Manchester had nothing to show for 5 years. Either what they produced wasn't good, wasn't what they wanted or strategy changed after Jim Ryan took over;VR games aren't generally that profitable.By all accounts they had a game that was well through development and were even recruiting up until a week before they were shut. Sony just deleted the studio out of nowhere, a total sucker move that really didn't get enough bad press.
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