• CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    He was given the option of either a lump sum or a percentage of game sales. He thought video games were a passing fad and took the lump sum. Then he got pissed because the games were super successful.

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      1 year ago

      they’ve probably earned him more than a couple of dollars, too, just from people wanting to read the source material.

      and I doubt there would have been a Netflix series without the games.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly, which is why I don’t understand disliking the games and being salty over a poor financial choice. Especially after CDPR gave him extra money after the success of the series