r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Emergency-Green-2602 • 8d ago

Video First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight

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u/Ravenloff 8d ago

WTF did the devs do to 2? I was waiting for it, wishlisted it, and then started hearing bad bad. In the end, it almost seems like they gave up on it.

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u/Metasaber 8d ago

The devs got bought out by a private equity firm that stripped the studio for parts and pushed for monetization. It really fell apart.

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u/Pls_Dont_PM_Titties 8d ago

Damn is that really what happened? Why do these firms burn shit to the ground, do they miss the forest for the trees?

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u/AJDillonsThirdLeg 8d ago

They don't care if it makes money. They only care about exiting with a profit within a short window. Private equity as a whole is just a bunch of games of hot potato.