OddWorld Inhabitants Leaving the Gaming Industry

Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 17, 2005 @03:44AM from the see-you-around-abe dept.

Via Games*Design*Art*Culture*, a link to a Hollywood reporter story breaking the news that Oddworld Inhabitants is closing up shop in the games industry. Owner Lanning is apparently going to move the company into movies and TV, as a result of sour experiences in the current gaming industry environment. From the article: "As game production costs rise, publishers want more sure bets because with rising costs come rising risks. What we see is an industry which is rapidly discouraging innovation because people don't want to take chances on more innovative types of titles."

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Bad marketing by -kertrats- · 2005-04-17 04:15 · Score: 3, Interesting

As they talk about in the article, they've been the victim of horrible marketing. I didnt even know Stranger had come out, which it apparently has. When that's the level of people's notice of you, you can't really succeed.

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