Comment on An Update from PlayStation Studios (Neon Koi and Firewalk Studios are closing)
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A dumpster fire of a situation. 8 years of development, $400 million reported budget, game shut down after 2 weeks and now the studio closed.
AAA gaming is a hot mess right now.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Both the development time and the budget have come in at a variety of different numbers with people refuting them, and I’ll bet several of those figures depend on how you count. The range is now somewhere between 4-10 years, and $50-$400M, which is an absurd amount of variance, but even at 4 years and $50M, it’s still probably too long and too much money to spend on a game that you don’t know is going to find a substantial audience.
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Greatly appreciate the followup!