ThatGameCompany bankrupt before Journey.. Now Leaving Sony's Deathgrip

[Loose]

Email from a girl who played the game

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What's up with sony and second party developers

After the first year of development, Journey's basic structure and look was sound, but neither were where thatgamecompany wanted them to be. After the second year the game was visually ready, but Chen said the valleys and peaks of their journey were too shallow to deliver any sort of emotional connection to gamers.

The studio decided to spend another year on the game, burning through the reserves of their money as they worked out the kinks of their game and tweaked the experience.

"A lot of people weren't paid," he said. "We also went bankrupt as a company."

The experience left Chen wondering whether Journey was worth it's own journey. The answer, he said, came in the 824 emails the company received after the game was released. Many were very personal, very emotional letters to the developer.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Ok?

 

[Loose]

Ok?

Im sorry Mr Kazified

 

[Prince Akeem]

Im sorry Mr Kazified

What point are you trying to make here?

Its Sony fault they bankrupt?

 

[Loose]

What point are you trying to make here?

Its Sony fault they bankrupt?

Whoelse had them undercontract

Maybe i should Kazify my avi to become "cool"

 

[Prince Akeem]

Whoelse had them undercontract

Maybe i should Kazify my avi to become "cool"

Once again you sound like a damn idiot just clinging to whatever you can bash Sony on some Fox News shyt.

Don't even know the whole story...

 

[Lord Scion]

You really had to make two threads on the same ish bruh? On top of that it just had to be yet another Sony bashing thread.. . Not saying everyone here needs to be a part of the Sony defense force but damn..... This is not that serious.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Not understanding how them going bankrupt is Sony's fault....