Journey studio losing key staffers - Report

Internal conflict i guess, also not enough money from such games. I hope they joins the big guys like Bioware for example

i thought Jourrney was a step forward?

Life is made of comes and goes, so is Journey. Ms. Santiago, like every person, is entitled to free will that she's using it.

Well... all the best Kellee Santiago

They've done well by us so I won't complain if Santiago and Chen now want to move on, as long as they and thatgamecompany keep doing what they have been. I lack the vocabulary to properly express how Flow, Flower and Journey have changed the way I think about games, not to mention the calming influence they have on me.

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@oajlu maybe you should visit "Steam" sometimes its digital distribution for PC Games, there are zillion indies there, and currently there are 450 titles that support Gamepad Controller (mouse/keyboard only is a thing in the past). I have iPhone but honestly playing my games on those platform is crap with small-screen! I prefer my HDTV-PC connected and yes, PC is main platform for Indies, hate it or not its happens. ;) hardcore Indies like Amnesia, Hard Reset, or upcoming Hawken & Grim Dawn is never gonna works on iOS / Android platforms.

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@KevinPlanet [quote]@jmr1986 It can't come to PC since Sony owns the rights to Journey not thatgamecompany[/quote] Yes, but Sony does publish PC titles as well, so it's not unreasonable to hope that 'Journey' might get ported to the PC.

Good luck to Kellee wherever her journey takes her :)

maybe Microsoft bought Santiago

@jmr1986 It can't come to PC since Sony owns the rights to Journey not thatgamecompany

lol @ indie games on pc. who wants to sit in front of their computer and using stupid keyboard/mouse to play a game like journey and flower. PC has the worst standard input device for indie games. ppl are not going to spend $50 on input device for a $5-15 game. The best platforms for indie games are tablet and smart phone now. They should consider to port it to iOS or android.

I hope this means Ms. Santiago will spread the spirit of the company to more places and the company itself will press forward with new visions without forgetting its roots. What Santiago and Chen said.

I'll like to see thatgamecompany stay as an indie studio (will be great to see Journey come to PC at some point), but taking in consideration the high amount of talent this developer have i can see them being a first party at Sony. Bad thing? i don't think so, if there is one company that knows how to work well with their first party studios it's Sony. I mean look at Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Media Molecule, Santa Monica... Sony seems like the kind of company that doesn't interfere on the development process of the studios they own

It's quite fantastic that thegamecompany found support in Sony and DIDN'T get buggered to create a game with making money as its focus. Instead, they made exactly what they wanted to make, an option that every developer wishes was available to them. I say better those developers go find new interesting projects to work on then end up desperate for funding and find themselves in positions like Infinity Ward with Activision. Slaves to the dollar.

I guess every journey must come to an end, but a new one begins.

@TommyT456 Journey Cloak DLC in Assassin's Creed 3 or CoD or something, if the concept of groupthink has anything to say about it

@InnerSenses LMFAO!!!!!!!!!! sorry had to.

good to see talent blossoming and moving in new directions. this can only help the industry as a whole as long as their input is given its due attention

Good news I would say, in that having someone with her kind of imagination at a bigger game studio might help drag them out of the rut they all seem to have got into and start inputting a little more vision into their game design, mirroring the originality she helped infuse at thatgamecompany. Journey was a beautiful and intoxicating masterpiece, a work of art!

I'd say it's very likely Sony will (try to) acquire thatgamecompany, considering the success of their three games and now that Sony's 3-game deal with them is finished. And... @MEDzZ3RO I completely agree. It would be much worse if thatgamecompany were picked up by, say, Activision. Else we could be playing Call of Journey: Sandy Warfare with all-new scarfstreaks.

Only mainstream games that works on Consoles.. If you guys remember GDC talks recently, Cliff Blezyinski said that indie sucked hard on Consoles, Indies should not go to those systems, they must go for PC, if Devs want to achieve something, etc, etc!! well,, Cliff Blezyinski said that, not me :P

It's still somewhat sad that she leaves. I mean RIGHT after the bomb journey was, you'd expect flowers and champagne for a long time. She will keep getting recognition but not as the 'dream team' anymore :( .... I sensed a disturbance in the force when I found out they had completed their 3 game deal with sony.

To be perfectly honest, I'd really like to see thatgamecompany move on to the PC scene. The console scene is just gonna tie them down to the mega-publishers and all their corporate political crap. But, sadly, I think $ony is planning to acquire them. Perhaps Santiago sees this too and is politely jumping ship. Really can't say I blame her. I'd bounce too.

Thatgamecompany has been operating on Sony's dime and under Sony's watch for the past few years now, so if Sony did purchase them nothing really changes at the practical level.

@Gelugon_baat I see it as a good thing personally if they did, it's certainly one of the more obscure developers alongside the likes of Media Molecule, it'd benefit Sony greatly to purchase them especially seeing as Sony let FromSoftwares Soul series fall through their fingers. Sony don't seem to interfere too much with the developers that fall under them, certainly not if you listen to interviews with Naughty Dog, Santa Monic, Media Molecule and Kojima (even though they're almost certainly multiplatform now) over the years. Sony seem the most "open" of all three major console companies.

Sad to see her leave but whatever path she takes, I respect her choice. Thank you for co-founding one of the best development studios this generation and bringing us three of the most memorable games I'll ever play.