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Video game developer Double Eleven keeps shooter Blindfire alive despite business failure

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The online shooter game Blindfire, which launched two years ago, has failed to meet its business objectives. Despite its commercial shortcomings, the developers, Double Eleven, have continued to support the game. This sustained support contrasts with the typical industry practice of quickly shutting down underperforming titles. AI

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RANK_REASON Product launch/update that is not from a frontier lab and does not represent a significant industry shift.

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Video game developer Double Eleven keeps shooter Blindfire alive despite business failure

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Another shooter flopped after its launch, but this time, it didn’t have to die for it Two years after its launch, light-and-dark-based online shooter Blindfir

    🎮 Another shooter flopped after its launch, but this time, it didn’t have to die for it Two years after its launch, light-and-dark-based online shooter Blindfire failed to reach its business goals. Nowadays, most devs would've folded—long before the two-year mark, even—but Double…

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