Peter Skerritt muses:
"Tuesday's distressing Midway news sounded like a death knell. More layoffs. Game cancellations. Attempts to spin a bad situation into a not-so-bad situation. Frankly, Midway's demise has been a painful one for me to watch because of the company's nostalgic bond to me. So many Midway coin-ops ate my quarters and tokens while growing up (and beyond)."
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
I love Midway.. I hope they don't go under!
Those classic Coin-Ops helped define a generation of games. I wish they would tap back into that now.
Sad dark days. Oh Pac Man, how I miss you. And Miss Pac Man, a sequel that other sequels look up to...
Did Midway recently claim that they had a game that looked as good, if not better than Gears of War 2?
Dunno. Is it really bad news? what if Midway just wasn't putting out any good games anymore? ;)