GT:Marcus Beer has some advice for some struggling indie developers.
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
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he's more like a drama queen .. not just annoyed gamer
He still has a job?
I like Marcus. It's kind of a strange relationship. I think it's like he sees a younger generation doing what he does in a more entertaining way so he is perplexed & in inner turmoil as how to deal with this . But he does raise some good points that need to be mentioned within the industry on behalf of the gamers & I think he should just do what he does & not worry about the rest.
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What did I get from that video? Bla bla bla bla bla.
It`s not annoyed gamer, it`s annoying gamer
Most people don't like him because he speaks the truth and "you can't handle the truth!" But the joke aside most people can't handle when somebody is honest and when they don't pull punches. I think in the industry he is one of the few people who doesn't mind what he says and doesn't care if he pisses people off. Most writers in the industry are to scared of pissing off publishers and developers and so that fear affects there honesty and writing and so then we don't get honest opinions but with Marcus we always get the truth and he true feelings so I believe he is one of the few we can actually trust.