Beamer wrote on Jul 8, 2012, 12:57:

ASeven wrote on Jul 7, 2012, 18:37:

AnointedSword wrote on Jul 7, 2012, 17:47:
Funny, they sold millions of copies yet still was a failure.

Gaming industry today.

KAOS was based in Manhattan. They were isolated from the rest of THQ, especially the main office THQ was trying to build, and their occupancy costs were far, far above industry average.

This is the primary reason they were closed. Homeland's sales made THQ plenty of money, but the studio wasn't well structured and cost a small fortune to run. THQ wanted any reason to shut it down, move the talent to a better location, and ditch the poor structure.

Quick: what other developers are based in Manhattan. A few small social ones with Bloomberg picking up most of the tab, Take2's marketing operations, and that's it. There's a big reason no one makes games in Manhattan.