@872ab8e1 I'm still not entirely convinced they weren't intentionally sabotaging themselves.  I don't know why, but possibly something to do with all the stocks they sold right before making that announcement.  There is literally no way they didn't realize that declaring even indie devs would suddenly find themselves paying a lot even for games they made many years ago would destroy all trust in the company and chase countless devs away permanently.

Maybe they're aiming for a big sellout?