“Our priority remains delivering on past commitments”.
With plenty of physical game lovers resisting the shift to digital distribution, the world of boutique, limited-press publishing is booming, with multiple options for anyone desperate to have smaller-scale releases on disc or cartridge rather than a hard drive or SD card.
It’s a risky business, though, with even the biggest players having some major blots on their record, and companies frequently overpromising and underdelivering – if they deliver at all. COVID caused major disruption across all industries five years ago, and while the pandemic may be a distant memory for some, the after-effects are still rippling through the games industry. Pandemic-related issues aside, with small press game companies often relying on overseas production and distribution facilities — not to mention developer issues and other factors — it’s easy to appreciate how a run of physical product can get held up by one issue, and how that issue can clog the entire pipeline.
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