STALKER dev. GSC going the way of the dodo? - by gunsmoke
demagogue on 9/12/2011 at 16:45
Effing hell.
You have to scroll down to read this clearly.
Quote Posted by "gimperial 12/09/2011 at 16:09"
6th paragraph says: employees are speculating that the closure is due to either Grigorovich being unhappy with the way the development of STALKER 2 is going, or due to an interest being shown towards the company by a certain (doesn't say which) law enforcement agency for the past 2 months.
Sounds like par for the course corruption stuff.
["you can't be successful without having to pay a whole bunch of bribes.]
Or just ...
Quote Posted by "Freud 12/09/2011 at 15:38"
There is no money in games where you don't have follow-arrows. Everyone knows that.
Renault on 9/12/2011 at 19:29
This just doesn't make any sense. SOC sold 5 million copies worldwide, don't tell me they're not profitable at those levels. And saying they couldn't get a console deal done, that's just weak, there's no reason it shouldn't get done.
Something else going on here, I think.
dethy, that's just obnoxious. Don't turn into Shadowhide.
june gloom on 9/12/2011 at 19:31
I will express my grief in the only way I can.
Renault on 9/12/2011 at 19:46
This from PC gamer:
Quote:
A Ukranian news site is reporting that the developers of Stalker and Stalker 2, GSC have shut down their studio. An “informed source” told them that founder and CEO, Sergei Grigorovich made the announcement at a staff meeting, saying that the company was closing because of unspecified “personal reasons.”
I know that doesn't say much, "personal reasons" could be just about anything, but it still sounds kinda strange to put it that way.
Sulphur on 9/12/2011 at 20:07
Well, demagogue's post outlines a couple of potential reasons for it. They're pretty ugly reasons all of 'em, but it wouldn't be surprising if that 'thwack' is the sound of one of them smacking into a small red circle on a board.
