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At first I was like "WHAAAAAATTT" but then it turns out it was a division of Visceral. Regardless, it is still very tragic.
They were probably trying to make a game that WASNT A SHOOTER!!!1!1!1!!1
it was therefore doomed to fail and suck, the studio had to go
it was therefore doomed to fail and suck, the studio had to go
@JFF yep. These studios were founded back at 0.50-0.60c to the dollar. Now it's at 1.10, the financial incentive for US publishers to invest is gone.
Hopefully the now unemployed people will band together and start up new studios. The start ups tend to be more innovative and interesting in the games they produce too.
Maybe if EA had tried marketing Dead Space 2 to adults and not little kids who can't purchase mature rating games, it would have sold better. I'm sorry, but those "Your Moms going to hate it" commercials were awful and bad for the whole game industry.
Maybe if EA had tried marketing Dead Space 2 to adults and not little kids who can't purchase mature rating games, it would have sold better. I'm sorry, but those "Your Moms going to hate it" commercials were awful and bad for the whole game industry.
"apparently unhappy with the potential of the project from a financial standpoint"
Wait so they were working on something original and innovative.
Wait so they were working on something original and innovative.
Was Dead Space 2 not successful? I thought it was the best third-person action/horror game I've played.
I agree with Cryotek, though. Why anyone would take a job in this fickle-ass sweatshop industry is beyond me.
I agree with Cryotek, though. Why anyone would take a job in this fickle-ass sweatshop industry is beyond me.
@Cryotek
I'm sure plenty of people, including myself, go into this industry because they have a passion for creating games and anything else involved like adv. programming and engineering.
Now as for myself I want to get into this industry for my own purposes to create the games I want create myself, and being with a large community of game developers here in Austin would makes things less of a hassle. And getting the people interested in the games I have on my own production time will be difficult as I do lack skills in some fields that games rely on.
That being said this industry, kinda like what you said, is a hit-or-miss, and regardless if you create good or bad games, you're going to be jumping around from studio constantly weather its a lay-off, or just simple studio jump.
As for this particular studio, I think it's best to say that maybe the Australian area is probably one of the few or many worst places for the game industry at the moment with global economy.
I'm sure plenty of people, including myself, go into this industry because they have a passion for creating games and anything else involved like adv. programming and engineering.
Now as for myself I want to get into this industry for my own purposes to create the games I want create myself, and being with a large community of game developers here in Austin would makes things less of a hassle. And getting the people interested in the games I have on my own production time will be difficult as I do lack skills in some fields that games rely on.
That being said this industry, kinda like what you said, is a hit-or-miss, and regardless if you create good or bad games, you're going to be jumping around from studio constantly weather its a lay-off, or just simple studio jump.
As for this particular studio, I think it's best to say that maybe the Australian area is probably one of the few or many worst places for the game industry at the moment with global economy.
I almost died for a second, I thought it was the main studio itself then I'd go hang myself instantly. The Dead Space series is one of my most favorite video game series so I got scared. Either way, I hope Visceral Games recovers from this, they have a lot of potential.
Yeah, this is happening mainly because the Australian Dollar has been at parity or over it with the US Dollar for months now, so its more and more expensive for US devs to have offices over here, and the things they've been working on may not justify the costs involved.
Economics, they're a bitch.
Economics, they're a bitch.
If our government had half a brain, they would see the potential economic benefit in games development, and work out some sort of incentive scheme or tax-cut to help offset the rising aussie dollar and entice publishers into bringing work down here. Though it doesn't matter which political party is in power, none of them would probably care.
I believe this country has the potential to develop a decent amount of AAA games, but sadly I don't see it happening anytime soon.
I believe this country has the potential to develop a decent amount of AAA games, but sadly I don't see it happening anytime soon.
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