@cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 day agoPC modding repository Nexus Mods has a new ownerwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13arrow-up199
arrow-up199external-linkPC modding repository Nexus Mods has a new ownerwww.theverge.com@cm0002@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 day agomessage-square13
minus-squarePonyOfWarlinkfedilinkEnglish48•1 day agoThe beating around the bush about who it was actually sold to certainly doesn’t bode well.
minus-squarejherazoblinkfedilink38•1 day ago100% chances that it was some shitty hedge fund VC that will squeeze the place for money ruining it utterly Edit: From a comment elsewhere: People on Restera did some digging: https://www.resetera.com/threads/nexus-mods-site-has-been-sold.1219452/post-141554013 Site of the company itself: https://wearechosen.io/ Here is a monetization “cheat sheet” that the CEO posted on LinkedIn which is linked on Chosen’s main page if you scroll down: https://i.imgur.com/ztjS4K7.jpeg In the CEO’s LinkedIn profile it says this: Working closely with teams at NexusMods and beyond to build meaningful, sustainable experiences If I had to guess the acquisition details are under some sort of NDA right now
The beating around the bush about who it was actually sold to certainly doesn’t bode well.
100% chances that it was some shitty hedge fund VC that will squeeze the place for money ruining it utterly
Edit: From a comment elsewhere: