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Eurogamer: Layoffs at OnRush dev Evo, Driveclub director Rushy let go
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What a fucking shame. Driveclub was great. Onrush is outstanding.
Biggest loss to arcade racers since Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool.
Biggest loss to arcade racers since Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool.
Sadly...this was expected OnRush bombed.
Hope they can regroup and have more success on the next project.
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I wish they had market it more as a Mario Kart for PS/XBOX/PC users....and even considered bringing it on Switch. Much less competition there - but i understand why the standard is to ignore the new Nintendo system for these games.
Hope they can regroup and have more success on the next project.
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I wish they had market it more as a Mario Kart for PS/XBOX/PC users....and even considered bringing it on Switch. Much less competition there - but i understand why the standard is to ignore the new Nintendo system for these games.
I was really hoping that going to Codemasters was gonna be a success story for them... Hope those let go land on their feet, and those staying get put on some more successful projects.
Hope they land on their feet. OnRush was fun but didn't have enough meat to feel sustainable, they're all talented enough to make something great.
Hope they get picked up fast so they can start churning out more cool stuff.
Hope they get picked up fast so they can start churning out more cool stuff.
1000 copies?! Ouch!
I wasn't a fan of the demo and kind of feared the worst when the price of the game plummeted a couple of weeks after launch but I didn't think it had sold that badly.
To be fair though, I don't really recall any marketing for the game. There were a few preview pieces but I don't think I saw much about the game?
I wasn't a fan of the demo and kind of feared the worst when the price of the game plummeted a couple of weeks after launch but I didn't think it had sold that badly.
To be fair though, I don't really recall any marketing for the game. There were a few preview pieces but I don't think I saw much about the game?
I had a bad suspicion this was going to happen, which is a shame since OnRush is one of the most fun games I've played this year.
Lack of communication between Evo and Codemasters is believable. The game's marketing has been tepid all around, and I wouldn't be surprised if Evo wanted them to treat it more seriously.
Lack of communication between Evo and Codemasters is believable. The game's marketing has been tepid all around, and I wouldn't be surprised if Evo wanted them to treat it more seriously.
Too bad but i can't say i didn't see it coming.
OnRush is a great game but it lacked that certain something that could have made it special.
OnRush is a great game but it lacked that certain something that could have made it special.
1000 copies on UK launch week is a disaster but the asking price was madness and the open beta turned a lot of people off so it's not much of a surprise.
Gutted for all those who lost their jobs.
Gutted for all those who lost their jobs.
1k in the UK is pretty bad indeed seeing how much they like racers, I wonder if it is even over 100k WW.
My bad, didn't see that in the article.
Literally had not heard of their new game until this thread. Sad for what seems to be a talented studio.
Holy shit, what a bomba. I was waiting for some discount, but now I fear the game will be dead and buried before long.
This one still leaves a deep wound in my heart. I miss PGR like nobody's business..
I bought OnRush, like, 50% off even before it released. I wasn't even going to, but it was hard to pass up that price. I played it a few hours, and had fun with it. But yeah, it just didn't grab me on the long term. I think if it was positioned more like Rocket League, it'd have found more success.
I was really hoping that Evo joining Codemasters would mean them working on GRID 3, but... I guess not. It's amicable that they tried something new with the genre, but... yeah.
I was really hoping that Evo joining Codemasters would mean them working on GRID 3, but... I guess not. It's amicable that they tried something new with the genre, but... yeah.
It was advertised on the Xbox One dashboard and there was the open beta. I think the concept just isn't compelling enough to sustain a whole game, it just felt really aimless and disconnected.
In my own fantasy, Yoshida and Layden are calling Rushy and friends right now to tell them "dude, we made a mistake, come home !"
In real life though, the best scenario for them is to knock at Turn 10/Playground Games, since Microsoft is the only one to care about the racing genre as a whole (arcade and simulation).
In real life though, the best scenario for them is to knock at Turn 10/Playground Games, since Microsoft is the only one to care about the racing genre as a whole (arcade and simulation).
The biggest racing game on the market is arcade racer, it sold over 10 million copies.
That's really sad to hear.
The buzz I heard about Onrush was really positive. Finding an audience in the racing genre seems to be incredibly difficult these days, especially for arcade racers.
The buzz I heard about Onrush was really positive. Finding an audience in the racing genre seems to be incredibly difficult these days, especially for arcade racers.
1000 in UK wich is one of the biggest markets for racing games is not good
Dont know why the game bombed btw. It has arcade racing with pretty unique modes and the reviews were decent also. Not great but decent. So it should have done fine really. Not realy good but not this 1000 copies bomb. Marketing wasnt good maybe? People didnt really know what the games was?
Dont know why the game bombed btw. It has arcade racing with pretty unique modes and the reviews were decent also. Not great but decent. So it should have done fine really. Not realy good but not this 1000 copies bomb. Marketing wasnt good maybe? People didnt really know what the games was?
I don't like people losing their jobs, but I have no idea how the team managed to stay alive that long considering their output.
From Motostorm to drive club to onrush it's clear these guys don't know how to make good racing games.
From Motostorm to drive club to onrush it's clear these guys don't know how to make good racing games.
Motorstorm series was the best arcade racing series of last gen.
I wish Sony would have put them on a Forza Horizon competitor instead of Driveclub. I love Driveclub but they didn't separate it enough from Gran Turismo, certainly from a visual standpoint. A Motorstorm reboot or a new IP using Horizon's model would probably have sold quite a bit better. Although Driveclub was probably hurt by the delays and the launch issues more than anything.
Driveclub wasn't for me either but Motorstorm was fantastic. Still wonder if the guys wanted to do something different or Sony didn't see how a big budget Motorstorm reboot (pacific rift 2 if you will) would sell a ton on PS4.