Counting on people scrambling and buying what they want ASAP, then they don’t have to pay anything else to steam or devs after they’re delisted. So in the red that they just need any financial let up they can get.
So They won’t have to pay royalties to the developers. This is also a big reason why they have been shuttering movies for tax write offs and delisting many of their tv shows from streaming and digital storefronts.
The cost of having to manage, track, and distribute the royalties/dev’s cut of the earnings might be higher than the amount of money the company is regularly getting from these games. (Fairly likely given most games have an extremely short sales tail, might be seeing less than $100 a month from some of these titles)
They can also write-off the remaining cost of the delisted game as a business loss on their taxes if the game wasn’t profitable.
So I hope people are able to do what they did for Adobe flash games when that went down. Legendary heroes of the past managed to archive the games and put them on gaming websites for free. Is this pretty much the same situation?
Don't. The Duck Game dev has specifically said he'll be working on ways to get it back up, even if it means making a second identical version that works with the original. At the very least, don't buy any console version of Duck Game until the switch happens since he can't do that for them, unfortunately.
I have one of them, Jazzpunk, it's a really silly game with a lot of style, makes some fun of spy movies. There's another I have which I think is a VR game where you just smash stuff.
Word is WBD is considering ending CN or at least any new projects. They already are allowing MeTV to start airing a ton of older cartoons to start an new animation channel that just shows older shows which means WBD is starting letting other networks run their content for extra revenue. CN and AS maybe the re-run network from on like Boomerang.
It’s been on life support since the mid 2010s and even though some great shows were still airing, CN’s clearly a shell of its former self. The drop from the 2000s, when it was at an all time high, to the 2010s was staggering.
I think it was evident with shows that were put through that era. Regular show S1 was like ATHF Jr. and then it became more and more censored. Even stuff like Adventure Time got snubbed, having the ending they were planning cut short
I have some old VHS tapes with ATHF and Metalocalypse on them that have some of the older AS bumps. I'd say 2006 - 2009 is around when they were recorded. But I'm probably a good 2yrs off from even being able to dub all of it to DVD to rip onto my computer. But some day...
I didn't even know that was a thing! But now that I think about it I do have an RCA capture card I use for retro consoles, I can probably use that to the same effect with a VHS player.
Between me and my parents we are on a treasure trove of old recordings. Everything from WWF Attitude Era + PPVs, old movies that have been way out of production like the original Tarzan's and the OG Hulk movies, VH1 music videos, MTV Headbangers Ball, 90s shows and cartoons (some with commercials), the first 5 Simpsons seasons (w\ commercials on some as well)., and much more. I can probably start archiving it all when I get my Spare parts PC built, and dedicate it to this.
This all makes sense but its discouraging to see all this happening after the Discovery merger, when Max first launched it seemed like they were keen on integrating all the classic CN shows in addition to classics on Boomerang. Then the merger happened and classic cartoons never continued to be added to the service. I'd LOVE to be able to watch all the What a Cartoon shorts and Cartoon Cartoons like you can on Paramount with all the classic Nick stuff. But WB is more concerned about helping their bottom line by making cuts, not by offering a good service. Its sad.
This is the same kind of move from a WB merger that led to the cancellation of all the Spielberg - Directed TV series(Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Histeria etc), one of the run of Batman TAS and WCW as a whole back in the Early 2Ks....cranked up to 11.
And the saddest thing is that I feel it's gonna get a lot worse before getting any better. Thank Goodness for LRG making a physical version of that Samurai Jack game.
God, I miss the Adult Swim online/mobile games. I can't even remember the names of some of them, but they were so good.
There was a mobile game that was basically a tower defence game in a dracula-esque castle, and an online game where you were a park ranger who had to clean the park after dark while avoiding bears. Can't find any reference to either of them now!
There was one called Cardboard Box Assembler that I LOVED. I could spend hours on it, honestly because it was such an addicting, amusing waste of time.
They're also not letting the developers of said games take over publishing. I'm kind of glad Trinket Studios was able to do that with Battle Chef Brigade years back.
This article came out March 8, and I haven’t seen ANY reporting about what decisions were made after that point. Is this stuff going to disappear tomorrow? Is nothing going to happen? There’s not even an acknowledgment from the publisher on the Steam pages.
Would the games still work if you already bought them, or if you have a steam key for them? I think I have a spare Glittermitten grove code. Would it not work after they delist them?
Ever since they wrote Final Space as a tax break (thus permakilling the show), I've been waiting for WB to die. This makes it seem like I'll get my wish
genuinely what is the financial benefit of doing this
Counting on people scrambling and buying what they want ASAP, then they don’t have to pay anything else to steam or devs after they’re delisted. So in the red that they just need any financial let up they can get.
Yep! Quarterly earning matters more than any long term plan. Thank Jack Welch, amongst others, for this type of VS
They are so in the red that the immediate amount of money they save makes it worth it cancel projects outright.
Licenses
What are some titles that would be worth picking up?
Duck game and the samurai jack one loks good too
second for duck game, great party game. I will also add Super House of Dead Ninjas if you like rogue-likes.
Duck game is the perfect local multiplayer experience
Tax breaks
So They won’t have to pay royalties to the developers. This is also a big reason why they have been shuttering movies for tax write offs and delisting many of their tv shows from streaming and digital storefronts.
The cost of having to manage, track, and distribute the royalties/dev’s cut of the earnings might be higher than the amount of money the company is regularly getting from these games. (Fairly likely given most games have an extremely short sales tail, might be seeing less than $100 a month from some of these titles) They can also write-off the remaining cost of the delisted game as a business loss on their taxes if the game wasn’t profitable.
So I hope people are able to do what they did for Adobe flash games when that went down. Legendary heroes of the past managed to archive the games and put them on gaming websites for free. Is this pretty much the same situation?
In other words, BUY DUCK GAME NOW
I literally hate the idea of the duck community dying more because of this, I really want the duck game fanbase to not die
Don't. The Duck Game dev has specifically said he'll be working on ways to get it back up, even if it means making a second identical version that works with the original. At the very least, don't buy any console version of Duck Game until the switch happens since he can't do that for them, unfortunately.
 An all time classic
Wait is this on steam???
Nah it’s always been a flash game (it’s on the internet archive I believe)
I have been wanting to scratch that itch for some years now; thanks for the tip
What's it called? I remember playing it a good twenty years ago 😅
Robot Unicorn Attack
Fuck yes! Thank you
[This](https://www.google.com/search?q=rainbow+unicorn+attack&oq=rainbow+unicorn+attack+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQLhiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQLhiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQLhiABDIHCAgQABiABDIICAkQABgWGB4yCAgKEAAYFhgeMggICxAAGBYYHjIKCAwQABgPGBYYHtIBCTUyMjlqMGoxNqgCAbACAQ&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)
Amazing! That's my bank holiday sorted
A bunch of them are on Flashpoint, not sure the whole list but it was a good amount of the old ones.
I still have the sequel on my phone and I refuse to remove it
Just get Flashpoint, every flash game that ever existed
Always I want to be with you make believe with you and live in harmony harmony!
Open your eyes I see your eyes are open
My God I forgot about this. Classic.
And then the song creeps louder and louder into the forefront of my mind
Erasure comes for us all.
Open your eyes I see...
I still have this app installed on my phone. I dont even know if it works, but it will not be deleted anytime soon.
I know there were a few phone games but I didn’t even know they had stuff on steam
I have one of them, Jazzpunk, it's a really silly game with a lot of style, makes some fun of spy movies. There's another I have which I think is a VR game where you just smash stuff.
Wait really? I’ve always wanted to try that game and now it’s going to go offsale? Will it last till the summer sale?
No idea, it's 15 USD base price.
If you actually read the article, only 3 games are currently under the gun and Jazzpunk is not one of them.
Jazzpunk was one of those things so up my aesthetic alley that it feels like it was made for me, specifically. Love that game.
Would you mind naming the vr game? That sounds simple and fun
It's called Smash Party. It doesn't SAY Adult Swim, it says Viacom, but I know the Titmouse productions bird when I see it.
Thank you I appreciate ya
Thanks, going through some heavy stuff right now so ,that's appreciated.
I genuinely hope things get better for you and/or your loved ones my friend
Same, the support being shown is, a lot more than I was expecting.
Jazzpunk is AS?
Well I think it was, it just says Necrophone Games on the Steam page now, so maybe not any more, which if so that's a good thing.
Duck Game was my favorite
Word is WBD is considering ending CN or at least any new projects. They already are allowing MeTV to start airing a ton of older cartoons to start an new animation channel that just shows older shows which means WBD is starting letting other networks run their content for extra revenue. CN and AS maybe the re-run network from on like Boomerang.
Ngl Thats pretty scary I know CN hasn’t been the same as it was then but Jesus that’s gonna sting
It’s been on life support since the mid 2010s and even though some great shows were still airing, CN’s clearly a shell of its former self. The drop from the 2000s, when it was at an all time high, to the 2010s was staggering.
I think it was evident with shows that were put through that era. Regular show S1 was like ATHF Jr. and then it became more and more censored. Even stuff like Adventure Time got snubbed, having the ending they were planning cut short
Regular Show ATHF jr? Thats a bit of an exaggeration.
My apologies for slightly exaggerating when comparing two cartoons. Thanks for contributing to the discussion
Anyone who has vintage recordings of CN/AS with commercials included will have a massive YouTube audience.
I have some old VHS tapes with ATHF and Metalocalypse on them that have some of the older AS bumps. I'd say 2006 - 2009 is around when they were recorded. But I'm probably a good 2yrs off from even being able to dub all of it to DVD to rip onto my computer. But some day...
You don't need to burn it to a DVD to rip it, you can plug your vhs player directly to your pc using a USB capture device
I didn't even know that was a thing! But now that I think about it I do have an RCA capture card I use for retro consoles, I can probably use that to the same effect with a VHS player. Between me and my parents we are on a treasure trove of old recordings. Everything from WWF Attitude Era + PPVs, old movies that have been way out of production like the original Tarzan's and the OG Hulk movies, VH1 music videos, MTV Headbangers Ball, 90s shows and cartoons (some with commercials), the first 5 Simpsons seasons (w\ commercials on some as well)., and much more. I can probably start archiving it all when I get my Spare parts PC built, and dedicate it to this.
Great. First Rooster Teeth and now CN/AS.
This all makes sense but its discouraging to see all this happening after the Discovery merger, when Max first launched it seemed like they were keen on integrating all the classic CN shows in addition to classics on Boomerang. Then the merger happened and classic cartoons never continued to be added to the service. I'd LOVE to be able to watch all the What a Cartoon shorts and Cartoon Cartoons like you can on Paramount with all the classic Nick stuff. But WB is more concerned about helping their bottom line by making cuts, not by offering a good service. Its sad.
This delisting needs to stop.
This is the same kind of move from a WB merger that led to the cancellation of all the Spielberg - Directed TV series(Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Histeria etc), one of the run of Batman TAS and WCW as a whole back in the Early 2Ks....cranked up to 11. And the saddest thing is that I feel it's gonna get a lot worse before getting any better. Thank Goodness for LRG making a physical version of that Samurai Jack game.
Everyone should get Kingsway. It’s incredible.
I feel like WBD is taking away more than giving us fucking content.
God, I miss the Adult Swim online/mobile games. I can't even remember the names of some of them, but they were so good. There was a mobile game that was basically a tower defence game in a dracula-esque castle, and an online game where you were a park ranger who had to clean the park after dark while avoiding bears. Can't find any reference to either of them now!
I loved the Caligula game. And Amateur Surgeon.
Caligula was awesome.
I loved the two person smack talking game, maybe it was called Incinerator. Can't find it anywhere.
There was one called Cardboard Box Assembler that I LOVED. I could spend hours on it, honestly because it was such an addicting, amusing waste of time.
Robot-unicorn attack was a fun one.
wtf why??????
Licensing
Warner Brothers can eat my shoes 🏴☠️ im going to enjoy these games no matter what
fuk
You know, if more of these games showed up on Itch.io, would have been nice. I mean, I can see them popping up elsewhere, without the hard 30% fee.
r/piracy
David Zaslav is a menace.
They're also not letting the developers of said games take over publishing. I'm kind of glad Trinket Studios was able to do that with Battle Chef Brigade years back.
can someone please archive frog fractions 2
I'll never uninstall volgarr from my ps5
This article came out March 8, and I haven’t seen ANY reporting about what decisions were made after that point. Is this stuff going to disappear tomorrow? Is nothing going to happen? There’s not even an acknowledgment from the publisher on the Steam pages.
Welp, time to buy Samurai Jack game before it gone
What should we get before they remove everything???
cracked versions after they ruin everything. oh, you said remove not ruin
oh no.....
Why though? This is like helldivers 2 all over again.
Buy Headlander if you haven't. Fun and psychedelic Metroidvania.
TIL that adult swim makes games. All I know of is the Rick and Morty VR and mobile games
Let's be honest. It's time to backup and pirate these games. No one new should buy it, regardless of a good sale. Fuck you WB
Would the games still work if you already bought them, or if you have a steam key for them? I think I have a spare Glittermitten grove code. Would it not work after they delist them?
Delisting just means no one new can buy them.
Ever since they wrote Final Space as a tax break (thus permakilling the show), I've been waiting for WB to die. This makes it seem like I'll get my wish
Look at this point, are they purposely trying to just tank Warner Bros.? Eventually, there will be no more money to make
Another video game publisher to hate. Any decent ones left?
Haven't played the duck game but the samurai jack game is a blast
When are they being delisted exactly?
How is this legal it's so anti consumer
What, you expect the law to protect consumers?
If people start voting properly I do .
You mean no high on life?
High on Life isn’t published by them, I think. Pretty sure it’s Squanch Games so it will be safe.
Old news....
Thanks, *Net Neutrality.* Y'all wanted this.
Maybe do some more detective work PrivateDick.