Sony Shuts PS Studio Neon Koi without Ever Releasing a Game | Push Square
In addition to shutting down Concord developer Firewalk Studios, the Japanese giant has also closed German developer Neon Koi. This lesser known team was originally purchased as Savage Game Studios in 2022, with the intention of making mobile games. It rebranded as Neon Koi late last year.
But the studio is no more, and its game has been cancelled. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier says around 38 people will lose their jobs, although Sony is trying “to find placement for some of those impacted within our global community of studios where possible”.
Crash landing
PS Studios bigwig Hermen Hulst made the following statement: “While mobile remains a priority growth area for the Studio Business, we are in the very early stage of our mobile efforts. To achieve success in this area we need to concentrate on titles that are in-line with PS Studios’ pedigree and have the potential to reach more players globally.
“With this re-focused approach, Neon Koi will close, and its mobile action game will not be moving forward. I want to express my gratitude to everyone at Neon Koi for their hard work and endless passion to innovate.”
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Never heard of them.
Unfortunate news for kob losses but a wise decision as they were only gonna lose money trying to make mobile games
Whatever they were making, sure wasn't worth the effort of keeping them around.
Another one bites the dust!
The second video game crash claims another victim.
GET........HULST.........OUT!!!!!
#MAKEPLAYSTATIONJAPANESEAGAIN
And yet Japan Studio and Psygnosis went first. It’s crazy, there were a bunch of talented studios over the years that Sony killed and yet they had studios who hadn’t even
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