infinityBCRT
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No, Take-Two told him he couldn't keep the studio going as is and offered him this as the only option to keep anyone on board, but obviously he's not going to say that publicly.
They didn't mention BioShock Infinite in their recent fiscal report. It's pretty obvious it was not up to expectations sales wise and they're unwilling to keep going with Irrational's cost structure and dev lengths.
I think a better option would've been to give this team to someone who can manage a game... Obviously Fergusson bolted but they should've found someone with a similar pedigree and given them the studio and then let Levine do his own thing under a new name.