Exec says the Saints Row Studio is too expensive.

Saints' Walk Studio Will Closed in 2023 after 30 yearsleading many people to wonder about the future of the open world crime franchise. The fate of the franchise is not yet known, but Saber Interactive founder Matthew Karch shares some of the background of the series. In short, he said developers are too expensive to maintain.

“The Saints disappeared. They're too expensive for themselves,” Karch Tell Stephen Totiloas reported GamesRadar. “They don't know what they're building. They don't have any real direction. It can't last. So, after that disaster, who will fund the next game?”

The latest Saints Game is restarted in 2022. The game was not doing well at launch, but Embracer's CEO said he was The game with confidence will make money and become the “starting point” of the series.

Responding to the end of will, Karch said, “It’s a good job in an ideal world.” However, games with a “nine-digit budget” bring in eight-digit revenue figures, which can be unsustainable. “This is doomed to a lot of developers,” Karch explained.

“The days of throwing money in the game are over, except for the GTAs in the world,” he added. “It's over. This business needs to be mature. If not, the whole business is in trouble. Unfortunately, it means layoffs.”

Before that, Karch said No expensive video games are needed and the industry is unemployed. “I think it's the age of $200 million, $300 million, $400 million AAA games. I think it's not needed. I think it's not appropriate. $23 million private jet.

In 2023, Karch's beacon interaction Certain assets were purchased from Saber's parent company Embracer, which was part of a divestiture from Embracer's business in Russia. It was at this time that Karch and Embracer officially separated the way, and Beacon effectively purchased Saber from Embracer.

The Saints Row series lives in the shadow of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto, a larger and compelling open-world crime series. The next entry is 2025 GTA 6.