Saber Interactive CEO says Saints Row team didn't know what they were doing

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Saber Interactive CEO says Saints Row team didn't know what they were doing

Back in August 2022, Volition released the Saints Row reboot, which unfortunately failed to live up to expectations. A year later, Embracer made the decision to close the studio.

In an interview with Game File, Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch reflects on this failure. At the time, Volition and Saber were collaborating within Embracer. Karch didn't mince words about the team responsible for the last Saint Row.

According to him, this same team "was too expensive for what it really was". "They didn't know what they were doing. They had no real direction. It wasn't sustainable", added the Saber Interactive boss. According to him, no publisher would have wanted to finance another project after the catastrophic release of the reboot.

"The days of throwing money at games other than GTA are over [...] The industry needs to mature. If it doesn't, it will be in trouble [...] Unfortunately, that means layoffs."

Source: gamefile.news

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