Comment by gherkin0
10 years ago
But by then they would've spent the money needed to update the game to a releasable game state plus any legal costs triggered by other parties "lawyering up," perhaps only to have the rug pulled out from under them.
10 years ago
But by then they would've spent the money needed to update the game to a releasable game state plus any legal costs triggered by other parties "lawyering up," perhaps only to have the rug pulled out from under them.
That's why you set up a separate entity to limit your liability first. Since the aim is to revive a game for its own sake rather than exploit it commercially, it doesn't matter if the entity in question goes bust.
> That's why you set up a separate entity to limit your liability first.
That may limit their liability, but it won't prevent them from losing their investment.
> Since the aim is to revive a game for its own sake rather than exploit it commercially
I think that's incorrect. I do not get the impression that Night Dive Studios exists as some kind of game preservation charity. It seems like a business that occupies a small niche around reviving old games to exploit them commercially.