Ratbag Closed

Midway closes San Diego, Aussie studios on GameSpot reports that Midway has pulled a bit of a Grinch move, closing their San Diego, California and Adelaide, Australia studios just a couple of weeks before Christmas. The Australian closure is surprising, as Midway just acquired Ratbag Studios to be their Aussie studio in August (story), but the report cites a recent string of losses as a likely motivation behind the move, so this may be a case of Ratbags being thrown off a sinking ship.
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Dec 15, 2005, 14:38
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Dec 15, 2005, 14:38
 Kxmode
 
I don't get it. If you have to close two studios, how much harm could it POSSIBLY do to Midway to wait until AFTER Christmas?

Big corps like Midway think on macro-levels. They dont see small people they only see big actions. Closing a studio is a big undertaking, let alone three. So I'm sure the nerds came to the suits and said they could close all three studios before the January 1st if they start now. In Midway's mind they start new 1/1/2006 holidays be damned.


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