Dang

[thedeparted]

Got this from Kotaku



3D Realms - 2009
7 Studios (Activision) - 2011
Backbone Vancouver
BigBig (Sony) - 2012
Bizarre Creations (Activision) - 2010/2011
Black Rock (Disney) - 2011
Blue Fang Games - 2011
Blue Tongue (THQ) - 2011
BottleRocket - 2009
Brash Entertainment - 2008
Budcat (Activision) - 2010
Castaway Entertainment - 2008
Cheyenne Mountain - 2010
Cing - 2010
Clover Studios (Capcom) - 2006
Codemasters Guildford - 2011
Cohort Studios - 2011
Concrete Games - 2008
Deep Silver Vienna - 2010
DICE Canada - 2006
EA Chicago - 2007
EA Bright Light - 2011/2012
EA Japan - 2007
Eidos Manchester - 2009
Eidos Hungary - 2010
Ensemble Studios (Microsoft) - 2008
Factor 5 - 2009
FASA (Microsoft) - 2007
Fizz Factor - 2009
Flagship Studios - 2008
Flight Plan - 2010
Frozen North Productions
FuzzyEyes - 2009
Gamelab - 2009
Game Republic - 2011
GRIN - 2009
Helixe (THQ) - 2008
Hudson Entertainment - 2011
Humannature Studio (Nexon Vancouver) - 2009
Ignition London - 2010
Ignition Florida - 2010
Incognito Entertainment (Sony) - 2009
Indie Built (Take-Two) - 2006
Iron Lore - 2008
Juice Games (THQ) - 2011
Kaos Studios (THQ) - 2011
Killaware - 2011
Killspace Entertainment - 2011
KMM Brisbane - 2011
Krome Studios (might still be operating on skeleton crew) - 2010
Kuju Manila - 2009
Kuju Chemistry - 2009
Kush Games - 2008
Locomotive Games (THQ) - 2010
Luxoflux - 2010
Mass Media (THQ) - 2008
Monte Cristo - 2010
Monumental Games - 2012
Midway Austin - 2009
Midway Newcastle - 2009
MTV Games - 2011
Multiverse - 2012
NetDevil - 2011
Ninja Studio - 2009
Outerlight - 2010
PAM Development (Take-Two) - 2008
Pandemic Australia (EA) - 2009
Pandemic LA (EA) - 2009
Paradigm Entertainment - 2008
Pi Studios - 2011
Pivotal Games (Take-Two) - 2008
Propaganda Games (Disney) - 2011
Pseudo Interactive - 2008
Rainbow Studios (THQ) - 2011
Realtime Worlds - 2010
Rebellion Derby - 2010
Red Octane - 2010
Rockstar Vienna - 2006
Sandblast Games (THQ) - 2008
SEGA San Francisco - 2010
Shaba Games (Activision) - 2009
SOE Denver - 2011
SOE Seattle - 2011
SOE Tuscon - 2011
Stormfront Studios - 2008
Straylight Studios - 2009
Team Bondi - 2011
The Code Monkeys - 2011
Titan Studios - 2009
THQ Studio Australia - 2009
THQ Digital Warrington - 2009
Transmission Games - 2009
Universomo (THQ) - 2009
Venom Games (Take Two) - 2008
Vicarious Visions California - 2007
Visceral Australia (EA) - 2011
Wolfpack Studios - 2006
Yuke's Company Of America -2010

Zoe Mode London - 2009



Every studio that closed since 2006, If i counted correctly thats 100. And thq is barely surviving. prob a few others nearly on this list. and nex gen is right around the corner and will cost us more devs. very weird state for the industry

[norid]

Idk I just read an article about how Sony and Xbox are holding their breath on the next gen and won't be teasing at E3. The source was somebody who does the E3 thing.

[EpsilonX]

I hope the next gen doesn't come for another couple years honestly...

[thedeparted]

Well. I consider a 2013 launch to be pretty close honestly in a gen this old. Really, anything older than that and gen gets stale. It's already feeling stale. Random; I just got a wii and I'm really glad I got lots of backlog to playthrough, there is like 0 games coming out. And I dont mean that like people usually mean where they feel no good games, there is like 0. on gamestop there is 15 listed games.. you can really tell Wii U is right around the corner and that Nintendo and other companies are supporting it even less than they have in the past couple years. Also another random statement I'll add to this off topic post, I don't think we'll ever see a #1 console ever again less supported than the Wii.

[BlackEyedJester]

Wow. That is alot... I personally hope that the Next gen won't be released until say 2015-2018
It gives the developers Time to start creating good games for these consoles. I mean, with every new console the first few games are horrible, as the developers don't understand what it can or can't do. So I say release the Next gen to the Dev's and let them stuff around with it first. It would see an increase in next gen hype and sales. aswell as better games.

[thedeparted]

I would not go as far as saying the first games are horrible, Lots of gems early on. The problem is that they are few and far betweeen as other studios take longer to switch over to the new gen leaving the first 1-2 years a light field of games. I completely disagree with 2015 to 2018 as well. Dang thats way way to long a gen. I'd switch to pc gaming if gens were that long.

[LiNuX]

That's a crazy amount of gaming companies going out of business. Kinda sad.

29 in 2009, not surprised because that's right after the economy started going down the crapper.

[EpsilonX]

a late 2013 or a 2014 release would be okay. I'll probably just switch to PC anyways

[BlackEyedJester]

PC Is the cheapest of the two, I mean PC is it's own Gen PC is the eternal Gen lol