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South of Midnight Director Says Xbox's Funding Was Unsustainable

Sears says unsustainability was foreseeable but funding was still right decision

1 Nov 2 4:00 PM · 10d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1

Sears acknowledged that while he would not have funded South of Midnight himself due to its poor business case, he was grateful for Microsoft's support and the opportunity to make the game. He expressed that the funding model, though doomed, felt like a 'golden era' at the time.

Sears says unsustainability was foreseeable but funding was still right decision
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“I wanted to make it. No doubt. Obviously. Because we made it. Would I have turned off someone else's money flow before South of Midnight? Yeah. Because I'm not completely selfless. It just seems like, in hindsight at least, it was unsustainable.”

David Sears

David Sears Creative director, Compulsion GamesCompulsion Games Developer of South of MidnightXbox / Microsoft Publisher and funderBen Hanson Interviewer, MinnMax

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