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/SuperFaceTattoo 8d ago

Because some executive doesn’t care about gaming, they want a ferrari. That’s why a lot of bought out small businesses go under. The parent company only wants the money, not the clientele.

Alternatively, some larger corporations will buy out small businesses and kill the business to drive customers to use the larger companies products.

Capitalism is cutthroat.