Sounds like they need a class action lawsuit from all the developers.
They gave their rights to the game to another company based on the Assumption that they would get continual residuals from the sale because the Company would be acting as a distributor.
Depending on how the contract is phrased might not be breach. But God damn that deserves to be taking a court over it.
Edit:
I assumed residuals were a thing in the game. Publishing industry. Apparently they’re not. If you work for a company, you get a salary. If you put your heart and soul into a game, you don’t get anything but your salary.
Sounds like they need a class action lawsuit from all the developers.
I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a “class action lawsuit” involving multiple business who each had their own lawyers negotiate individual publishing contracts with potentially wildly different terms.
Sounds like they need a class action lawsuit from all the developers.
They gave their rights to the game to another company based on the Assumption that they would get continual residuals from the sale because the Company would be acting as a distributor.
Depending on how the contract is phrased might not be breach. But God damn that deserves to be taking a court over it.
Edit: I assumed residuals were a thing in the game. Publishing industry. Apparently they’re not. If you work for a company, you get a salary. If you put your heart and soul into a game, you don’t get anything but your salary.
I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a “class action lawsuit” involving multiple business who each had their own lawyers negotiate individual publishing contracts with potentially wildly different terms.