PS3's Sly Cooper Team Shut in Oculus Layoffs, Two Other Devs Closed

WOW!!! Dang. With this news, it really seems like VR is in dead water at this point unless the new Steam VR headset actually bring growth to the market

Who would have thought that VR would once again fail?

Sad but not hard to see coming.

What a shame, both Sanzaru and Armature were really good studios that languished under Facebook ownership. I own most of their Vita games, even though imperfect, I was happy to play them there.
This paints a dire picture for VR gaming if Meta's money machine can't bother to keep their premier studios open.

I feel Sanzaru did a great job with Sly, I personally really liked Sly 4. Massive shame to see them shuttered.

Everyone knows there has always been more money to be made in AR than VR, because it can be used for everything outside of entertainment, this doesn’t mean they are abandoning VR; this represents a small part of their VR capabilities. They aren’t going to just throw away their VR advantage.

Still, it is sad we will get fewer of the best games every made, but money talks, especially for a company like this.

I didn’t realise Meta owned game studios, but they’re a huge corporation so of course they would. Hopefully the talent will be snatched up by worthier hands

Jeez this is sickening news, both really talented studios and the Asgards Wrath games were both brilliant.
Big loss for Quest gamers but my sympathies for the staff and hope they find work soon (preferably in VR but wouldn't blame them for shifting to something more financially stable).

Ouch. This sucks. Say what you will about Facebook but they actually did a pretty good job making Quest one of the few success stories in VR. I guess it wasn't successful enough though sadly. A real shame. There's is some great stuff on Quest 3.

IMO Meta should of just sold Sanzaru to like Playstation that way they can continue making remaster collections and more Sly games, and sold the other ones as well

So the end is in sight for VR once again, I very much doubt Sony will touch VR again as well.

I really liked Sanzaru games during the PS3 era; was very disappointed when they were purchased by Meta. Very sad ❤️

This is exactly what happens when large corporations buy everything up and then change paths, they shut it all down regardless of talent.

Aaaahhhh, why couldn't they sell them or give them back their independence.

"We've got so much money, we don't need to try selling them, just shut them down and dust that area!" Probably what they were thinking.....

Hopefully the team stay together and create a new studio. Such a sad day.

@BeyondKnight They should have Sold both Sanzaru and Ready at Dawn to Sony instead of shutting them down.

My mum works at an opticians and they’re really trying to push these Meta glasses… in one of the most deprived parts of Glasgow.

No one wants those glasses. I have never seen anyone wearing them before.