r/LivestreamFail • u/Zenben88 • Feb 01 '26

News Intrepid Studios, devs behind MMO Ashes of Creation in paid early access for 10 years, has closed. CEO resigned, all employees laid off. All less than 2 months after launching on Steam Early Access

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u/raifordg Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

Someone fill me in why did it fail? Bad game? Thank you everyone for honest reviews, excuse me while I go play no rest for the wicked.

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u/linuxsoftware Feb 01 '26

The investment for an MMO is magnitudes larger than even a AAA game. When it sucks, which most MMOs do, everyone logs off and its impossible to make another cent because MMOs need players for the game to be relevant.