| shikamaru317 said: This is an odd move for sure, Embracer owns 3 different AAA capable publishers, THQ, Deep Silver, and Gearbox Publishing, and yet they went with Amazon. Amazon's offer must have been huge. Wonder where Deus Ex will end up? |
I think Embracer are just being 'cheap' Tbh and letting someone else fund it rather than themselves, I don't think it means Amazon offered a massive amount, it's just that Amazon is willing to fund it and Amazon will keep it multiplatform, although I wouldn't be surprised now if we see Tomb Raider for Amazon Prime, a TV Show or something.
But I would say that, I would consider THQ Nordic to be more of a AA publisher with the rare AAA title but usually it's about as low in the AAA department as you can get, Gearbox should definitely be AAA capable considering all the money Borderlands brings in but I've yet to see them publish AAA titles and 2K publishes everything to do with Borderlands.
Deep Silver is more consistent, I'd still say that Tomb Raider likely exceeds all of their budgets though by a notable margin, I think we have Saints Row, Metro and Dead Island as Deep Silver's most expensive IPs...Dead Island's budget will be hard to say, likely massively inflated due to the poor management, Saints Row...Well...The recent one doesn't exactly look high budget, Lol.
I'd speculate that Metro is their most expensive IP budget-wise but I'd still speculate that Tomb Raider easily beats it.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 15 December 2022
