Daedalus Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Former employees of Ensemble Studios and Pandemic Studios have blamed the developers' demise on their own company cultures, rather than the publishers that owned and closed them, Microsoft and EA. Speaking at GDC, Paul Bettner, who worked at Ensemble for 12 years, refused to blame Microsoft for the studio's closure. "The reality is that every single game we shipped took twice as long as we said it was going to take, and cost twice as much to make. "Microsoft is a public company, they answer to their shareholders, and we were simply too expensive." Bettner's comments, which received a standing ovation from the GDC audience, were echoed by Carey Chico, formerly of Pandemic Studios which was recently shut down by EA. It was the developer's culture - its lack of accountability and inability to hit milestones internally - that sealed its fate, Chico said. He said the problems began with the studio's venture capital windfall when it merged with BioWare. "We were very good for a long period of time in the middle there," Chico said, referring to the time when the studio made titles like Full Spectrum Warrior and Mercenaries. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Ensemble were awesome. AoE and AoM are some of the best RTS games I've ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Ensemble were awesome. AoE and AoM are some of the best RTS games I've ever played. +1 You played online as well what was your ranking in Aoe3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 +1 You played online as well what was your ranking in Aoe3? I was 13 when I played AoE3.....didn't play MP back then. I started playing online only once I got the 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Polyphony digital will soon join them if they don't buckle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hi are you PACHTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Afaik, GT5's production cost should already be recovered by now. Every copy they sell should be pure profit. Yeah the delays are sad, but I'm sure it'll be worth it. It won't be a sequel that'll be forgotten 3-4 months after its release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hi are you PACHTER Oh Plz! I have a much better track record compared to that douche. For eg. This post by me last year I don't think killzone 3 will make it next year but another shooter might along with resistance 3. Socom 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 I gotta start making vague predictions which I can call in later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Oh Plz! I have a much better track record compared to that douche. 09/09/09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 low blow dude low blow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 09/09/09 :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 09/09/09 Perfect timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarketTantrik Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hey PatcherChap, when can we see a new Sonic game on current gen consoles that won't suck? Thats an easy one to predict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted March 14, 2010 Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 Hey PatcherChap, when can we see a new Sonic game on current gen consoles that won't suck? The next one for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Hey PatcherChap, when can we see a new Sonic game on current gen consoles that won't suck? soon, very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Karnage Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 "The reality is that every single game we shipped took twice as long as we said it was going to take, and cost twice as much to make. Waitaminute, isn't that standard practice in the software industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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