Working Designs closes down

[The Mullinator]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6141170.html

To tell you the truth I never played any games from them but a lot of people are pretty unhappy that they have been forced to close down.

I am still confused with what the company president was trying to say in his final farewell:

"It's a tough road ahead for games that aren't of the least-common-denominator variety," Ireland wrote. "The choices you make with your hardware dollars are more important than ever for the generation that is upon us."

Here is his actual post:
http://www.workingdesigns.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118916

 

[Ren.182]

He's saying that all people care about these days are pretty graphics. And games that don't have pretty graphics get ignored...

I think.

Don't think i've ever played any games by these guys...

 

[The Mullinator]

He's saying that all people care about these days are pretty graphics. And games that don't have pretty graphics get ignored...

I think.

Don't think i've ever played any games by these guys...

He is also promoting Microsoft, he is trying to get people to petition Microsoft to buy the talent they have so these games can continue. Personally I would have thought people would consider Sony and Microsoft to be in the same boat when it came to stuff like that.

That is what confuses me.

For the future, there are still great opportunities. I have been in touch with a number of other publishers and manufacturers and I will be working with some of the WD staff to do games for other publishers for the time being, but not as Working Designs. One thing that holds a ton of promise is XBOX 360 RPGs, and I've contacted Microsoft about getting what's underway in Japan out in the US and helping to get more done worldwide. We'll see what happens on that front, but please let them know that YOU WANT MORE JRPGs here. There's some amazing stuff coming for the '360 in Japan, and I know I want it - I think you will, too.

http://www.workingdesigns.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118916