Ensemble made the Age of Empire series. Which was hugely successful. Ensemble were, however, recently shut down. Was it because they were too successful? A former employee thinks so.
https://lastchance.cc/microsoft-confirms-ensemble-closure-announces-new-de-5047485%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
With the cost of creating games so high, studios are almost forced to diversify across platforms. Aside from the financial risk of sticking to one platform or one genre, you also risk being pigeonholed in the industry.
Ensemble was kind of a victim of its own success as an RTS shop. As hard as we tried, we were never able to have one of our non-RTS prototypes greenlit, largely because we were âthe RTS guysâ.
Iâd like to sympathise, but really, Relic and Creative Assembly seem to be doing OK.
https://lastchance.cc/pc-sales-charts-the-thin-red-line-5167124%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Ensemble Studios a âvictim of its own successâ â Bonfire [GI.biz]
