What video game company do you think will Die Next

[PDorr3]

I dont think EA is going anywhere
But im just curious what you guys think, ill post my opinion later.

[Habeeb Hamusta]

I hope EA goes down. I hate sports games.

[max 330 mega]

989 studios would be a candidate

[-hellvin-]

Acclaim

Oh wait.....they already DID. Got in a notice at work that juiced may not be coming out....awwwwww. I'm so sad :*(

[mhsy2a]

Eidos. They should have died after they released the 12th version of Tomb Raider. I can't think of the last good game they published.

[Tank]

Eidos or 989.


Oh...cant decide between the suckyness

[Half Japanese]

I think some of these are on life support:

- Working Designs

- Infinium Labs

- Eidos

- Xicat

- THQ


Most of them are there quite deservedly, as it's hard to feel sorry for Xicat or THQ when the majority (or in Xicat's case, whole) of what they put out is garbage that should never have been released. Eidos has relied on sequels for far too long and banked on sequels to get them by (not only for Tomb Raider, but wasn't Hitman Contracts a disappointment at retail also?).

Some don't really deserve it, like Working Designs, but it's hard to make money when your audience is very niche. Perhaps they should take a page from Atlus, who isn't a top-tier publisher by any means, but they are willing to release games other than RPGs once in a while.


Also, and I don't mean to suggest that Sega is going under or anything, but what the fuck of note have they done lately (Astro Boy notwithstanding)? Matrix Online? Who cares? Sonic Heroes? Sega seems like, metaphorically speaking, a once-popular band that's now relegated to the state-fair-circuit and is content to play the same old songs over and over again. Even when they do mix things up (Amazing Island), they're not grabbing the market share they need to in order to make a buck. It's almost like post-Dreamcast, they've tucked their tail between their legs and have been content to unravel sequels or mediocre niche efforts that haven't been all that impressive. (Of course, there are exceptions, such as 90% of their Xbox output, but as a whole lately, they're not looking so good).

[racecar]

989 studios would be a candidate

i heard something about a merge between 989 and some other company, can't remember which one...
also are we talking about developers or producer companys???
THQ should be top of the list

[tholly]

I hope EA goes down. I hate sports games.

BUT....they do realease the Need For Speed games which are amazing......but, other than that i wish they would die too, but they arent going anywhere

[evildead2099]

Well, Interplay recently folded.

If it wasn't for the Red Faction games that the company published on behalf of Volition, I'd love to see THQ go under.

I'd like to see Sega and SNK flourish. Conversely, I'd like to see EA's impending monopolization of the industry fall flat on its face. Nintendo may have pullled some deplorable moves back in the day, but a monopoly notwithstanding, I have to give the Big N credit for many original and *gasp* fun games.

[Tritoch]

Well, Interplay recently folded.

Why is it that everyone thinks that? Did I miss something? Last I heard Interplay hasn't folded yet...supposedly they're working on a Fallout MMORPG and licensed the single player titles to Bethesda. They are on severe life support though.

THQ's most definitely not going under anytime soon...they're still one of the strongest video game companies in fact. Their stock is currently trading at $18.25, and is rated a good buy by most analysts. They have a ton of profitable licenses, and successful original IPs like Full Spectrum Warrior and Tak.

[dbiersdorf]

How has no one said Midway!?

[Ed Oscuro]

How has no one said Midway!?

Midway ~~~> Area 51 FPS.

I hope Midway sticks around for the new times. Sega too; looking forward to Altered Beast...3D...myself.

[Graham Mitchell]

How has no one said Midway!?

Midway ~~~> Area 51 FPS.

I hope Midway sticks around for the new times. Sega too; looking forward to Altered Beast...3D...myself.

You know, speaking of Midway, Eugene Jarvis just finished a new coin-op game called Terrorist Attack or something. It's a gun game, and it doesn't sound too phenomenal, but at least he's doing something...I don't think he's been behind any game I would call a total steaming turd. (Quite the opposite, in fact. I think Robotron is quite possible the closest example to the perfect game I have seen.)

The reason the mention of Midway made me think of this was that I think they're the only company to whom he's currently employed...which is odd because I was under the impression that Midway officially left the coin-op industry this last year...anybody else know anything more about this?

[Graham Mitchell]

Okay, there's something incredibly screwy going on with that post, and I didn't intend it to be that way, so I apologize.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Fixed.

If you're going to draw an arrow, please don't use a row of dashes and then a > ...because everyone's browser will interpret it as the closing statement of an HTML command.

~~~> there's your arrow right there. <~~~

[evildead2099]

"Last I heard Interplay hasn't folded yet...supposedly they're working on a Fallout MMORPG and licensed the single player titles to Bethesda. They are on severe life support though."

Several websites that I've visited declared that Interplay was out of business. I was reluctant to believe such information but became semi-convinced upon discovering that Interplay's website has been down for a long time.

I hope what you say about Fallout is true. I admit that I lost a lot of confidence in that company following the almost total lack of marketing that Decent Freespace 2 received, but the Fallout series, as far as I'm concered, has always been Interplay's saving grace. I may not be crazy about the direction that the last two installments of the series took, but I'm always thankful for their development whenever I compare the sophisticated nature of their combat systems with that of, say, your typical Final Fantasy installment.

[Iron Draggon]

Nintendo.

(DUCKS)

Seriously.

(DUCKS)

I think they need to pull a Sega and just sell games from now on. The GC is a big flop compared to the PS2 & XBOX, and I don't know why they don't.

(OUCH!)

If it can happen to Sega, it can happen to them. They can't continue to ride on their successes with the NES & SNES after the flops of the N64 & GC too.

(OUCH!)

World's... Biggest... Failing... Game... Company... Ever...

(DUCKS)

HAHA, you missed me that time!

(DUCKS)

HAHA, you missed me again!

(OUCH!)

OK, I'm sorry!

(OUCH!)

OK, I mean it!

[MegaDrive20XX]

Eidos, 989 *they need to die...seriously*

Midway would be gone if it wasnt for the release of the Midway Arcade Treasures Vol. 2 I think..

Nintendo? Nah Iron...they can't...GBA alone can do circles around Sony's sales...I say, if they back out....they should support the HELL out of GameBoy in full force with how much they save by pulling out of the home console industry...and sit back and smile...because Nintendo is never going to die because a world without Mario, Metriod, Pikmin, Pokemon, Kirby, or Zelda...is a sad world indeed...

The day I see Mario on another platform....is the day I stop gaming man..straight up..

[Iron Draggon]

Yeah, well I said the same thing about Sonic & Sega. Now look who's on GC.