Irrational Games are "winding down"; all but 15 staff laid off [edit: Gamasutra - Bioshock Infinite didn't sell enough]

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kitler53 said:

wfz said:
I wonder why he didn't find a replacement and leave. Was it necessary to shut down the entire company?

sounds like he's taking the key players with him.   a studio is just a name, it's the people that make the games good.  if all the good people are leaving it's probably better to just shut the studio down than the appoint someone to create what will probably be a bad/unprofitable venture.

If you don't make the best game or a game that didn't get noticed fast enough, gamestop will have full stock and you are fucked.

All game companies know this and know better. You will see a lot more of this. They will leave before something new to cut all risk, also only digital, HMmmmmmmmmmmm Can't be sold used, wonder why they would do that?

I have said this since I got here, Gamestop is destroying the industry but people just don't care. No they didn't lose money but new games can and usually do. No one wants that risk, unless you got EA or a megaton in the bank.