EA Shuts Down Visceral Studios

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twintail said:

Nuvendil said:

No there's little doubt Dead Space and Dead Space 2 made profit.  But they didn't want *profit*.  They wanted a cross-medium super hit with movies and comic books and massive blockbuster video games.  Dead Space 1 and 2 got enough sales to sustain them considering the production values.    

Actually recent news suggests otherwise. DS2 underperformed on a $60 million budget (not including marketting) .

Dead Space 3 clearly wasnt good enough. Army of Two bombed after that. They were given a lifeline with Battlefield Hardline and now EA are clearly not happy with current development of their SW title.

its easy to place Visceral on a pedastal, since they have made some great games, but the reality is that they dont appear to be much of a money maker for EA. Of course that doesnt excuse EA, since we all know they have axed studios countless times before. But these things arent so cut and dry and many of you seem to be making it out to be.

Besides, they are moving some staff, and the game will continue development at another EA studio. 

There is also Dante's Inferno that flopped. Dead Space 2 didn't sell bad, its budget was too big. Dead Space 3 flopped due to EA's business decision, as well as releasing with MGR, DMC, GOW A, TR and BI.