[Rumor] Sony Shuttering Zipper Interactive @ 電視遊戲討論版

Hello MiMi · 03-25-12, 02:35 AM

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1221535p1.html

According to a rumor currently running on Kotaku, Sony-owned developer Zipper Interactive is being shut down.

Zipper Interactive was founded in 1995, and created games solely for Microsoft Windows until 2002. It was in that year that Zipper made a name for itself with its PlayStation 2-exclusive SOCOM: US Navy SEALs. In 2006, after a slew of SOCOM games on PS2 and PSP, Sony purchased the company and brought it into its first-party family.

Kotaku's rumor notes that the studio "is in the process of being shut down," and that while Sony "declined to comment on the matter" to them, they've "heard chatter for several days that Zipper was in the process of being hit with layoffs and a project cancellation. The scope of the layoffs appears to indicate a studio shutdown."

Such news, if true, isn't surprising given the performance of Zipper's recent releases. MAG, Zipper's 2010 PS3 release, had a loyal following but didn't sell exceptionally well. The next year, the studio released SOCOM 4 for PS3 right when the PlayStation Network went offline due to a hacker attack, proving to be hugely problematic for the sales of the online-centric game. Unit 13, the studio's most recent offering, is a PlayStation Vita-exclusive that we gave a 7.5.

We've reached out to Sony for official comment and were told that they "don't comment on rumors or speculation."

0826使者 · 03-25-12, 11:01 AM

一代英雄又落幕嗎？
其實佢啲game吾算太差丫
隻unit13要成遺作嗎

SHCEHUK · 03-25-12, 11:26 AM

SOCOM, MAG 這兩隻game都不錯,點解要結業,
莫非因為佢哋少賣DLC,或者像暗榮一樣3,4個月就出隻無雙

david · 03-25-12, 02:43 PM

http://www.gaforum.org/showthread.php?t=210984

03-25-12, 02:35 AM	#1
Hello MiMi Game Master 註冊日期: Nov 2011 文章: 2,970	Sony Shuttering Zipper Interactive http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1221535p1.html According to a rumor currently running on Kotaku, Sony-owned developer Zipper Interactive is being shut down. Zipper Interactive was founded in 1995, and created games solely for Microsoft Windows until 2002. It was in that year that Zipper made a name for itself with its PlayStation 2-exclusive SOCOM: US Navy SEALs. In 2006, after a slew of SOCOM games on PS2 and PSP, Sony purchased the company and brought it into its first-party family. Kotaku's rumor notes that the studio "is in the process of being shut down," and that while Sony "declined to comment on the matter" to them, they've "heard chatter for several days that Zipper was in the process of being hit with layoffs and a project cancellation. The scope of the layoffs appears to indicate a studio shutdown." Such news, if true, isn't surprising given the performance of Zipper's recent releases. MAG, Zipper's 2010 PS3 release, had a loyal following but didn't sell exceptionally well. The next year, the studio released SOCOM 4 for PS3 right when the PlayStation Network went offline due to a hacker attack, proving to be hugely problematic for the sales of the online-centric game. Unit 13, the studio's most recent offering, is a PlayStation Vita-exclusive that we gave a 7.5. We've reached out to Sony for official comment and were told that they "don't comment on rumors or speculation."

03-25-12, 11:01 AM	#2
0826使者 Insane Gamer [死硬派] 註冊日期: Aug 2009 文章: 883 zeroTIM tim0826	一代英雄又落幕嗎？其實佢啲game吾算太差丫隻unit13要成遺作嗎 __________________ 我需要隊友多多指教 "叫果D死人黑客去死啦"

03-25-12, 02:43 PM	#4
david The One 註冊日期: Mar 2002 文章: 20,716	http://www.gaforum.org/showthread.php?t=210984 __________________ #AlitaChallenge --- "This botch job makes Fantastic Four look good." —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone --- NS CC：Morphus X300

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03-25-12, 11:26 AM	#3
SHCEHUK Game Master 註冊日期: Jan 2009 文章: 2,413 cshhenry	SOCOM, MAG 這兩隻game都不錯,點解要結業, 莫非因為佢哋少賣DLC,或者像暗榮一樣3,4個月就出隻無雙