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Saints Row reboot developer "didn't know what they were building", Saber CEO says, criticising shuttered team


The CEO of Saber Interactive has some pretty damning words to say about 2022's poorly received Saints Row reboot, and its developer Volition.

The CEO of Saber Interactive has some pretty damning words to say about 2022's poorly-received Saints Row reboot, and its developer Volition. Reflecting on this, Karch - who worked under the Embracer umbrella for a period of time before the sale of Saber assets- stated while "it would be nice in an ideal world for everyone to have a job", the Saints Row team "were so expensive for what they were" and, therefore are "gone". Image credit: Deep Silver 2022's Volition-developed Saints Row reboot was met with disappointing critical and commercial reception.Following its release, Embracer admitted the game "did not meet the full expectations and left the fanbase partially polarised" in a financial update shared in the November of that year.

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