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

[kumagawa]

Soleron said:

kumagawa said:

This is merely the normal downsizing of a studio after shipping a big game.

No, it isn't. They're shutting the studio as a whole. Does IW disband after each CoD? Does Rockstar disband after each GTA?

If Bioshock DID lose money, I can't imagine how bad the state of the industry is behind the scenes.

And yet the key people are staying while the rest go and remember the CoD studio's get a game out every two years while Irrational took 6 years for a single game and it's not exactly a GTA or Elder Scrolls in size to justify that development time.

This is the easiest way to clear out what is obviously a lot of dead wood.