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Title: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 25, 2012, 12:13:29 pm: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117435-Entire-38-Studios-Staff-Laid-Off-Effective-Immediately
hugs all the employees
guys its not your fault
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 25, 2012, 12:38:25 pm: well... shit. I really feel for Curt Schilling. He poured his heart and several million bucks into 38 Studios.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: erictheblue on May 25, 2012, 01:09:27 pm: That sucks. I really like KoA. :(
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 25, 2012, 08:05:38 pm: I think what happened was the game needed to sell 3 million units to meet investor expectations. What new IP sells that much that doesnt have a brand name dev tied to it
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Saturn500 on May 25, 2012, 08:55:43 pm: Quote from: kefkaownsall on May 25, 2012, 08:05:38 pm
I think what happened was the game needed to sell 3 million units to meet investor expectations. What new IP sells that much that doesnt have a brand name dev tied to it

Minecraft.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 26, 2012, 12:25:17 am: Minecraft had word of mouth and a unique perspective to go along with it.

KoA didn't.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Whore of Spamylon on May 26, 2012, 03:23:36 am: Quote from: Priestling on May 26, 2012, 12:25:17 am
Minecraft had word of mouth and a unique perspective to go along with it.

KoA didn't.

And Minecraft probably has a much larger initial development cost to sales ratio than KoA. Same goes for many mobile and social networking games.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 26, 2012, 05:41:04 am: Quote from: Priestling on May 26, 2012, 12:25:17 am
Minecraft had word of mouth and a unique perspective to go along with it.

KoA didn't.
Not so much word of mouth as a Youtube and modding community that would put even the most popular AAA game to shame.

That and it's very much the exception rather than the rule.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Shano on May 26, 2012, 06:43:45 am: Drat!

I also really liked the game. A bit too easy but very well made.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 26, 2012, 08:16:59 am: I couldn't get the demo to run so i didn't buy it however I will say the game probably was not bad.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 26, 2012, 09:10:25 pm: Quote from: Shano on May 26, 2012, 06:43:45 am
A bit too easy but very well made.

Yeah. The siege boss was actually harder than the final boss (WTF?), but overall I had a decent time playing it.
Title: Re: Amalur dev lays off all employees
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 29, 2012, 02:24:48 am: http://www.gamepodunk.com/topic/1158-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-sequel-was-being-worked-on-before-38-studios-closure/page__fromsearch__1

Even more depressing news about this whole thing...