If you could save one now defunct studio, who would it be and why?

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Mnementh said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

But despite all those great studios, my choice falls to... Sir-Tech, the studio behind the Wizardry series and also Jagged Alliance. I'm still mad that the horrendously bad Jagged Alliance 2 sales in the US (24k, compared to over 100k in Germany alone) sank the company and resulted in Wizardy 8, my favorite game ever, to never be truly finished - Sir-Tech even sold advertisement space in the game to get it to a mostly finished state and finally closed doors the week the game got released. And mad props for the developers offering support for years after the release despite Sir-tech being long defunct by that point, ironing out almost all the bugs.

Oh right, Sir-Tech was also one of the greats.

Sir-Tech's spirit lives on in Japan, where they've kept the Wizardry series alive. It might not be the same as Wiz 8 or the Bradley titles, but it is something.

EA, on the other hand, has been sitting on the Ultima IP. Richard Garriott has apparently offered to buy or license it back, but to no avail. On the other hand, Garriott himself was dabbling in NFTs for awhile, hopefully he's given that stuff up.