Irrational Games (Bioshock developer) shutting its doors

[duncanthetall]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098584/bioshock-developer-irrational-games-abruptly-shuts-down.html



Didn't think Infinite sold well enough to really support its potential budget.

 

[Kodie]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2098584/bioshock-developer-irrational-games-abruptly-shuts-down.html



Didn't think Infinite sold well enough to really support its potential budget.

You may be right but it sold like 4M in the first few months. If that's not enough to support it's budget, 2K and crew are doing something very wrong IMO.

 

[King Sun]

bioshock 3 was the worst in the series

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Well bioshock infinite was racist so its no surprise the studio got destroyed.

 

[lutha]

that's some bullshyt, they are good devs...a larger company (sony, ms, somebody) needs to scoop them up, they got talent...

 

[Wild self]

Well, another small, but talented, developer bites the dust. These gaming budgets are too large in this era. Expect this to be commonplace in the PS4/X-One generation.

 

[NZA]

if im not mistaken, they had lots of problems making infinite. people quit the team, the budget got crazy as the project got delayed. etc.

it's a shame cuz the first bioshock is amazing. i really found infinite to be the most disappointing game of the year, maybe they were dealing with too many problems that they could never let the media know about.

the crazy thing is this game did not deserve a massive budget. it is a stiff arena shooter that is fairly linear. they should have kept it under water if the gameplay was not going to be ambitious.

 

[Kingshango]

Well damn AAA gaming slays another. Shame since Bioshock 1 was one of my favorite games of last gen, too bad Infinite was so meh.

Hope the staff find's work elsewhere because there's definitely talented people over there, I'd be a shame if talents went to waste on mobile gaming or some shyt.

 

[Wild self]

that's some bullshyt, they are good devs...a larger company (sony, ms, somebody) needs to scoop them up, they got talent...

Give them to Nintendo. I got a feeling that alternative games can thrive on the Wii U and get a lot of press.

 

[lutha]

Give them to Nintendo. I got a feeling that alternative games can thrive on the Wii U and get a lot of press.

i could see that....weird, lil short games using that controller would do good on the U....the only thing that sucks about my idea is i dont want them to get into an exclusive deal with ms, sony, or nin...i dont wanna miss out on those games if i aint got that system...but them going to one of those 3 is the only way they'd be able to keep making the games they want....

 

[lutha]

what's with the infinite hate? that game was great....yea, it wasnt the best thing since sliced bread and it didnt play how they showed in early demos, but it was still a great game...

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This has nothing to do with money. They made a lot of money and would have gotten a budget for another bioshock game. They just didnt want to make another one. A lot of the people that worked on bioshock will stay with 2k and presumably work on the next one.

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

bioshock 3 was the worst in the series

Horrible fukking post.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

This has nothing to do with money. They made a lot of money and would have gotten a budget for another bioshock game. They just didnt want to make another one. A lot of the people that worked on bioshock will stay with 2k and presumably work on the next one.

The owners got rich enough and cashed out.

 

[daze23]

"To foster the most direct relationship with our fans possible, we will focus exclusively on content delivered digitally."

pretty much the same thing Cliffy B said