THQ closing Kaos (the makers of Homefront)

I'm not a fan of the series or the developer, but the shotdown is a bit surprising given that Homefront's 1.1 million sales in NA put it right below Pokemon when it released. *Shrugs* Someone pointed out in the comments section of the link below that THQ had stated that Homefront needed 2 million sales to be profitable (the initial shipment was 2.5 million IIRC).

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35190/THQ_Shutters_UK_Studio_Homefront_Developer_Kaos.php

Homefront wasn't a very good game, most who purchased it were not satisfied.

Homefront wasn't a very good game, most who purchased it were not satisfied.

The_Gaming_Baby

I watched all the videos, was very excited. When I put it in my 360 it didn't look like anything I saw. It was almost like it had original XBOX Graphics. That is what I found dissapointing.

Bummer. Always sad to see people out of a job.

Very strange that would close them down despite the amazing performance of Homefront at retail. Businesses make some weird choices sometimes.

Homefront wasn't a very good game, most who purchased it were not satisfied.

The_Gaming_Baby

What's interesting is that Homefront put up bigger numbers than both Crysis 2 and KZ3, so if Homefront didn't turn a profit...

*Shakes head* I think the fps rush is high idiocy. Its the most popular genre, but really, how many such games can the market support? Due to online play, one can't wait until people 'finish' CoD and Halo, one has to try to lure people away from active communities.

To be fair Homefront wasn't that great of a game, but I hate to see people lose their jobs.

*Shakes head* I think the fps rush is high idiocy. Its the most popular genre, but really, how many such games can the market support? Due to online play, one can't wait until people 'finish' CoD and Halo, one has to try to lure people away from active communities.CarnageHeart

Doesn't help either that everyone's dead set on delivering similarly Call of Duty-esque games rather than try and draw people in with something different. Hard to find success when everyone is essentially copying each other almost entirely.

Word on the street is they just didn't want to pay the high rent/salary/tax costs required to keep a studio going in NYC, especially since the area doesn't have much of a talent pool to draw on. The rumor has always been that they were just going to move the studio to Montreal after Homefront shipped, so that they could get the tax breaks and also effectively lay off most of the studio without paying severence. But I guess they just opted to close it instead.

I've said a few times after Homefront shipped, that with the story that the game had, they had a good 12 hrcampaign right there in front of them. The multiplayer should've been done without perks and the other garbage that CoD does. It would've been much better.

The huge marketing blitz did its job, but they're not going to fool gamers twice, so the same people will likely be reformed into another studio where another mediocre game will be carried by a huge ad push with edgy plots to fool more gamers into buying a subpar game.

I find this surprising. Despite Homefront apparently being a bad game, it did really well. It's too bad that people are losing their jobs, but it's the nature of the beast!

Strange thing is there is going to be a 'Homefront 2'!

Strange thing is there is going to be a 'Homefront 2'!

CUDGEdave

Only reason that ever happened was because people out there got curious enough to buy the game and to see what it was all about, hence all of those copies being sold. As long as they make money of itt, sequels will happen.

Strange thing is there is going to be a 'Homefront 2'!

CUDGEdave

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Strange thing is there is going to be a 'Homefront 2'!

Black_Knight_00

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Strange thing is there is going to be a 'Homefront 2'!

Calvin079

Homefronts singleplayer is the joke, multiplayer is fine.
I believe quite a few people expected a tense and serious singleplayer, it turned out to be a massive deception.

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Not so strange. If Prey is getting a sequel, anything can. Besides, I never heard anyone saying Homefront was bad, aside from someone who paid $60 for it

rastotm

Homefronts singleplayer is the joke, multiplayer is fine.
I believe quite a few people expected a tense and serious singleplayer, it turned out to be a massive deception.

I wax one of those who expected a good single player campaignCalvin079

[QUOTE="Calvin079"]I wax one of those who expected a good single player campaignBlack_Knight_00

LOL. typo. But you knew I meant was, not wax.