Locked: Layoffs Hit Sony Santa Monica; one project cancelled, 50 people fired

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Max King of the Wild on 26 February 2014

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I imagine Ascension being a total bomb is part of the reason. They expected that game to be huge. It had a Super Bowl commercial and a special red PS3 bundle and it still bombed hard.

the total bomb was probably profitable lol. doubt the expected it to match GoW3s numbers and it had a online super bowl commercial lol and the red bundle was limited lol. I swear....

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pbroy on 26 February 2014

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NiKKoM on 26 February 2014

Max King of the Wild said:

TarHeeLsALLday said:
I imagine Ascension being a total bomb is part of the reason. They expected that game to be huge. It had a Super Bowl commercial and a special red PS3 bundle and it still bombed hard.

the total bomb was probably profitable lol. doubt the expected it to match GoW3s numbers and it had a online super bowl commercial lol and the red bundle was limited lol. I swear....

neh GoW: A had a rumored 40 to 60 million dollar budget

http://www.vg247.com/2013/04/22/god-of-war-ascension-had-a-budget-somewhere-near-50-million-report/

And with the price of that game dropping very fast no way they were profitable.. you don't fire 50 people if it was..

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DerNebel on 26 February 2014

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Not gonna comment on the SSM thing cause I really have a hard time explaining that myself, but seriously Irrational games closing has nothing to do with the industry and everything to do with bad management. They put out 2 games in 7 years, of course those games were very good but still, there are not alot of studios that can operate that way and stay intact, that is the case today as it was 20 years ago. They should have known that they aren't Rockstar.