Serena Tsukino 5332 Report post Posted January 24 Please, do not post anything rude or argue in the comments section, but could you tell me what you think about this change? Personally I don't know... it made me upset. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minespatch 83159 Report post Posted January 24 Neutral. Will play the waiting game. 34 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duck986 1162 Report post Posted January 24 STAHP thinking that Tencent owns Klei now! Do you all read between the lines?! Majority stake ≠ ownership, where did you get that "Tencent's ownership of Klei" from? 15 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowDuelist 8165 Report post Posted January 24 People are jumping into harsh conclusions too fast and too soon IMHO. We should wait and see how this works out, and probably sound the alarms IF weird decisions start popping in the games (p2w micro transactions, paywalls, low quality cash grab updates, shady data collection updates) So far Klei has never disappointed me as a client or as a fan so, I can only but trust what Bigfoot said. Also this probably belongs in the off topic section as it is not related specifically to the don’t starve franchise. 22 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunset Skye 11342 Report post Posted January 24 Does this need to be a second thread in the DST forum? There's already a big "Studio Announcement" button at the very top of every page on the forum that leads to a discussion thread about this... 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Notecja 1808 Report post Posted January 24 Is off-topic thread, not DST thread. And generally I told my opinion under announcement (which is not happy about that). 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohan 1896 Report post Posted January 24 nobody can deny its horrible right now based on first impression alone. and so close to YotB... i can definitely say it has dampened my excitement. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serena Tsukino 5332 Report post Posted January 24 4 minutes ago, Sunset Skye said: Does this need to be a second thread in the DST forum? There's already a big "Studio Announcement" button at the very top of every page on the forum that leads to a discussion thread about this... Well thanks a lot for your statement, but it's simply too harsh to go every single user's comments to tell what they think. And Off Topic is simply not as active as any other forum, and I believe DST is Klei's most popular franchise so it would be okay to discuss this here. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike23Ua 9598 Report post Posted January 24 Owning shares into a company is not the same thing as owning the entire company.. people would be wise to remember that. Also as I wrote in your status update: I’m looking into who Tencent is right now and they have shares into many many MANY games and franchises: The most notable of which may even be EPIC GAMES the People who do Fortnite And GEARS of WAR, But more importantly Epic owns the UNREAL ENGINE, so any game you buy that pops up with the Unreal Engine Logo is funding epic games: Which means.. it’s also funding Tencent. Im not going to start freaking out until Tencent starts pushing Klei to do things Klei really doesn’t want to do.. but by that point: I believe most of Klei’s employees will be disheartened enough that they will quit & if worse comes to worse: Form a new company at a later time. Until then, I’ll play the waiting game to see what happens. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruhmoment23 7269 Report post Posted January 24 (edited) The issue is off topic because it concludes klei, the company as a whole. Obviously they're not gonna post every single thread titled the same on each community forum of their games, there's a giant blue label on top of the forum screen with link to the original thread about it. I don't see the point of creating more threads concerning the sell out. Edited January 24 by bruhmoment23 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gaymime 5010 Report post Posted January 24 (edited) i think it is a good business deal for klei's owners because they got to make a lot of money by selling these shares out. i think it is a rubbish deal for the community because the corporation that bought those share has a habit of butting in and forcing unwanted and often dangerous changes. i think i am worried for the people who work at klei because they now have a damocles dagger hanging over their heads and may be out of a job in the next couple of years. my opinion is that no matter what happens people like me with no power are going to get the worst of it because even if klei itself goes on to have no issues any future purchases made are going towards highly unethical projects Edited January 24 by gaymime 10 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArubaroBeefalo 7787 Report post Posted January 24 I dont like it but was a logical step when you see that the mayority of the fan base is from china and i dont know any chinesse company that doesnt make game for adicteds (like genshi impact and other pay to keep playing games) so maybe klei choices the "good" one I would like to have this discussion only in his respective topic 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuartzBeam 3534 Report post Posted January 24 What do I think about it? I think there's a lot to think about. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeshS 4920 Report post Posted January 24 (edited) I am interested in the numbers of what don't starve community thinks about the situation. Community studio comment section is very chaotic with stating their opinion. So I will consider this as a small room for discussion instead using a great hall. Could you also make poll private? It doesn't matter what every person thinks and for some it could be anxiety to vote. @Charlie Dark Edited January 24 by KeshS 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohan 1896 Report post Posted January 24 5 minutes ago, QuartzBeam said: What do I think about it? I think there's a lot to think about. Spoiler please tell me this was a karen collins reference 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maciu67 858 Report post Posted January 24 It's rather end of Klei. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuartzBeam 3534 Report post Posted January 24 Just now, Ohan said: Reveal hidden contents please tell me this was a karen collins reference Yep. One of the few parts of the show that I can actually quote in these forums. :P 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tofu_lion 28 Report post Posted January 24 What's done is done! All we can do is bless Klei! I am sure they made this decision after serious consideration. With more money, they can do better game for us. They have some fabulous job for us and they will keep doing it. Guys, Please have some faith on the studio who have been with us for so many years! 10 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trinket_4 1180 Report post Posted January 24 I really don't care to be very honest, I'll keep playing the game the same way I did in the past 10 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maciu67 858 Report post Posted January 24 18 minutes ago, Tofu_lion said: With more money, they can do better game for us Maybe yes, but remember that now playing in Klei games you also support Tencent, its mission against freedom in china, expansion on game market and censorship. 7 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bandzia 83 Report post Posted January 24 I'm really not happy with their decision, I will wait and see, by pulling that move I expect nothing but 10/10 content from now on. I just hope they will stay in control. I've been with Klei from 2013 and accepted that DS is dead and DST is their main focus, so I'm crossing my fingers for them, I love Don't Starve so much. 12 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDoughboy1917 215 Report post Posted January 24 29 minutes ago, Bandzia said: I'm really not happy with their decision, I will wait and see, by pulling that move I expect nothing but 10/10 content from now on. I just hope they will stay in control. I've been with Klei from 2013 and accepted that DS is dead and DST is their main focus, so I'm crossing my fingers for them, I love Don't Starve so much. Yeah, I feel similar 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slagger 1935 Report post Posted January 24 3 hours ago, minespatch said: Neutral. Will play the waiting game. Same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
__IvoCZE__ 8964 Report post Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Sunset Skye said: discussion thread about this... unfortunatelly that thread got unwellish quickly... It's good to see actual cool mindedness here after that thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FairyInABottle 72 Report post Posted January 24 (edited) If I had known I wouldn't have bought any of their games and they aren't getting a thin cent from me in the future. Today's China is a modern day Nazi Germany with concentration camps. Tencent facilitates a lot of the evil China does. They sold out to literal devils. Edited January 24 by FairyInABottle 6 1 1 1 1 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
