| shikamaru317 said: Big grain of salt on this one considering the source, but a ResetEra user claims they have a friend who works for Compulsion Games and that they received notification that Compulsion is closing as part of the layoffs. Guess South of Midnight wasn't very successful if true, Asha and her new team must not have been happy with the sales or Gamepass numbers for it. If true, hopefully the only studio closure, with others only being hit with rounds of layoffs. |
"Inside Xbox's margin crush" - Jez Corden article ( https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/inside-xboxs-margin-crush )
names games that underperformed expectations / flopped:
"Avowed,
Keeper,
Kiln,
South of Midnight,
Hellblade 2,
Forza Motorsport,
The Outer Worlds 2,
Minecraft Legends,
Ninja Gaiden 4,
Minecraft Earth,
Bleeding Edge,
Battletoads,
Towerborne,
Ara: History Untold,
and "among others".
"
Jez Corden claims he heard that from his sources.
Honestly yes, if "We happy few" and "South of Midnight" did poorly... and Contrast (their first game) was like a 60 metacritic game...
I could see Compulsion Games being in the line of fire.
This studio has been around since 2009.
It has made 3 games since, that all basically did poorly.
I feel like having 17+ years to prove yourself is long enough tbh.
