Hatoful Boyfriend creator: "btw I’ve got no royalty payment for Hatoful Boyfriend from Epic since they acquired Mediatonic back in spring 2021"

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From Wikipedia, Mediatonic created the international remake of it, which presumably included some kind of licensing fee from the original developer, which this tweet implies is at least partially based on number of sales. Seems like someone involved in contractual obligations at Epic dropped the ball on at least this game.

Seems like someone involved in contractual obligations at Epic dropped the ball on at least this game.

Implying this is accidental

I still default to Hanlon's Razor.

In large corporations, that Hanlon's Razor seems to have been given to a deranged monkey on speed. It's weaponized stupidity at this point.