CCP closes VR studios until the VR market improves

[polonyc2]

CCP announced that 100 staff members at their VR studios have been let go with the closing of their UK based Newcastle office and their office in Atlanta...

“Despite the success of the VR games we have released we will be shifting our focus to our PC and mobile initiatives, and will be centralizing those initiatives, along with the support of our existing VR games, to our offices in Reykjavík and London,” said CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson. “We will continue to support our VR games but will not be making material VR investments until we see market conditions that justify further investments beyond what we have already made.”

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16576878/ccp-eve-online-valkyrie-vr-studio-closing-layoffs

 

[Hagrid]

CCP announced that 100 staff members at their VR studios have been let go with the closing of their UK based Newcastle office and their office in Atlanta...

“Despite the success of the VR games we have released we will be shifting our focus to our PC and mobile initiatives, and will be centralizing those initiatives, along with the support of our existing VR games, to our offices in Reykjavík and London,” said CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson. “We will continue to support our VR games but will not be making material VR investments until we see market conditions that justify further investments beyond what we have already made.”

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/30/16576878/ccp-eve-online-valkyrie-vr-studio-closing-layoffs

I agree. When you have success you want to make sure to stop immediately.

Sounds like they sucked at making them? I always thought success was good.