<story><title>The tragic end of Telltale Games</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/4/17934166/telltale-games-studio-closed-layoffs-end-the-walking-dead</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aikah</author><text>Sometimes you simply got to let the data speak for themselves:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;2tR4WVX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;2tR4WVX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s so strange how the prestige around the brand was not correlated to the sells numbers. It so strange how their demise was so unexpected by the press and gaming communities when the writing was on the wall long ago.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lmm</author><text>The gaming press is more press than gaming; they&amp;#x27;re often people with writing degrees who are disproportionately fond of &amp;quot;literary&amp;quot; games compared to the buying public.</text></comment>
<story><title>The tragic end of Telltale Games</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/4/17934166/telltale-games-studio-closed-layoffs-end-the-walking-dead</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aikah</author><text>Sometimes you simply got to let the data speak for themselves:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;2tR4WVX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;imgur.com&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;2tR4WVX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s so strange how the prestige around the brand was not correlated to the sells numbers. It so strange how their demise was so unexpected by the press and gaming communities when the writing was on the wall long ago.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Fragoel2</author><text>Apparently making the same game over and over (with different intellectual property to tie it up) does not pay off.</text></comment>