The process of making a physical game takes a lot of work.
  • ThrowawayOnLemmyEnglish
    18•9 months ago

    Limited Run is a buncha shit. It’s all FOMO. Hell, they don’t even always make a physical copy of the game. Sometimes it’s just a box.

  • The Picard ManeuverEnglish
    5•9 months ago

    I’ve picked up a few things from Limited Run. It’s cool as a collector, and I’m glad someone is doing this, but there’s also a lot of shovelware in between the good stuff.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Major console hardware makers seem to be inching toward removing ways to play discs at all: leaked Microsoft documents revealed a potential disc-less Xbox Series X (though the company says it isn’t completely giving up on the format), while the “slim” PS5 has a detachable disc drive that requires an internet connection to pair with a new console.

    It all started when he and the team at Mighty Rabbit Studios worked to make a physical version of the Vita title Breach & Clear in 2015.

    It’s in the process of producing physical versions of Persona 4 Golden and the Castlevania Advance Collection, just to name a couple of recent examples.

    The thing is, Limited Run has to find a way to convince publishers to get on board first, which is sometimes a hard argument when digital sales can be more profitable.

    When Limited Run signs a game for a physical release, the company works with the developer to figure out exactly what they’re looking for and how to feasibly make it, Fairhurst says.

    Fairhurst says, “There’s a very strong market for that.” (Newer hardware that can play older games from companies like Analogue and Hyperkin are probably helping with that.)

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