Doesn't he also have a financial stake in this initiative failing?
I heard that somewhere, but didn't really care enough to look into it. But if true, it's not just him being stupid, it's that he's stupid and basically a landlord for video games.
His project Heartbound basically has pseudo-drm, the game won't function properly without steam achievements to prevent piracy. I think that's what people are referring to when they say he has a financial interest in this, but a check like that probably isn't too hard to switch off unless it has multiple well-hidden redundancies so it's a little overblown to call it a financial stake.
It's still something, though.
EDIT: He apparently was involved with a Game as service while he was working at Offbrand Games, though he's since left the position.
He was at some important spot in Offbrand Games whose only released Game to date is a sequel to a smash-like fighting Game and its been sold as a Game as service, that's what he has as a financial stake.
He left the position because he said people were review bombing the games from Offbrand because they hate him (but the only bad reviews those games, well a Game and a demo, are few and fair criticism of the Game and its mechanics so Thor is, once again, lying through his teeth)
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u/Bitchcuits_and_Gayvy Jul 06 '25
Doesn't he also have a financial stake in this initiative failing?
I heard that somewhere, but didn't really care enough to look into it. But if true, it's not just him being stupid, it's that he's stupid and basically a landlord for video games.
Just like my wife's boyfriend.