So now Gamepires has been taken by Jagex

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221214005084/en/Jagex-Acquires-SCUM-Developer-Gamepires

Let me dust my memory. Jagex is well known for RuneScape franchise, am I right?

And, after a quick search, that's what I've found:
https://runescape.fandom.com/wiki/Microtransactions

But even if MTX are not in the future of SCUM, being aquired by a bigger company isn't a bit of a danger?

Usually the new owner do not give much room for creativity and original idea and tend, historically, to focus on monetization. Have a very short leash.

I hope this news is fake because I really fear the road that is ahead.

[Dreadlow]

The same article appears on Jagex's news[www.jagex.com] page.

Any attempt at micro trans would kill this game stone dead. Hopefully the new owners aren't that stupid.

[teajay]

I'm expecting financial security to hire a couple new devs, and release some more DLC to please the new owners. Any sort of cash shop for real life money and microtransactions will completely kill my interest in the game and I know I'm not alone.

[serilium]

i wonder why they agreed to this, i thought scum was doing well, why join with jadex have the devs lost interest in scum now.

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

I don't think Devs are stupid, despite some late decisions left me totally befuddled.

This, tho, is very sus, IMAO: Transaction terms were not disclosed

I'd like to hear someone's opinion about this. Not a single tweet from dedapong so far (14/12/2022).

[Ye Olde Curmudgeon]

Also, let me remind you a short history about another game taken by Jagex: Ace of Spades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_(video_game)

I quote: "the game was acquired by Jagex in 2012 and fully released in December that year. Following poor reception and several minor downloadable content package releases, the game was shut down in March 2019."

Of course SCUM is not AoS but still I am entitled to feel cold shivers down my spine.

[_magic_]

Seriously if i had severals millions to spend, for sure i bet on SCUM it is a sand box game base with a lot of possibilities.

I had a dream, make SCUM like a big MMORPG - survival looter shooter crafter with clans & missions/quest, NPC ... a son of EFT and RUST.

But for now is just a mess about dev seriously a bug mess.

Thanks to Discord Bot and the goods Admins of some servers to bring more fun end game with new servers configs.

Anyway, i begin Escape From Tarkov i need more challenge i finish SCUM and it was fun - except bugs and bad coding behaviors.

See you maybe in a couple of years in SCUM ... maybe

[Linea]

It is not uncommon for such deals to include definitions of the corporation and influence on running projects. For example that they will not interfere with the creative process or the development at all and just provide money, ressources and publishing services in return for the revenue.
With more powerful servers a lot of restrictions in Scum could also fall.

I am quiet sure it will be a benefit, Tomislav and the Gamespire team do love the game too much to throw it down the bin.

Even thou the Jagex CEO is pretty quick at talking about profitability in the same sentence after the general words of welcome aboard.

But synergy effects using the existing infrastructure of Jagex should lower the cost for Scum and DLCs should be enough to make revenue, many games have shown that this can be highly profitable.

But yes its not without risk, should Jagex or the owner of Jagex need money they could pressure to maximize revenue, a cash shop is not the worst that could happen. Often even succesful games with long term profit get their budget cut to the minimum to keep the server running and milk the existing product dry if the owner of the owner of the owner wants to by a new sports car so to say.

But so far when the Scum devs get serious and finish something it always turned out to be the best one has seen so far. So it will be with this deal or the Scum community would probably burn down the Jagex headquarter, its not the runescape community, these guys didnt know how to survive on Scum island. Ohhh wait ... TEC1, JageX

[Doc Holliday]

Why nothing official? We have to find out from other sources. Bad times.

[HoboCop]

Can't say as I'm bothered. I lost interest as soon as the devs went back on the "there will be no base building - only fortification of existing buildings" and turned the game into a Rust clone.

I wouldn't be surprised if they take inspiration from Fortnite and COD at this point.

[Jack Jester]

I would be interested to know what the SCUM-developers have to say about this. If that's true at all

[xKiCkx]

Hey there Ye Olde Curmedgeon, it's not fake news, it's true that Gamepires was acquired by Jagex. I need to stress that this acquisition will not impact our vision of the SCUM and how it will be developed.

[FIREARM]

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[CrankyOldMan]

You all missed this I guess:::::
In 2021, global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) acquired Jagex to support the company’s growth strategy, including M&A. Michael Wand, Managing Director and Co-Head of the Carlyle Europe Technology Partners advisory team, said: "We’re pleased to support Jagex with the acquisition of another very talented development team. This further diversifies Jagex’s portfolio of quality development studios creating unique community-focused gaming experiences."
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So an investment firm bought Jagex in 2021 and now Jagex acquired Gamepires in 2022!

[Lowpala]

xKiCkx の投稿を引用：

Hey there Ye Olde Curmedgeon, it's not fake news, it's true that Gamepires was acquired by Jagex. I need to stress that this acquisition will not impact our vision of the SCUM and how it will be developed.

What is your current vision? I don't think any of the player base knows really. Seems to be changing with every new bugdate.

[Andi]

Business...gag!
It isn't necessarily a bad move. I think it'll help the game in many ways. And even if there'd be microtransactions at some point, I wouldn't be bothered. I'm not into pvp, so screw it. I don't need ptw, there's nothing to win for me.