On the back of its recent indie gaming success, Devolver Digital is setting up a film distribution arm to support independent movies.
The new film publisher is yet to take on its first project, but is looking to support the indie side of film rather than pushing for big cinematic releases. In particular it aims to leverage its existing experience with digital platforms such as PSN, iTunes and Xbox Live that are primed to replace DVD and physical media releases.
As part of its latest financial report, Devolver Digital has announced that upcoming physics platformer Human Fall Flat 2 has been delayed beyond 2025.
Special Reserve Games will be a little different in 2024, shifting to only making physical editions in collaboration with the good folks at Devolver Digital.
This is what I like to see. Let's continue to show there are those of us who still want physical media!!
Devolver Digital have revealed the company is beginning to reject deals from Sony and Microsoft to put titles on Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus.
Makes sense, oftentimes developers are losing money when they allow games to be on Game Pass because of how undervalued they are. Just look at developer testimonies for games like Outriders, Furi, and Inside. Sure they're not exactly huge games, but games used to be able to continue to sell and have a long sale life.
Now with Game Pass there's no incentive to buy those games and whatever the lump sum Microsoft offers is what you as a developer are forced to accept, otherwise you're turning down being accessible on one of the major marketplaces. It's practically a hostage situation, and Xbox is bleeding smaller developers dry with it.
Sources for the developer testimonies by the way. I know how this site gets.
https://www.videogameschron...
https://videogames.si.com/f...
https://www.vice.com/en/art...
Sadly whether we like it or not this is the direction we're slowly heading towards. It won't be until it's a wide spread obvious issue that people will finally unite and complain.
Good for them. Know your value and don't become beholden to someone else's release expectations.
These guys know what they're doing - this is excellent news.