Expedition 33: Success Isn't Simple
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success is undeniable. But was that success "just" for any one reason? Absolutely not.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success is undeniable. But was that success "just" for any one reason? Absolutely not.
Blizzard's lawsuit is a legal nuke, using anti-mafia law to potentially financially ruin Turtle WoW's developers. Why? Because they allege Turtle's a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise.
Turns out, Xbox didn't just cancel Perfect Dark. They locked the series in a vault, rather than letting someone else finish making the game.
Approximately 1/3 of the UK's population do not possess a Credit card, many for reasons that mean they cannot qualify for one. Now? Many of Steam's oft-lauded features are going to be denied to that 1/3 of society... Valve chose this.
The price of the PlayStation 5 is why Capcom have sold less than 500,000 copies of Monster Hunter Wilds since launch. At least, that's what their CEO says.