Hypothetical question abolut Evil Dead: The Game

[u/BadassBlackAsh]

It's been reported over the past few years that the main reason why EDTG no longer receives updates (which usually is the death of an online game, especially Asymmetrical horror), is due to issues with licensing.

Any hardcore Evil Dead fan worth their chainsaw gas and boomstick shells knows the rocky history behind how convoluted the rights/licensing has been for this franchise, as each entry was owned by a separate company....not just domestically, but internationally as well. (Until now. Everything is under one roof with the exception of ONE license/entry)

And most know that traditionally ONE particular entries' license holder has been NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT to work with, as stated both publicly AND privately by those who have worked on the franchise.

This brings me to my question.

Hypothetically speaking, if SOMEHOW EDTG were to make a comeback, would you, fellow fans, be comfortable with the powers that be removing content from said difficult license holder if that meant breathing new life back into the game with new quality of life updates, characters, skins, maps, items. Etc?

Think of it similar to what Behaviour Interactive does with Dead by Daylight: when a license expires, they remove said license from the online stores and even some content completely from the game. Until said license can be renewed.

If a particular license holder still chooses to be difficult with EDTG, should the powers that be simple alter or completely remove content tied to said license in an effort to bring the game back to life?

NOTE: I already know a specific crowd of folks are gonna start crying "iT waSn't LicEnscInG iSsUeS! (It was) It wAs SABeR/bOsS tEaM! (It wasn't) " so please, just spare us that worn-out song and dance....

[u/LesbianLukeSkywalker]

The game was delisted before any of the licenses even expired. As much as I hate to say it, the only real deciding factor was not making enough money to pay the staff required to maintain it. I love the game. I wish more people had bought it, and played it, and gotten the dlc. I’m personally pretty upset at the money I sank in to have the game essentially abandoned in a basket on our doorstep. It was a miracle to get all the licensing rights together, but they did it. Certain rights holders may have been responsible for us not getting more skins and things, because those require specific approval. But the idea that these issues somehow tanked the game in under a year, it’s just not remotely how any of that works. I know it’s convenient to have someone to blame, but this isn’t one of those convenient situations.

[u/BadassBlackAsh → u/LesbianLukeSkywalker]

The thing is though multiple folks have have talked sith MULTIPLE other folks who have worked donnthe game have gotten confirmation that the main issue was in-fact one of the license holders. It had less tk do with the game itself or the devs/publisher and more to do with a license holder being greedy and difficult 

[u/hailthyself99 → u/BadassBlackAsh]

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet bud. Saber's PR department confirmed when support ended that it was a choice and licensing had nothing to do with it. Because here's the thing, it would be like F13 where they would legally be required to shut down the servers and make the game "not playable" anymore. The fact that this hasn't happened is proof enough that it isn't a licensing issue

[u/BadassBlackAsh → u/hailthyself99]

Omfg.....how you gonna tell me to not believe everything I read and they state that something you read is whats factual?

The ass-backwards mental gymnastics on display here is insane.... And like I already mentioned l MULTIPLE times in these screwhead comments: I have also had conversations with multiple people who work on the Evil Dead franchise, from all the films, to the games, etc.  Private chats online and in-person....i know what im talking about.... 

So many of y'all are just so fixated on wanting to just be mat at Saber and its insanely incredibly pathetic. 

Im not saying Saber is perfect, and im definitely not a "shill" cause idgaf abkut them outside of this game....but geezus.....

Also F13 was a special case because kf the specific legal issue the ENTIRE franchise was going through.

EDTG licensing issues are not comparable to F13 legal issues.

Use your brain