ampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 hours agoEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hitsave@preserve.gamesfreegames@feddit.ukhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1741arrow-down1external-linkEA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer gamesgithub.comampersandrew@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 hours agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hitsave@preserve.gamesfreegames@feddit.ukhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareLemmchen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoIf I had to guess, I’d say it’s some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.
minus-squarewizzorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoAs I understand accounting, you really don’t need to do stuff like this to write off your assets. I’m not saying there isn’t a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·13 hours agoEpic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off
If I had to guess, I’d say it’s some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.
As I understand accounting, you really don’t need to do stuff like this to write off your assets.
I’m not saying there isn’t a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.
Epic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off
EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off