GamesIndustry.biz: Sony shuts down Manchester Studio

[Legend]

GamesIndustry.biz: Sony shuts down Manchester Studio | ResetEra

Via GamesIndustry.biz: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-04-playstation-to-close-manchester-vr-studio

PlayStation will close its Manchester games studio.

 The firm confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it intends 'to close it as part of our efforts to improve efficiency and operational effectiveness'.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

The studio was founded in 2015 to develop VR games but has never released anything.  

[the-pi-guy]

ICYMI - PlayStation Manchester are hiring! We're looking for programmers, as well as artists and designers!

We're generally always on the look out for talented people too, so if you want to send a speculative application for anything else - send me a message :) https://t.co/rDCcgNpdR6

— Rachael Gregg-Smythe (@rae_ami) January 29, 2020

Hiring one week, shut down the next?  


Although that might be why...  

[BananaKing]

They were hiring a few weeks ago? Wtf?

[Dr. Pezus]

They were hiring a few weeks ago? Wtf?

Less than a week!

Brexit?

[BananaKing]

Less than a week!

Brexit?

Sony just found out about Brexit?

[Dr. Pezus]

Sony just found out about Brexit?

They have shut down 5 studios in the UK in the past decade!

They've known about it longer than most of us

[DerNebel]

I mean sorry to those affected, really.

But this studio was a thing for 5 years and we've seen or heard nothing of the game they were making there. I think it's not too farfetched to think that things weren't going smooth for them.

[Legend]

I mean sorry to those affected, really.

But this studio was a thing for 5 years and we've seen or heard nothing of the game they were making there. I think it's not too farfetched to think that things weren't going smooth for them.

It's hard to know. My ignorant guess based off the recent hiring was that they were a really small studio focused on exploring VR concepts, and only now were moving in to production.

I'd bet the shutdown was related to scaling up the studio, not past performance.

[the-pi-guy]

It's hard to know. My ignorant guess based off the recent hiring was that they were a really small studio focused on exploring VR concepts, and only now were moving in to production.

I'd bet the shutdown was related to scaling up the studio, not past performance.

Thank you for all of the support you’ve shown us, thank you especially to the studios who have already reached out to us and met with us. The games industry is a special place, and we’re still so proud to be a part of it <3 pic.twitter.com/ao81PiVpkG

— Rachael Gregg-Smythe (@rae_ami) February 5, 2020

[Dr. Pezus]

Weird. Sony must be planning something

[darkknightkryta]

Sony hates England.  On another note Medievil 2 Remake has a bunch of rumours.

[the-pi-guy]

Sony hates England.  On another note Medievil 2 Remake has a bunch of rumours.

Might just be because the composer said something that got misinterpreted to be a tease.

[darkknightkryta]

Might just be because the composer said something that got misinterpreted to be a tease.

Probably.  I'm happy enough with just Medievil.  It's just I'm sure the studio that made the original Medievil was shut down.  Not sure if it was Cambridge at the time, or if it was absorbed into Cambridge.  But yeah, Cambridge ded.