"It's a little bit hard to work out without knowing the altitude of that dragon...". Yet despite garnering a negative reputation in the industry as a result, Karch remains on"very good terms" with Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors."I was walking around GDC getting congratulated by people and having people telling me that Embracer is the evil empire," said Karch."Embracer is as small-town and homegrown of a large organisation as you're ever going to see.
He continued:"You could state that a lot of the jobs that were lost were jobs that wouldn't have otherwise been created...Some of the studios that we're taking with us would never have been able to grow the way they've grown. No way. We've created a lot of jobs, and they may have, especially in this market downturn, been out of business in any event because capital has just dried up, not just at Embracer, but everywhere.
Considering the future of Saber, Karch described AAA development as"very risky" and believes instead Saber can"create AAA, but not at a AAA budget".