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It's interesting that Fig.co hasn't been much of a topic at all on HN; only 6 submissions from the domain over the years, only one with more than 20 upvotes (th
by danso 7y ago
It's interesting that Fig.co hasn't been much of a topic at all on HN; only 6 submissions from the domain over the years, only one with more than 20 upvotes (the current thread being the second fig.co submission to reach that many upvotes)
https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=fig.co https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=fig.co
(Incidentally, a Docker-related tool called "Fig" got 160+ upvotes 6 years ago; didn't see any discussion threads about Fig.co when doing a search: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7132044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7132044)
- ouid 7y agomaybe the yc community is protective of the venture capitalist approach to development for some reason
- redisman 7y agoThey started off with some big sequels (Pillars, Psychonauts) but I don't think they've had any big names since then.
- WorldMaker 7y agoIt's also interesting that they might not have any nearly as big in the future, as interestingly Microsoft has purchased almost all of the developers (Obsidian, inXile, Double Fine) that had major Fig funded projects. (They did not purchase Fig itself though.) It's fascinating that most of the biggest dividends so far paid to Fig investors have been from Microsoft buy outs.
- redisman 7y agoDouble Fine and Obsidian?? Wow I missed that news.
- WorldMaker 7y agoXbox Game Studios has been on a really interesting developer growth and M&A spree the last couple of years, in response to allegations that the Xbox One did not have enough first/second party exclusive titles compared to the PS4. They've made it a big part of their E3 announcements both of the last two years. They've been honoring existing publishing agreements for the most part, so it'll be months to years before it's obvious how much Microsoft has changed the landscape. (It's why Gearbox still published Compulsion's We Happy Few and Obsidian's Outer Worlds, for two instances, and per-Fig requirements/expectations Psychonauts 2 won't be Xbox exclusive but will probably be Double Fine's last title to not launch Xbox exclusive.) (It's also partly fascinating because inXile and Obsidian have bad blood between each other and now they are both owned by Microsoft. Microsoft has said they'll keep them separated.)