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10mo ago

How does delisting a game make/save money?

delistedgames.com As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May [UPDATE: Better Links]

[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…

As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May [UPDATE: Better Links]

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.

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As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May

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As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May

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As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May

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As more developers confirm, it looks likely that ALL Adult Swim Games titles will be removed by May

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It’s due to tax breaks. NPR did a piece on it. https://www.npr.org/2022/12/17/1143901911/popular-titles-are-vanishing-from-hbo-max-after-merger
- 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
  
  so it's essentially a perverse incentive at work.
  
  Welcome to the USA, this country is one "scam" after another all the way to the top
  
  Because we made it that way. And we can fix it, too. Will we?
  
  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.
  
  The law needs to change. Artistic works that are written off for tax purposes must revert to the public domain permanently and immediately.
  
  That would be nice and in line with the goals of copyright, so obviously it will never happen.
  
  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.

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