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> Good example of standing up. But he won't pull Terraria from the Play Store I guess. Because he has no choice unless he wants to wreck his business.

by WA 6y ago

TonyTrapp 6y ago
That's actually an interesting point. If it is tied to the same Google account, will he still get money from apps sold through the play store? Can he pull an app from the play store if he cannot even log in?
- dathinab 6y ago
  He is a private person. The games are published by an indie game studio. Normally this is done over an separate, non personal, account. Sometimes even multiple non personal accounts for multiple products. So RE-LOGIC's Google account should not have been affected.
chmod775 6y ago
The Play Store Terraria is a different publisher. It's likely not his decision to make - and he shouldn't care considering that makes dealing with Google on that front is not his problem. Also the revenue of the PC version should be roughly 4x all of the mobile versions combined (twice the amount of units sold, double the price).
codetrotter 6y ago
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.and.games505.TerrariaPaid&hl=en&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.and.games5... Still there as of yet. But maybe he means that he won’t be pushing any updates to Google Play? Current Version 1.4.0.5.2.1 Updated December 8, 2020 Requires Android 4.4 and up Time will tell I guess
- exikyut 6y ago
  Google Play / Android != Stadia
  - dathinab 6y ago
    > Consider it burned. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia is canceled. My company will no longer support *any of your platforms* moving forward. Emphasis mine. But isn't Terraria "complete" in the sense that maybe besides some bug fix there won't really be any updates anymore? (But potential successors to Terraria??) Also given that it's about "moving forward" I highly doubt they will revert any existing support. But their next game(s) might very likely not ship on Google Play (but potential alternative App stores). In the end I guess their main marked is anyway Steam followed by the consoles (Switch, Playstation, XBox). I just wonder if they sell more on GooglePlay or on the Apple App Store?
    - exikyut 6y ago
      Oh, right. Completely overlooked that bit. I agree with you. It certainly will be interesting to see how this works out...
    - ajford 6y ago
      The Android port appears to be published by 505 Games and Codeglue, and more recently Pipeworks, according to Wikipedia. It's likely that the primary devs have little to no control of that port, including the ability (and possibly ip rights) to take it down.
gambiting 6y ago
Play Store isn't struggling for content. Removing terraria from it has zero impact on Google's bottom line. Stadia on the other hand very much is - removal(or cancellation) of an extremely popular indie game from the platform just accelerates its inevitable demise, something that will very much hit google's bottom line.
- moron4hire 6y ago
  Even if they haven't said it out loud, Google has already decided to cancel Stadia, so unfortunately cancelling a game for it will have zero impact on Google.
  - delecti 6y ago
    Google closed one of their first party Stadia game development studios. They haven't decided to cancel Stadia as a whole yet, at least not publicly.
    - moron4hire 6y ago
      We've seen the playbook often enough. If you think they aren't going to close it down in 3 years, you're wasting money.
      - delecti 6y ago
        Stadia hasn't gotten a dollar from me, and won't. I absolutely think it'll be gone by then, but that's not the same thing as "has already decided to cancel".
      - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
        > "If you think they aren't going to close it down in 3 years, you're wasting money." and > "Google has already decided to cancel Stadia" mean entirely different things. Of course people expect Stadia to get cancelled, but to claim they've already decided to cancel it is disinformation. It's a blatant lie. Don't spread fake news.

> Good example of standing up. But he won't pull Terraria from the Play Store I guess. Because he has no choice unless he wants to wreck his business.

by WA 6y ago

> Good example of standing up. But he won't pull Terraria from the Play Store I guess. Because he has no choice unless he wants to wreck his business.

TonyTrapp 6y ago

That's actually an interesting point. If it is tied to the same Google account, will he still get money from apps sold through the play store? Can he pull an app from the play store if he cannot even log in?

dathinab 6y ago
He is a private person. The games are published by an indie game studio. Normally this is done over an separate, non personal, account. Sometimes even multiple non personal accounts for multiple products. So RE-LOGIC's Google account should not have been affected.

chmod775 6y ago

The Play Store Terraria is a different publisher. It's likely not his decision to make - and he shouldn't care considering that makes dealing with Google on that front is not his problem. Also the revenue of the PC version should be roughly 4x all of the mobile versions combined (twice the amount of units sold, double the price).

codetrotter 6y ago

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.and.games505.TerrariaPaid&hl=en&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.and.games5... Still there as of yet. But maybe he means that he won’t be pushing any updates to Google Play? Current Version 1.4.0.5.2.1 Updated December 8, 2020 Requires Android 4.4 and up Time will tell I guess

exikyut 6y ago
Google Play / Android != Stadia
- dathinab 6y ago
  > Consider it burned. #Terraria for @GoogleStadia is canceled. My company will no longer support *any of your platforms* moving forward. Emphasis mine. But isn't Terraria "complete" in the sense that maybe besides some bug fix there won't really be any updates anymore? (But potential successors to Terraria??) Also given that it's about "moving forward" I highly doubt they will revert any existing support. But their next game(s) might very likely not ship on Google Play (but potential alternative App stores). In the end I guess their main marked is anyway Steam followed by the consoles (Switch, Playstation, XBox). I just wonder if they sell more on GooglePlay or on the Apple App Store?
  - exikyut 6y ago
    Oh, right. Completely overlooked that bit. I agree with you. It certainly will be interesting to see how this works out...
  - ajford 6y ago
    The Android port appears to be published by 505 Games and Codeglue, and more recently Pipeworks, according to Wikipedia. It's likely that the primary devs have little to no control of that port, including the ability (and possibly ip rights) to take it down.

gambiting 6y ago

Play Store isn't struggling for content. Removing terraria from it has zero impact on Google's bottom line. Stadia on the other hand very much is - removal(or cancellation) of an extremely popular indie game from the platform just accelerates its inevitable demise, something that will very much hit google's bottom line.

moron4hire 6y ago
Even if they haven't said it out loud, Google has already decided to cancel Stadia, so unfortunately cancelling a game for it will have zero impact on Google.
- delecti 6y ago
  Google closed one of their first party Stadia game development studios. They haven't decided to cancel Stadia as a whole yet, at least not publicly.
  - moron4hire 6y ago
    We've seen the playbook often enough. If you think they aren't going to close it down in 3 years, you're wasting money.
    - delecti 6y ago
      Stadia hasn't gotten a dollar from me, and won't. I absolutely think it'll be gone by then, but that's not the same thing as "has already decided to cancel".
    - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
      > "If you think they aren't going to close it down in 3 years, you're wasting money." and > "Google has already decided to cancel Stadia" mean entirely different things. Of course people expect Stadia to get cancelled, but to claim they've already decided to cancel it is disinformation. It's a blatant lie. Don't spread fake news.