From EHG’s post on Reddit, talking about selling the company to Krafton:
Our options were limited. We needed funding and our options were looking like A: pivot to working on someone else’s IP, B: taking funding elsewhere where we liked the company less and would stifle our vision for the product, or C: join Krafton, D: go bankrupt and actually cease to exist. I know everyone will call doom and gloom but I still strongly believe long term this will allow us to compete in the space in a much bigger way.
In other words, Last Epoch was not successful enough for Eleven Hours Game to continue to exist without external help. By itself, the game would have led them to closing down.
Now, I’m not questioning whether the game is good or bad (asking that here would be pointless, and it’s extremely subjective, anyway). But, considering how Last Epoch could not sustain itself, I can’t help but think that the game has failed.
Especially since they went in with expectation beyond any reason and where someone could only think they’re… yeah, not writing that here, you get the meaning at least.
They’re known for some very ‘interesting’ things.
Like intentionally comitting fraud (PubG skins were delivered with a very different drop-rate from their packs then advertised, and even direct questioning was wrongfully answered, if that’s not fraud I don’t know what is… but the proof there is iffy as always). Also they’ve taken up the makers from Subnautica and then went ahead to fire the lead team after getting close to achieving the targeted goal for a massive several hundred million dollar high bonus, extending demands and changing everything so it couldn’t be delivered anymore, then pulling back all allegations in court and shifting to something entirely different which even baffled the judge it was so out of left-center.
And the last thing they did is telling the world they’ll focus as much on AI as any company potentially can, getting people worried before doubling down on that decision again.
So you can make your own picture there
It’s on a prime course to do so though plainly spoken!
Sorta death-throes. Question is if they’re the rare pray which can pry itself away from the predator named ‘live service game sector’ and even if… will they succumb to an infection after or make it through? And if they make it through… will they ever be fit as a fiddle or permanently crippled?
Many ‘ifs’ there in a row to make it through decently.
People need to chill and give EHG a chance already. They have not done anything to earn all this negative feedback, and for those who don’t want to wait, go play POE 1/II, you are free to do so.
Krafton did not spend that kind of money to fail and EHG and Last Epoch are doing just fine as far as I can see. AI is here to stay and it’s not a joke, it will make things much more efficient and yes, some people will lose their jobs in ALL industries because of it.
I 100% support EHG and this game and if it’s 4 or more months between seasons, so be it. Their future expansion pack, whatever the cost, will be half as much as I just paid for a Pizza, so let’s put things into perspective here.
Do your thing EHG, and do not listen to the Internet haters. I look forward to Season 4, 5, 6, etc. and I will be buying your expansion pack and all of your supporter packs because I love this game and I want it to succeed.
Sure, the moment EHG provides results the people will chill.
What else do you expect though? Actions, not words.
They showed action which was very negative, not they gotta get their gears up and show action which is positive.
All there is to it. If you support or don’t support doesn’t matter. People leave if they act crappy and people come and excuse nigh anything if they do good.
If you’re Steam you can do nigh everything and people will wave it off, because they’re a goddamn great company.
And if you’re Disney you gotta get 20 times as much positive stuff out to even get an inkling of respect.
It’s really not rocket-science on how reputation works.
Its not a bad game, this is evident by the fact they can easily get 50k+ players, its not some meta breaking game or anything, but its no slouch on its update launches.
The problem lies with EHG, and whatever spending issues they have or lack of design they have mtx wise. They didnt make any money despite during updates popping up to one of the most popular games on steam? Does anyone realize how insane that is? You are one of the most played games during your updates on the most powerful gaming platform in the space, and you cant turn a profit? this speaks to the lack of the business side.
At this point the krafton acquisition whether it improves the business side or not sorta does not matter, as its bad optics. And now they need to basically rebrand from the ground up as krafton, as only dumb white knight consumers who would throw money at anything will trust old built up faith.
Financially yes it has thus far, everything else is subjective. That said, unless the company closes down there’s always a chance things can be turned around if they make the right decisions and if they put the effort in.
But yes, Judd admitted that it’d failed (or was failing) financially & that’s why they had to sell to Krafton.
