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This Stranger Things situation makes me worry for the Silent Hill chapter's future
By now, I don't have to explain what's going on with the Stranger Things chapter. If, for whatever reason, you're reading this a few months after writing, the short of it is that Stranger Things cannot be purchased in a few months, and the associated map will be removed entirely.
Thing is, something similar is happening with an SH crossover in another game. That being Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals. It's a super small game, yet it still managed to land a SH DLC.
However, that DLC is only available for a limited time. Once it's no longer available, only players that own that DLC are able to play as the included characters, and are able to play on the included map.
(For the purpose of this topic, keep Yandere Sim out of this, please)
With the exception of the map, the situation we have right now in DbD is identical. Given this precedent of Konami pulling out of an idie game, and now Netflix pulling out of DbD, what's stopping Konami from pulling out of this one as well?
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Thankfully konami is a wonderful and consistent company that puts great love and attention into their licences
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maybe we can get a pachinko chapter?
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they have anwsered on their faq page that this situtation only applies to stranger things chapter
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I am fully aware of the FAQ, yes. But by my example, there's precedent of Konami doing this. In my example given, the indie developers are also legally not allowed to share when the DLC will be removed from the store.
I'm just concerned that there's a very real chance that Konami may pull out of DbD down the line as well.
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We don't know the circumstances of the expired license. It is possible that the DLC wasn't covering the license costs anymore, it's possible that Netflix got greedy in negotiations, we just don't know.
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