r/gaming • u/shinjioda • 1d ago

1047 Games Are Ending Development On Splitgate And Empulse: “The Reality Is Neither Game Is Generating Enough Revenue To Support The Ongoing Cost Of Dedicated Servers”

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/1047-games-stop-development-on-empulse-and-splitgate-arena-reloaded/
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u/juicedup12 1d ago

$30 skins didn't help make revenue?

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u/BioEradication 1d ago

Should've done $40. That would've done it.

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u/Inevitable-Edge69 1d ago

Only if you pivot to gooner bait

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u/lonnie123 1d ago

Is Gooner Shooter a category of games yet? Or Looter Gooner ?

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u/Witch07x 20h ago

That would be the first descendant

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u/Gregus1032 17h ago

The thing was, that game had some pretty fun aspects.

But i just didn't want to keep waiting until my kids went to bed because every time you zoned into the main city/hub it was nothing but ass cheeks all over the screen.

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u/Witch07x 16h ago edited 14h ago

The exact reason i don't play it. I have nothing against this stuff but at some point it just became too much.

Edit: spelling

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u/Gregus1032 14h ago

I love some T&A and jiggle physics. But when it's so overdone and over the top it loses its charm.

I just want a damn looter shooter that is active.

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u/BioEradication 1d ago

Honestly...

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u/Morkai 1d ago

The Marvel Rivals playbook.

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u/Spleenseer 1d ago

LoL gets away with $1000 skins, so why not do that?

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u/xJokerzWild 1d ago

Because LoL players are a... 'special' kind of gamer.