Media Molecule's co-founder Mark Healey has left the company
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Hopefully. Studio spent decade building engine no1 uses. Make some games.
I was going to object because I ignorantly thought they did Sackboy which I enjoyed playing with my son, but you are right, their 'games' are not really for me. I don't know why their website says "We make games."
The media molecule slander will not be tolerated. You guys are acting like because they made ONE game that focused one creation (Dreams) that all of their past games (LBP) weren't great. Anyways, I knew there was mismanagement at the studio once Alex left and they hadn't updated multiplayer into Dreams.
In the same tweet they said they are working on next project.
With the recent changes, Sony is likely planning to give them a last chance.
Media Molecule always focused on making games, it's the only thing they did
Bullshit. Dreams got a 89 metacritic, Tearaway got a 87, and they also won a ton of awards and has been profitable like all MM projects.
What a joke. They are a studio who make greatly reviewed games, win a ton of awards with each ones, has a cheap cost and all their games have been profitable. Doesn't make sense at all that Sony would consider to shut them down.
Unlike Media Molecule, both Evolution and Japan Studio made made many unprofitable games, made some poorly reviewed games, weren't an award magnet and were big/expensive.
Japan studio wasn't killed, it was restructured and brached off their 2nd party publishing team into a separate office. And Jimbo bought Firesprite, which is basically Evolution+Liverpool Studio+Bizarre Creations.
Looking at their finantials, reviews and awards seems what it sucks are your tastes. Or at least there's a ton of people who don't share them.
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Evolution studios did a big mess up with unplayable multiplayer that lasted more than 1 month on driveclub
Japan studio only true output during all that time was just 2 games - the rest was helping in.
So yeah media Molecule does deserve to be still working they never had issues, they even created an engine with much smaller team than Japan studio or evolution.
Mm spent a decade on that Dreams thing. They couldn't deliver anything interesting after LBP. I don't see them surviving.
Believe they are making something in the spirit/Idea of Dreams but an actual game with monetization for user generated content.
MM would make a great mobile developer, kind of like thatgamescompany did with Sky. Have them make a sackyboy mobile platformer,
