Why small developers are going under - interesting article

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Words Of Wisdom said:

Ari_Gold said:
theyre goin under because their products aren't good enough.

Seriously.

Titan Quest was a Diablo-clone and a second rate one at that.

Even though their games uninnovative, they were still solid, sold decent atleast - and I have no doubt that their last game, Dawn of War: Soulstorm, has reached a million sold. It's too bad that Iron Loreclosed down before Soulstorm's release and couldn't enjoy it's sales.

I think Iron Lore was caught up between the wall and the sword - I mean, their games were released at a time when digital distribution's growth was pacing faster yet they didn't release Titan Quest on Steam/Gamersgate/etc until over a year later. And then they closed down before Soulstorm hitting (which did great).