Midway Games files for bankruptcy

[perkam]

There are three types of game studios IMO. Studios like Blizzard and id and Valve which make really innovative games and thus have huge dedicated followings (Starcraft, Half Life, Doom/Quake), but once in a little while. Studios like EA and Ubisoft that release a multitude of mediocre and good games and innovate constantly. And lastly, studios like Midway that make mediocre games, once in a while, and struggle to make any serious gaming innovations.

The third type either gets bought up (Westwood Studios as an example), break up (Infinity Ward, makers of Call of Duty, were originally part of 2015 Studios) or file for bankruptcy (Midway and a plethora of others).

Perkam

[Hell Hound]

The suffering Ties That Bind is very buggy and was never patched,MK2 was it for them.

[saaya]

i think midway had some titles that had potential, but they never polished the games off properly, lack of funds i guess or bad management decisions, and they never really managed to get their better titles into the spotlight and to some attention.

many games they licensed from other developers were bad and they really shouldnt have licensed them.
so i think overall it was bad management that brought them down, they didnt seem to use their resources efficiently at all...
if they really lacked resources that much they should have focussed on one game and make it a really nice title instead of seeding tons of mediocre titles.

[hecktic]

There are three types of game studios IMO. Studios like Blizzard and id and Valve which make really innovative games and thus have huge dedicated followings (Starcraft, Half Life, Doom/Quake), but once in a little while. Studios like EA and Ubisoft that release a multitude of mediocre and good games and innovate constantly. And lastly, studios like Midway that make mediocre games, once in a while, and struggle to make any serious gaming innovations.

The third type either gets bought up (Westwood Studios as an example), break up (Infinity Ward, makers of Call of Duty, were originally part of 2015 Studios) or file for bankruptcy (Midway and a plethora of others).

Perkam

yep.... its a cut throat industry, especially in todays economy you gotta be good or your dead gone in a matter of time

i feel sorry for the company stock and share holders

[Klarko]

nooo i wanted hydro thunder 2!!!!

[=[PULSAR]=]

SF Rush for N64 lol

[Spawne32]

HYDRROOOOO THUNDER!

god i loved that arcade game

[Klarko]

HYDRROOOOO THUNDER!

god i loved that arcade game

Definitely top 5 best N64 games, behind the mario games ^^

[Angmaar]

That game rocked, hydro thunder that is!