Surprising – All of Troika’s games returned a profit, company closed due to developing niche games

DSOGaming writes: "Much like Obsidian, Troika was a really talented team. Unfortunately though, its games suffered from a lot of bugs that were not fixed/addressed before their time of release. And although a lot of people think that Vampire: Bloodlines was a financial failure, Troika’s Timothy Cain revealed that all of Troika’s games returned a profit and that the company closed because it was developing games for niche markets."

[mynameisEvil]

Vampire: Bloodlines was a niche market? Arcanum was a game for a niche market? What about ToEE?

I don't know about you, but those seemed like large, established markets to me. Arcanum and ToEE were isometric RPGs in the vein of Baldur's Gate or Fallout... Vampire Bloodlines was a first/third-person RPG in the vein of... other F/TP RPGs...

Hmm...

[PiccoloGR]

Even Baldur's Gate can be considered a niche game. ArmA is too, as were Splinter Cell (well, when it was a stealth game), Thief and Hitman. Yes, it sucks we're not getting this type of games, but that's the truth :/

[john2]

That sucks indeed :/

[Saryk]

I own some of their games. But it was classy to offer their employees some type of severance and continue their insurance. Way to think ahead. They all will find jobs……

[BlackIceJoe]

Well this is great news that they made money. I do wish you could buy them on Steam though.