Board 8 > Telltale Games is shutting down

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Nanis23
09/23/18 12:00:57 PM
#201:


Jakyl25 posted...
Nanis23 posted...
Wonder what happened after New Frontier


Probably not been out long enough to be in a big sale

Oh yeah, we need to take time into consideration as well
Earlier games were out for longer, more people bought them, and had more sales

Who knows maybe this year Winter sale could have boost them...maybe
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Dancedreamer
09/23/18 12:06:08 PM
#202:


Dancedreamer will remember this.

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Underleveled
09/23/18 12:16:52 PM
#203:


Jakyl25 posted...
It is interesting to see though that the actual licensed properties apparently meant nothing in terms of sales. It was entirely the TTG brand that sold/didnt sell.

I actually think that the licensed brands meant a whole lot, but in a different way than you think.

It looks like as time went on, they opted for more and more well-known source material. Not that anything they chose was particularly obscure, but on a global scale there's gotta be a gigantic difference in the number of people who are familiar with Fables and Game of Thrones, and then an even further difference between Game of Thrones and Batman. And it looks like the more mainstream the source material got, the worse the sales were. TWD is the exception because it was the breakout franchise for the genre, but the point is still kept afloat by BttF and Jurassic Park, two highly mainstream franchises, selling just as poorly as the later titles.

My theory is that this genre already has an established fanbase that is unlikely to garner a significant number of new fans ever again. So when a game like Batman comes out, it's unlikely to draw in existing Batman fans who aren't genre fans, while many genre fans may go, "another Batman game? I'll pass." But when something a little less mainstream comes along, it intrigues them.

Hence why I think they should have tried out a couple of original IPs.
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foolm0r0n
09/23/18 3:43:00 PM
#204:


Batman makes sense from the angle, but GoT is still the weirdest one. There are no other GoT games, let alone narrative ones, so the Telltale one was the only option. It seems like the biggest opportunity to make sales ever. Clearly they missed a big part of what appeals to GoT fans but still.
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psaltery
09/23/18 3:45:39 PM
#205:


foolm0r0n posted...
Batman makes sense from the angle, but GoT is still the weirdest one. There are no other GoT games, let alone narrative ones, so the Telltale one was the only option. It seems like the biggest opportunity to make sales ever. Clearly they missed a big part of what appeals to GoT fans but still.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/208730/Game_of_Thrones/
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linkhatesganon
09/23/18 3:58:26 PM
#206:


KingButz posted...
You can't pay severance if you're insolvent


Not sure how it goes by country but don't think it's been like that wherever I've worked. And if not, the management is even worse than I thought it was (and if they did hire people just a few weeks before, I doubt they could be so insolvent)
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Nanis23
09/23/18 4:03:27 PM
#207:


foolm0r0n posted...
Batman makes sense from the angle, but GoT is still the weirdest one. There are no other GoT games, let alone narrative ones, so the Telltale one was the only option. It seems like the biggest opportunity to make sales ever. Clearly they missed a big part of what appeals to GoT fans but still.

I don't think this kind of game was the kind Game of Thrones fan wanted...I know I don't
If I imagine a good Game of Thrones game, it would be either a MMORPG or a open world action game, like Shadow of Mordor or something, not..this
Besides it didn't feel like Game of Thrones at all, had terrible storytelling, tying it to show characters but making it non canon lowered the suspense even more (Ramsay is in the game and he is a bitch. Do you think you can kill him? of course not, that would be against the show canon)
And then the ending pretty much made it impossible to make a second season anyway
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Jakyl25
09/24/18 3:24:40 AM
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Nanis23
09/24/18 3:41:07 AM
#209:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/shaunfinney/status/1044036209511522304?s=21

This is great

I want this mode

And this is why they needed 400 workers
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Tom Bombadil
09/24/18 7:02:09 AM
#210:


that's the stuff
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Paratroopa1
09/24/18 7:30:22 AM
#211:


I didn't even know Telltale made a Guardians of the Galaxy game. I'm kind of interested?
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Paratroopa1
09/24/18 7:33:05 AM
#212:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/shaunfinney/status/1044036209511522304?s=21

This is great

I want this mode

there is something incredibly special about one of the game devs themselves making this dumb shitpost
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bryans7
09/24/18 8:53:12 AM
#213:


Paratroopa1 posted...
I didn't even know Telltale made a Guardians of the Galaxy game. I'm kind of interested?


I was disappointed, but I was probably expecting too much because they said it was by the Borderlands team and that game was the best. Wasn't bad, just not as good as others. Very meh.

Also it's the comic book license, not the movie license, if that matters.

Good music though.
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Underleveled
09/24/18 10:22:42 AM
#214:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/shaunfinney/status/1044036209511522304?s=21

This is great

I want this mode

That was beautiful.
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Bane_Of_Despair
09/24/18 7:45:33 PM
#215:


https://twitter.com/telltalegames/status/1044370808657915905

fingers crossed
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Jakyl25
09/24/18 7:58:21 PM
#216:


Thats fantastic news

Thank you potential benefactors
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Underleveled
09/24/18 8:23:20 PM
#217:


That is definitely a double-edged sword. It's fantastic for the fans who have stuck through all this time, but kind of a slap in the face to the developers who worked so hard on all the previous games, including the first two episodes of the current season.

I guess I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. Fingers crossed.
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Pirateking2000
09/24/18 8:45:07 PM
#218:


Hoping it finishes. Would like to see it get a proper conclusion and for season pass to not be wasted
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foolm0r0n
09/24/18 9:03:46 PM
#219:


Are there only 4 episodes?
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Underleveled
09/24/18 9:04:24 PM
#220:


foolm0r0n posted...
Are there only 4 episodes?

From what I can tell S4 was always planned as 4 episodes.
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Jakyl25
09/24/18 9:15:26 PM
#221:


Underleveled posted...
That is definitely a double-edged sword. It's fantastic for the fans who have stuck through all this time, but kind of a slap in the face to the developers who worked so hard on all the previous games, including the first two episodes of the current season.

I guess I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. Fingers crossed.


Depends on how they do it I guess?

I would hope that whoever theyre talking about would just provide resources to allow the original team to get paid to finish up
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Underleveled
09/24/18 9:16:51 PM
#222:


Jakyl25 posted...
I would hope that whoever theyre talking about would just provide resources to allow the original team to get paid to finish up

Well they are not Telltale employees anymore. They would have to be temporarily hired by another company to finish a project that the company that terminated them without notice and without severance had them start, and from the tweets going around it doesn't sound like they'd be just jumping to say yes to that.
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Jakyl25
09/24/18 9:20:18 PM
#223:


Yeah I guess its obvious that some (many) would just want to move on

But they do in general seem to be passionate about the actual projects theyve done and the biggest complaint is just the suddenness with which it all ended
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Nanis23
09/25/18 1:14:55 AM
#224:


Bane_Of_Despair posted...
https://twitter.com/telltalegames/status/1044370808657915905

fingers crossed

I don't really understand how and why this would work
Nobody wants to stay on a sinking ship
Even if they get enough money to pay some people for the 2 months it would take them to finish TWD, Telltale will still close, they will still lose their jobs
So why stay there when #Telltalejobs is the hot thing right now, people that lost their job at Telltale are being recruited by other video game companies, they can work with their friends over in a new place
But nope, gotta stay 2 months, then when this is over, nobody will care about #Telltalejobs anymore and most of the open slots in video game companies will be closed
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Team Rocket Elite
09/25/18 7:55:20 AM
#225:


They would be joining a known temporary project so there's no expectation to stay there long time. The worker is still able to search for a job while this is going on and negotiate a later starting date after getting hired. If that doesn't work out, they can just go straight to their new job. The benefits of taking the temporary Telltale job is they get to finish a project they were invested in and the money might be good enough. The money is coming from outside backing so they don't have to worry about not getting paid just because the rest of the company is in shambles.
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foolm0r0n
09/25/18 8:06:49 AM
#226:


Yeah it would be contractors finishing the story

There's no chance that would turn out well, but supposedly it's better than nothing?
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PrivateBiscuit1
09/25/18 8:23:05 AM
#227:


foolm0r0n posted...
Yeah it would be contractors finishing the story

There's no chance that would turn out well, but supposedly it's better than nothing?

It's that quality thinking that helped Mighty No. 9 become the hit game it was!
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Jakyl25
09/25/18 10:52:05 AM
#228:


foolm0r0n posted...
Yeah it would be contractors finishing the story

There's no chance that would turn out well, but supposedly it's better than nothing?


Oh well if thats the case then TTG needs to use any profit they make on the game to pay some damn severance
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foolm0r0n
09/25/18 11:11:02 AM
#229:


Jakyl25 posted...
Oh well if thats the case then TTG needs to use any profit they make on the game to pay some damn severance

lol yeah right
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redrocket
09/25/18 11:17:43 AM
#230:


Jakyl25 posted...
foolm0r0n posted...
Yeah it would be contractors finishing the story

There's no chance that would turn out well, but supposedly it's better than nothing?


Oh well if thats the case then TTG needs to use any profit they make on the game to pay some damn severance


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KingButz
09/25/18 12:08:13 PM
#231:


Pretty sure that employee severance is near the very bottom of their list of outstanding obligations
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Nanis23
09/25/18 1:45:15 PM
#232:


By the way Episode 2 of the Final Season is out already (came out today a few hours ago)
I finished it

Now I am legit sad
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psaltery
09/25/18 4:14:13 PM
#233:


Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws
Former employee says layoffs violated federal and state WARN laws

https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/25/17901106/telltale-layoffs-lawsuit-warn-act
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Underleveled
09/26/18 1:31:07 AM
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Nanis23
09/26/18 5:13:38 AM
#235:


Underleveled posted...
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2018/9/25/17903996/telltale-the-walking-dead-final-season-sales-canceled

Well that makes sense and doesn't mean anything, there is still hope!
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Underleveled
09/26/18 9:59:04 AM
#236:


Well it DOES prevent people who just wanna play the first two episodes in the meantime from doing so.

But the article doesn't mention that it has been taken down on Switch or Steam, and the Xbox version was taken down long before PSN and physical copies, so it seems to be a choice of individual stores aside from the physical copies.

But you're right, in terms of the game ever being finished, this means absolutely nothing. Probably a precautionary measure being taken because of all the people asking for refunds. Since they cant adjust the price and probably don't want to label it with a disclaimer.
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Nanis23
09/27/18 4:42:33 PM
#237:


Bump because they say we can expect news about TWD Final Season before the end of the week
They didn't promise though
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