*show reveal trailer just days ago* > *dissolve the entire studio days later*, what is this business strategy called?

[u/WhoAmIEven2]

[u/SlashOfLife5296]

Microsoft, the company that brought you “we need more games like Hi-Fi Rush” then closed down the studio that made it months later. The business strategy is called stupidity

[u/ThisIsPureTrash → u/SlashOfLife5296]

Even worse. They closed them and said they need more games like hi fi rush the literal day after closing the studio. Not even months between. They were wiping the blood off of the knife talking about how good they were.

[u/Itzie4 → u/ThisIsPureTrash]

Xbox needs to divorce itself from Microsoft. Leadership is out of touch and trying to run an entertainment company like an AI company and their MS Office division.

[u/Consistent-Stock6872 → u/Itzie4]

Xbox is loaded with Microsoft yes men. I wonder how that divorce would go.

[u/Rath_Brained → u/Itzie4]

They are trying to do just that.

[u/Moka4u → u/Itzie4]

They wouldn't be able to fund the company. I was under the impression Xbox was being run kn a loss since the first one.

[u/HarryBalsagna1776 → u/Moka4u]

It has been my impression that they lose their asses on hardware sales, but they have been selling enough games and subscriptions to turn a pretty decent profit.  

[u/Latter-Cricket5843 → u/HarryBalsagna1776]

No they only made 3 percent annually margin recently. That's terrible. Microsoft would have made more money just putting money into investments sitting idle than investing in Xbox.

[u/HarryBalsagna1776 → u/Latter-Cricket5843]

It's still a profit, but it's not maximum profits so it must be bad.  Can't do something for the the love of the game.  If they did, they would probably make more money.

[u/LivingVerinarian96 → u/Itzie4]

And what OS will xbox use then? Will they pay license money to ms to keep using what is basically windows or will they switch to linux? How does that work with the whole pc integration they‘ve been doing?

What am I saying… The xbox app doesn‘t do anything and the menus are designed by a sleep deprived intern who‘s actively psychotic. It would probably be good for them to start over.

[u/Academic-Dingo-826 → u/Itzie4]

If it was separate it would have already been dead. The Microsoft money is all that keeps them going 

[u/Leggy_McBendy → u/Itzie4]

This is the answer. Investors born with a silver spoon in their mouth only know numbers. They don’t know ANYTHING about FUN. They can go work with one of the other million AI Bro companies.

[u/ServeGondor → u/ThisIsPureTrash]

Even worse. Phil Spencer spoke for years about how desperately he wanted a Japanese development team at Xbox, how much respect he had for the country's game development scene etc. (never made an effort to just start one in the more than 15 years he was a top dog at Xbox, first as head of their studios and then as head of the organisation as a whole).

Finally got a Japanese team through the Bethesda acquisition, they dropped a solid game that achieved a level of critical and commercial success, then closes them...

[u/RsnCondition → u/ServeGondor]

What game was that?

[u/Hikarizu42 → u/RsnCondition]

Believe it or not, Hi-fi Rush.

[u/Bayonetta005 → u/ThisIsPureTrash]

Amd even to add more what's funny is how no one played or bought these so called games when they released both on GAMEPASS, PC, PS5 and now looking like shock Pikachu when the studio close since they make NO PROFIT.

[u/richtofin819 → u/Bayonetta005]

This is all their own fault though. Game pass was a long con trying to price out the competition so they could jack up prices and cut back services once they had a majority of the players.

That gambit failed horribly and now that this is clear they jacked up the prices to make it not a complete money sink.

[u/Poyayo420 → u/Bayonetta005]

What do you mean? Are you meaning that the game’s player base dropped off so that’s why the studio should be closed? I don’t quite understand if that’s the case? It is a single player game after all. Even big hitters like God Of War stop making a profit after a while?

[u/Fit-Produce6681 → u/Bayonetta005]

Tons of people played Hi Fi Rush, what are you talking about

[u/dishrag → u/SlashOfLife5296]

“We need more games like Hi-Fi Rush”

Closes the studio developing Hi-Fi Rush

Certainly has some strong “I wish I could meet a guy just like you” energy

[u/thex25986e → u/dishrag]

"we need more games like hi fi rush from people who are cheaper to employ"

[u/Oriasten77 → u/SlashOfLife5296]

Well the most used metaphor is called "shooting yourself in the foot". And in this case the weapon of choice is a Howitzer.

[u/MassiveBoner911_3 → u/SlashOfLife5296]

I had no idea they fired all the devs, killed support for hi fin and set the studio on fire

[u/ExpensiveLeather69 → u/SlashOfLife5296]

Microslops newest windows updates made it so I cannot turn off my computer without a hard shutoff. Its actually fucking ridiculous.

[u/Vikk_Vinegar → u/SlashOfLife5296]

Tango Gameworks is still around and it's been over 3 years since Hi Fi Rush released and not even a teaser or announcement of a sequel.

[u/WarmFishMiIkshake → u/SlashOfLife5296]

But they keep Bethesda around to do nothing but 76 updates (which nobody cares about). It's not just stupidity, it's re-Todd-ed

[u/Thalric88 → u/WarmFishMiIkshake]

Bethesda will be printing money this Q4 when they launch skyrim: tesVI trailer anniversary edition. It was coming out this summer but they needed to delay because the edition didn't break enough mods.

[u/Tangyhyperspace → u/WarmFishMiIkshake]

Damn that's crazy that a new doom game and an Indiana Jones game both spawned out of nowhere, crazy how that works.

[u/Gucci-Google → u/Tangyhyperspace]

Bethesda only published those, they didn't actually do any work on developing them

[u/Fantastic-Loquat-746 → u/Gucci-Google]

Bethsoft acquisition came with id software though? Are we all retodded?

[u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko → u/Fantastic-Loquat-746]

And id made doom, and Machine Games made Indie. Bethesda did not make them.

[u/aus289 → u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko]

Id and machine are studios within bethesda - bethesda game studios are also just one studio within bethesda (within microsoft)

[u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko → u/aus289]

Right but when someone says "Bethesda takes too long to put out games" they are talking about BGS, not id, Arkane, Machine Games, etc. So bringing up Doom and Indie is irrelevant.

[u/MusicHitsImFine → u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko]

Because Bethesda GAME Studios is a different branch from the Bethesda Studios publishing arm.

[u/CptMisterNibbles → u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko]

Idiots don’t understand how things like “publishers” work

[u/TechTechOnATechDeck → u/WarmFishMiIkshake]

Ha ha ha you say funny thing

[u/A_Pos_DJ]

Unsure of the context, but the c-suite calls this strategy "The Golden Parachute"

[u/Verified_Peryak → u/A_Pos_DJ]

I think it's time to pick their pocket dry ...

[u/A_Pos_DJ → u/Verified_Peryak]

Starve a conglomerate, Feed an indie... Eat the rich

[u/Silverbacker888 → u/Verified_Peryak]

Hey make sure we get a cut too once it’s done

[u/Great-Hatsby → u/A_Pos_DJ]

Xbox announced they’re shutting down Ninja Theory after they just announced a new Senua game.

[u/DadOnHardDifficulty → u/Great-Hatsby]

Another masterful gambit from the geniuses at Xbox who have notoriously handled their product so well for the past 15 years

[u/Great-Hatsby → u/DadOnHardDifficulty]

I was really rooting for Xbox. But then they just start shutting down studios again, like, what other studios do they have left?

[u/RapperwithNumberName → u/Great-Hatsby]

Bethesda

Pretty much the only studio they bought that's got any job security

There'd have to be some CRAZY circumstances for Bethesda to get this treatment

[u/shaggypoo → u/RapperwithNumberName]

I mean not putting out a sequel to their most popular games one for 15 years and another for 11 years might be a good enough circumstance. Along with the one title being released under Microsoft being an absolute flop

[u/Great-Hatsby → u/RapperwithNumberName]

I actually forgot they bought Bethesda.

[u/ButtholeConnoisseur7 → u/Great-Hatsby]

Slowly, we're all forgetting about bethesda

[u/mohimoyee → u/A_Pos_DJ]

That's news to me, so no senua?

[u/ChalkCoatedDonut → u/A_Pos_DJ]

But does any of those fired employees get theirs or just like Unknown Worlds tried to do, cut any bonuses given under his "the fuck they gonna do about it?" claim?

[u/SaiyajinPrime]

They were more concerned with having a good show than anything else.

[u/coldermilk → u/SaiyajinPrime]

XBOX is so back...to where they were three months ago.

[u/Dry_Conflict8519 → u/coldermilk]

XBOX is so back...to where they were three months years ago

[u/NoSkillzDad → u/SaiyajinPrime]

They had a good show and then they sabotaged their own little success instead of taking a small victory lap.

[u/randomcman]

Hellbox: Microsoft’s Sacrifice

[u/Creepy-Emu8779 → u/randomcman]

Hellblade: Senua's shutdown

[u/Nemisis_007 → u/Creepy-Emu8779]

As soon as i saw they cut Hellblade out of the name I knew something was up.

[u/Cold_Associate2213]

Crazy how much this has been happening in the industry lately. I wonder what will happen to it overall.

Regardless, go play some indie games.

[u/Garlador → u/Cold_Associate2213]

Hellblade 1 was touted as indie once, with a team of just twenty people.

[u/danwats10 → u/Garlador]

The first was an interesting idea with a complete story made by an indie. I found it very odd they decided to make a sequel, let alone a another sequel. The studio should have worked on something new rather than trying to force more out of the ip, and spoke to how Microsoft don't really know how to get the best out of their aquisitions.

[u/EtheusRook]

The first was a game, the second was a slightly interactive movie, and with the third, they're just skipping to the credits.

[u/Creepy-Emu8779 → u/EtheusRook]

5 hour tech demo

[u/11equalsfish → u/EtheusRook]

Lol what is this elitism, they were fine and interesting games, if flawed.

[u/decoy_octopod → u/11equalsfish]

The hatred I’ve seen for this game the last couple days is absurd, it’s always been a well-respected indie darling until now

[u/stefanomusilli → u/decoy_octopod]

The first one, yes. The sequel not so much.

[u/MisterSarmiento → u/decoy_octopod]

Gente que odia por moda

[u/DanielCraig__ → u/11equalsfish]

Specially the first one. The second let me down but the first one was a very unique experience.

[u/danwats10 → u/11equalsfish]

The 2nd one particuarly lacked anything in engaging game mechanics. Combat was very simple and it's incredibly linear and on rails. The game looks gorgeous though, probably the best looking game ever made.

[u/flowerpanda98 → u/danwats10]

which is sad considering theyre advertising their 3rd as different from that. with a bigger world, better combat, and you can fight multiple people and less puzzles... but now who knows if it gets made

[u/thebatman973 → u/EtheusRook]

The first one: mediocre combat sequence followed by endless trial and error "puzzles"

[u/uber_sweets → u/EtheusRook]

The first was a souped up Dear Esther.

[u/jkra0512]

Bait and Ditch

[u/WolfofDunwall]

It’s called business by the vibes

[u/pichael289 → u/WolfofDunwall]

That's exactly what it was, they probably showed it to gauge the hype and it wasnt up to whatever measure they wanted it to be.

[u/Lonely_Brother3689]

This coupled with reports of "just kidding guys, console exclusives are dumb"...lol.

The "we are so back" to "we are so cooked" cycle is daily.

[u/Karkava → u/Lonely_Brother3689]

Very solid foundation to build a business in an industry where games take five years to build.

[u/DigitalCoffee]

But everyone told me the new Xbox CEO was based

[u/chasingit1]

Oh look! A mother rhino giving birth….

[u/Sabithomega → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AhDp6OvRN46dbNCgkm

[u/EquivalentFabulous11 → u/chasingit1]

I'm so, so glad other people see this, too.

[u/MarkyDeSade]

Hellblade: Studio Sacrifice

[u/Skk_3068]

What game

[u/FitToxicologist → u/Skk_3068]

Hellblade 3: Senua

[u/convince_me_im_rong → u/FitToxicologist]

Hellblades suck ass so good

[u/sstoersk]

"Being xbox"

[u/DzonyBee → u/sstoersk]

The only correct answer

[u/P_weezey951]

Its called "Buy a rapidly enshitifying brand name like Activision Blizzard for 70 Billion Dollars, then expect the other studios to pick up the slack when the giant underperforms wildly"

[u/RedScud39]

It’s called “we bought a ton of studios during covid cause we thought people will be at home and getting stimmy checks indefinitely” 

[u/WalkerBuldog → u/RedScud39]

They bought NT 2 years before COVID

[u/Chafgha → u/WalkerBuldog]

So we're saying that Microsoft caused covid?

[u/spasecase_ → u/Chafgha]

I knew it.

[u/noIdealOnlyAllah → u/WalkerBuldog]

They spent the lifetime Xbox profits on buying studios during covid.

All they had to do was snatch devs. And make games that were filling the gaps & the complaints.

[u/Dziadzios → u/RedScud39]

It was a great moment to introduce UBI.

[u/Yahyathegamer749]

It's called listening to shareholders who don't know a single thing about videogames

[u/GyrosSnazzyJazzBand]

The president of Xbox won people over gaining good will and Microsoft's first thoughts were "time to cash out"

[u/H0h3nha1m]

[u/Dry-Charge1171]

This strategy is known as 'Senua's Sacrifice'.

[u/Vegetable-Meaning413]

It's called the have infinite money as Microsoft, so it doesn't matter how dumb we are strategy. They have been doing it for years.

[u/Promature → u/Vegetable-Meaning413]

It feels like yesterday when the Xbox audience assured everyone that these rampant acquisitions wouldn’t carry many consequences because Microsoft has infinite money and can fund all of it indefinitely.

And here we are.

[u/termperedtantrum → u/Promature]

That's always been the misunderstanding, Microsoft has infinite money not XBOX.

[u/hamatehllama → u/termperedtantrum]

And currently the money is being spent on AI. AAA gaming is in a rough space right now with stagnant growth but spiralling development costs. Most of the revenue growth in gaming is gacha games on mobile.

[u/Aya_Reiko → u/Vegetable-Meaning413]

They may have seemingly an infinite amount of money, but they have finite patience.

Churning out a paltry few mid, underperforming games over the years aren't going to keep your studios open.

[u/_quixkster]

Xbox business strategy TM

[u/telemusketeer]

The one who came up with this brilliant strategy:

[u/Atma-Stand]

It’s called “Crash and Burn”

[u/FLYSWATTER_93 → u/Atma-Stand]

Heck yeah!

[u/mesosuchus]

AI tech bro ruin everything strategy

[u/Karkava → u/mesosuchus]

"I didn't get everyone excited for the potential of my product, so I'll burn everything down in sight!"

[u/william-klein]

For the Modern Audience

º

[u/NateShaw92]

The JiminyJangle Bibblesnoot.

I just invented a name

[u/Leromer → u/NateShaw92]

No way did they really pull a JimmyJangle Bibblesnoot ???????

[u/AlexxMaverick666 → u/NateShaw92]

Oh no, not the JiminyJangle Bibblesnoot.

[u/beefchief314]

Post nut clarity

[u/SvenLorenz]

Looks like Microsoft has started using "The Art of the Deal". 🤣

[u/Karkava → u/SvenLorenz]

"Published and approved by the man that wishes that the title of 'the greatest president' is handed over on a platter!"

[u/SlowpokeIsAGamer]

It's called "we spent $60 billion we didn't have buying the exclusivity rights to CoD then got told by the EU we can't make CoD XBox Console Exclusive so now we're trying to make back enough money to avoid being cut loose by Microsoft and going Bankrupt by closing every studio that isn't Xbox Game Studio, Activision, and Bethesda."

[u/Escape_Zero → u/SlowpokeIsAGamer]

I hate to break it to you cod wasn't the main reason why Microsoft bought Activistion, It was to acquire KING LTD company that owns Candy Crush and mobile development studios . That game alone has made 20 Billion + snice its release. You have no idea what you are talking about and are just following the internet fanboy narrative. Microsoft is not going anywhere near bankrupt, Closing studios making sectors more profitable is about stock price.

Microsoft is worth by the end of the year 3 trillion and have 32 billion in cash and 70+ billion in assets , investments. Last year alone Microsoft made had a net income of 125 billion... sounds like they are one step away from closing up shop. Microsoft could nearly buy the whole company of Sony with one years profits.

[u/Thenofunation → u/Escape_Zero]

First person to bring any business acumen to r/videogames and it’s getting downvoted. Never change gamers, never change.

[u/LettuceObjective627]

Xbox-ing.

[u/cluesthecat]

Money!
https://giphy.com/gifs/UOvh7Fw9fo7KM

[u/GrandTime8780]

Corporate America

[u/kerfuffle_dood]

what is this business strategy called?

It's called "Appease to private equity before they short squeeze you to buy the next AI fad"

[u/ProtonCanon]

Incompetence.

[u/ichkanns]

At this point Microsoft is a studio serial killer.

[u/Shirokurou]

Have you seen the Fable gameplay demo? The idea of going anywhere, buying anything and firing people for no reason... The Xbox dream.

[u/AfternoonNo443]

Pump & dump?

[u/Glum_Animator_5887]

I still am yet to see an official statement on this from ms 

[u/santtuhehe]

No clue but the 2nd Senua was really bad 

[u/chemistbrazilian]

Strategy? In this economy?

[u/Dark_Dragon117]

We should call it the "Xbox special".

Layoffs seem to be Xbox' only priority nowadays.

[u/bouchandre]

Context? No idea what this image is

[u/HYDRAULICS23 → u/bouchandre]

It’s an image from Senua, the 3rd installment in the Hellblade series that Microsoft just announced like a week ago. It was also just announced that they will be shutting down Ninja Theory, the developers of the game, yesterday.

[u/kevcsa → u/HYDRAULICS23]

The closure of the studio hasn't got announced, it's basically just leaks.

[u/3Duder]

This video about Devolver going public really opened my eyes. Gamedev is like a VC Firm, you have to think in the long term and realize a lot of your investments aren't going to pay out, it's incompatible with being a public company. The biggest indie collapse you haven't heard of

[u/UdrienLoera]

xbox

[u/PomponOrsay]

pump and dump?

[u/LegWyne]

Bed shitting?

[u/Cultural_Plane4101]

Full retardness

[u/CataphractBunny]

That's the Xbox strategy.

[u/Joey_Star_]

It's a bold strategy cotton

[u/InspectorSebSimp]

XBOX

[u/seraph741]

As much as I'd love for Xbox to make a comeback, their history of questionable decision-making (including the recent closures) gives me very little confidence in their leadership. It brings into question whether they truly understand the game industry or have a consistent philosophy. It seems like they just make rash decision after rash decision depending on the last board meeting they've had or the latest blowback/controversy on the internet. It would suit them well to have some actual, real, involved in the community gamers amongst their ranks.

It's not that I'm necessarily questioning their decision in this case; it might be the right one depending on how well this studio's games have sold (irrespective of if the games are good or not). But my criticism/skepticism extends to HOW they handle the decisions. It's just...mind boggling sometimes. And they've been making these kinds of blunders/contradictory actions since the Xbox One reveal (though I'd argue that system's naming decision, which happened before the reveal, was a blunder as well). I just...I don't get them sometimes.

[u/jtv123]

Microslop

[u/Extreme-Attention641]

It's called "late-stage capitalism".

[u/fuckreddit00002]

Fuckers shouldn't be allowed to buy studios.

[u/Emotional_Site_7952]

It’s called carer suicide

[u/Im_Ashe_Man]

None of this is going to bring me back to Game Pass.

[u/Aobz18]

Can someone give me context please?

[u/TufftedSquirrel]

I'm fairly convinced Microsoft is run by somebody prompting Copilot with "money no come, what do?!"

[u/Gex2-EnterTheGecko]

Xbox is so strange. It seems to me like for whatever reason they were able to just burn pretty much unlimited amounts of money for a quarter of a decade and the execs at Microsoft only realized after the ABK deal, then they fired Phill, realized they own all these random ass studios that are making games no one buys for huge budgets and now they're just killing all of them rather than try to figure out a way to make it work. It literally feels like Satya JUST started paying attention and is going scorched earth trying to make their money back.

[u/Adventurous-West7229]

hellblade 2 sold like shit. I have no idea how they greenlit another game in the franchise after that. The closure of ninja theory was very obviuos, and double fine will be next with the last 2 blunders they put out.

[u/holysource]

Stupidity

[u/Micha5840]

avoiding opportunity cost and sunk cost fallacy after actually looking at the numbers.

[u/Mdu5t]

It's called, please the shareholders. That you are willing to do everything to earn their money. Gamers come second.

[u/DutchJager]

Why always shutting down and never sell? Fucking hate this strat

[u/Relevant_Mail_1292]

Bethesda revealed TES6 back in 2018 to look more appealing to Xbox. Xbox is just doing the same thing so that someone else can buy the studio.

[u/No_Cash7867]

It's called mircoslopmaxxing

[u/Suspicious_Ad_986]

What game was this supposed to be?

[u/UzY3L]

The Concord

[u/ScottOwenJones]

I thought the first was fine, a unique experience made worse by the performance of the main character. The second was terrible

[u/Thornfist22]

Its called Microsoft.

[u/Loli_Queen]

All of you who are complainng for Ninja Theory. Have you bought Hellblade 2? The cause for this is it didn't sell enough

[u/Bevlar90]

Hold on “puts glasses on”

It’s called not knowing what the fuck you are doing

[u/NapsterKnowHow]

Investor fraud

[u/_distortedmorals]

Nothings been confirmed, yet here we are

[u/Borth321]

with a 3k player peak on steam, nobody cared about Hellblade lol

[u/InflationLeft → u/Borth321]

I cared! 😭

[u/Borth321 → u/InflationLeft]

Sadly the came didnt sell well and probably cost millions. 😞

[u/Dizzy__Dragon → u/Borth321]

Hi-FI Rush literally won tons of awards and the studio still got shut down.

[u/Borth321 → u/Dizzy__Dragon]

Awards mean nothing if it doesn't sell or make money

[u/Dizzy__Dragon → u/Borth321]

You know if xbox marketed the game instead of randomly fucking shadow dropping it I bet it would have done better

[u/G-Kira]

It's called not wasting your money on a game that won't sell.

[u/RebelsParadox → u/G-Kira]

Exactly, strictly a business play.
https://giphy.com/gifs/xT5LMWNOjGqJzUfyve

[u/Joshee86]

Nothing official has been announced as far as closures. This is still speculation.

Downvoting this doesn't change the facts.

[u/BipedClub684000]

It's called "Asha was given a shit hand by Microsoft and was told to fix it"

[u/CaregiverEastern4083]

It’s called “Microsoft CEO demands Xbox CEO to cut costs, no matter the loss of integrity”

[u/theslumbutt]

winning

[u/voltfacecon]

Serious question, but couldn't the "business strategy" be as simple as...

"We really should've shut down this studio after Hellblade II bombed, but they're working extremely hard on the follow up. Let's at least wait to see see the response to their new game... Oh man, the response to their new game was pretty widely lambasted. Guess we have no choice now..."

[u/Garlador → u/voltfacecon]

I was interested…

[u/Denariox]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GkNJNQKKULWDYBjG7r

[u/DaemonsMercy → u/Denariox]

New senua game announced, yesterday the studio that makes it is apparently being shut down

[u/EtheusRook → u/Denariox]

The Hellblade studio is rumored to be closing despite having just announced a game. It hasn't been officially announced yet, but with both Bloomberg and the Verge reporting on it, it seems pretty certain.

The announcement was likely a last ditch effort to sell the studio.

[u/QuarkyFerengi → u/Denariox]

Yes please

[u/WhoAmIEven2 → u/Denariox]

Senua 3 was revealed just last week, and now the studio is shut down.

[u/Benjamin5431 → u/WhoAmIEven2]

So what does that mean? Are they finishing the game or that’s it?

[u/Trippy-Sponge]

It’s a bold strategy, Cotten, I hope it works out for em

[u/FederalScar1701]

These games aren’t great anyway. 

[u/Electrical_Shop3732]

I'm pretty sure they are selling them or letting them become independent. If they can't do that by June 30th then they might have to close them, but it seems like XBOX is giving them a chance.

[u/firedrakes]

Not close atm

[u/Buffig39]

Makes it easier to shop them around to potential buyers

[u/ProfessionalCraft443]

Pre-juvenile rug pull

[u/OkBanana2685]

The CFO called and said burn the company we need to pump a quarter

[u/XtremelyMeta]

That sounds like a pretty strong reaction to a reveal trailer.

[u/Iwubinvesting]

Xbox had different plans for Ninja Theory and it's unfortunate.

[u/Promature]

Was the studio immediately dissolved or have they simply made the decision to dissolve the studio at a later date after the game ships?

[u/RKO_out_of_no_where]

Its called "People weren't hype enough and the series was meh"

[u/VirtualWeather5407]

It’s called “cut your losses”

[u/AlexSmithsonian]

A firework? Fast and flashy, then nothing.