As we have learned with the pandemic, and as marketers have known for decades, having people panic is aВ really effective way to sell something out. TheyвЂ™ll also be making money off the games that they otherwise would not be making money from. I agree with Nancy Drew Walkthroughs on YouTube that Her Interactive probably has to pay for storage to keep physical items, so by selling the games, they wonвЂ™t have to pay for the storage. It makes sense that they want to honor Nancy DrewвЂ™s anniversary (the first book came out in April 1930), so maybe thatвЂ™s why they chose this month? But I feel like that canвЂ™t be the only reason. I personally donвЂ™t believe that that is the only reason. рџ’њ We made it themed as collectibles but yes, once the physical units sell out, we donвЂ™t make anymore. The most accurate explanation is that we at HeR Interactive wanted to celebrate the month of April as Nancy DrewвЂ™s anniversary. Story Retold (LJ), on YouTube, works for Her Interactive and commented on that video in early April.

But on the other, it could mean that they are trying to make the best financial decision that they can think of. On the one hand, it could be a last ditch effort to get whatever money they can before calling it quits. For starters, many of the physical games have been sold out for literal years because they only make a set amount of physical copies. I watched a YouTube video that said that while this may seem like a bad sign, it might not be. Starting with the past couple of weeks, HeR is selling all of the physical copies of their games, as well as some other products (like their physical puzzles). Her Interactive has answered a few fans and said that they were working on a game, but who knows what that really means? To get a semblance of an idea, letвЂ™s do a deep dive. I hope I'm all kinds of wrong about MID though! I plan on waiting on some reviews to see if the thing actually works before I buy it.As of yet, thereвЂ™s no proof that thereвЂ™s going to be a 34th game. Personally if I were an investor I'd be looking to cut my losses and run in the event of poor performance by MID. I don't think Her has a future unless they get rid of Penny, and unless MID is a huge success I can't see any board sticking with a CEO with her record the last 5 years, but if MID fails they might not have any money to incentivize anyone to come in and clean up the messes. I feel like we're all adults who started playing a long time ago at this point. hopefully one that can recapture the loyal fanbase that already exists and market well enough that younger people play and the base expands.

Honestly I'm heartbroken at what's happened to Her but I'm starting to feel like our best case scenario is that Her folds and sells the rights to the Nancy Drew franchise to another company. It sounds like she pumped a ton of money that was supposed to be for MID into Codes & Clues which we all know was a massive fail and then couldn't afford to pay staff so she laid them all off (bc 'unity'), then outsourced to the cheapest available options, which obviously have fallen behind every step of the way hence the multiple pushbacks. I think it all boils down to Penny's horrible management. From what one of the former employees who's been around here said, the engine they were using was horribly out of date and did need changing. And I'm not sure what the deal with Unity was other than an excuse to lay off their in-house staff, since as others have pointed out several of those people had experience. first game I haven't preordered since I started playing) you're right. I think unless MID sells incredibly well (and given what we've seen I'm not optimistic. I hope IвЂ™m wrong, but this is my opinion. IвЂ™ve invested a lot of money in HeR, and IвЂ™d do it time and time again if it means I can play these beautiful games. This is why: I donвЂ™t know about you guys but IвЂ™ve repurchased games a handful of times, due to some discs getting damaged/lost or having online downloads expire. If they hadnвЂ™t switched CEOs and switched to Unity I truly believe we (the fans) wouldвЂ™ve been able to financially keep HeR afloat, and more games wouldвЂ™ve been released. It is truly a shame, because their fan base is so loyal and passionate about the games. The only reason theyвЂ™re pulling through is due to backlash and pressure from us fans. They release very empty and cheaply made screen grabs of the game itself. After all these years they had to do the storyboard, animation, scenery, character development etc. The website is an absolute mess, the message board has been вЂњunder maintenanceвЂќ for a while now, and from what theyвЂ™ve shared with us it seems MID is going be a low quality game. I believe after they release MID theyвЂ™re going to go out of business.

Nancy drew her interactive games