That's the way gaming has been going for the past few years, mid tier studios have been squeezed out because the costs of making games are ridiculously high, one fuck up can sink an entire studio.
If a company spends several months to a couple of years on a single product, and that product flops, chances are that company is going to be around for a while.
Its the same reason why sequels are so common. They're safe bets.
The failure of this one game decided the fate of an entire studio. That's pretty heavy.
That's the way gaming has been going for the past few years, mid tier studios have been squeezed out because the costs of making games are ridiculously high, one fuck up can sink an entire studio.
But pretty common.
If a company spends several months to a couple of years on a single product, and that product flops, chances are that company is going to be around for a while.
Its the same reason why sequels are so common. They're safe bets.