • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              We can’t fix it, the common people only have a marginal say in our government. Corporations have captured almost all regulators and all the offices needed to effectively control the nation. Politicians will vote based on whatever their donors want them to do, not what the actual citizens in their districts want

              • Garbanzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                8 months ago

                not what the actual citizens in their districts want

                Most of them don’t vote, so there’s no reason for any politician to ever take their wants into consideration. That’s really what needs fixing.