The Shoot developer Cohort Studios shuttered

@ovoon
Wait, consoles are down, PC futures are up? I thought it was still the other way around?

Wait, you're including Facebook, aren't you..

@ovoon Huh?

@NyghtcrawleR

What an ignorant comment. Do you even realize how many people are losing their jobs in this industry lately?

@Uncle Jesse
The Shoot is pretty awful.

@mywhitenoise No it ain't, the shoot's a pretty good light gun game. Not perfect, but I've been playing them since PSOne, and the Shoot scrubs up just fine. Shame to see them go down, deffo hope they all find work elsewhere.

@mywhitenoise Do you know what wasn't awful?

Okami and God Hand, by Clover
Halo Wars, by Ensemble
Blur, by Bizarre Creations

@Uncle Jesse

Of course I know how many people are losing their jobs lately. Its a tough market. My industry is no different, but the point still remains, if they made good games they wouldnt have to close because they would be making enough money.

The Shoot wasnt really good and short, so probably made hardly any money on it. The point remains.

@Uncle Jesse The Shoot wasn't awful. But it was pretty bad. A snoozefest and not a great "light gun" game (even though it doesn't use any light gun technology).

@Uncle Jesse

After reading the annual salary survey at game developer magazine,and just some of the overall industry complaints in that issue (overworked, yet underpaid), as much fun as it sounds, I'm not even compelled to even try and jump in anymore.

It's one thing to do what you love, but another thing to try and survive on it when game companies pretty much only want to pay by the hour, treating employees mostly as contractors, or worse, offshoring alot of the effort.

Horrifically unstable for the most part. By comparison, working at Bethesda or Naughty Dog is like dying and going to heaven, lat least on the surface.

@DigitalEmporer that idea is gold.

@DigitalEmporer

Nah man... That idea is fly.
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