I think all of what you said here could help… in selling Sony on giving Boundless a chance on Spartacus. Sony originally was very sold on the idea of Boundless; from this -
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While it will always be a niche game, the game didn’t get an ad push that could have - factoring losing players - to get it to where the ones that stuck could be a sustainable base, and also, all the factors you mention show that it is in a much better state to retain players than it was at launch (though the NPE does need work still).
The beauty of putting it on Spartacus: My feeling is that you really wouldn’t want a big ad push if it goes on there, that could potentially overwhelm it. If Spartacus can get to a few million subs at least in the opening months, just doing a conservative estimate of how many might give it a try and then stick with it might well put us in the sweet spot, not overwhelm the servers but steady base higher than anything we’ve seen. Yep, we’ll lose a lot, but that is fine if you have even half a percent of millions of players deciding to check it out. Benefits Sony too, to have an offering like this on there for the reasons they themselves mention - it is unique, they have nothing quite like it. They NEED stuff like that on there if they’re going to compete with Game Pass, which is why I think it would be to their benefit to give Turbulenz a good deal, pick up server costs, maybe even front them a bit more to get some staff to work on it in preparation for a try (they would HAVE to get the PR turned around here too if they wanted to try this)… for a big company like that, not a risky gamble, doesn’t work out, they remove it, they won’t lose much (for them). Sony more than anything needs to have a big offering for Spartacus when it launches, with both a wide array of genres and some unique choices, otherwise it could bomb… that would be their motivation to give devs like this one good deals to get things on there, because a bunch of (to them) small investments like that can potentially add up and make the overall package a lot more appealing to potential subscribers (who probably aren’t going to research the offerings too deeply mostly, just going to want to see things that are intriguing at a short browse).
Sorry to rant on this again, I know I said I’d step out of the conversation here, but I just see this as such a potential way to get Boundless to thrive… 