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The artists produced something distinctive despite everything the company around them was doing.

• Ninja Gaiden 4: Competently stylish, yet unfinished and low budget
• Code Vein 2: How to kill a successful new IP

They sold people one thing, collected the money, then delivered something rather different.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart

An acquisition used as the world’s most expensive off switch.

The till came first. Somebody built a product around it later.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• Nioh 3's first DLC is £17 for even more recycled content

Management made the decision. The person answering angry replies had no say in it.

Customers lose something they paid for so the company can improve its numbers.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• Heatwaves, droughts, dying crops, wildfires. Big Tech: more AI data centres, please

Put other people's work through a model and suddenly paying those people is an unreasonable demand.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

When it mattered, they protected the people doing the work. Credit for that.

Perfectly usable hardware marched to the bin for quarterly growth.

• Heatwaves, droughts, dying crops, wildfires. Big Tech: more AI data centres, please

Apparently there is no money for the people making the product. Shareholders are still getting paid.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up

Ethics calculated as fine multiplied by chance of getting caught.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• Heatwaves, droughts, dying crops, wildfires. Big Tech: more AI data centres, please

So much for the friendly image. They have made their actual priorities quite clear.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart

Why improve the product when you can make sure customers have nowhere else to go?

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

The public keeps the damage. A few executives keep the money.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

More effort going into finding a way around the rules than fixing what prompted them.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• Heatwaves, droughts, dying crops, wildfires. Big Tech: more AI data centres, please

Cheap rubbish served with premium confidence.

• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

Underhanded enough to make you read every promise from this company twice.

• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

They named the mistake, owned it and started repairing the damage.

Crunch through the deadline, burn out, get replaced. Management calls this a passionate team.

• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)
• GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up

Buying it was the easy part. Now they have to explain what the hell they are doing with it.

Early backers get their exit. Everyone buying the excitement gets to find out what it is really worth.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• GenAI hyperscalers’ Q2 reports prove one thing: spending must go up

Did anyone in that meeting actually use the product they were making decisions about?

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Sony finally got Kojima back to espionage, then cancelled it while its first-party strategy falls apart

Another enormous spending increase. Still waiting for an explanation of how it pays for itself.

• The AI apocalypse narrative arrived exactly when the hype needed it
• Meta's very bad 2026 (so far)

They understood the problem and made a sensible decision. More of this, please.