This category contains defunct computer and video game companies. Video game developers and publishers work in a volatile market with demanding customers and slim profit margins. As a result, many spring up and go out of business quickly.
Mar 12, 2017 Can You Play Games on a Mac? Macs are made of the same components as any other PC. They’re just an Intel x86 computer in a fancier case with a different operating system. This means there’s no real hardware barrier to gaming on a Mac. It’s not like a PC has some magic video game component that your Mac lacks. Jun 12, 2019 For Epic's part, they benefit by forcing people who want to play the given game to do so through their store exclusively. This is viewed as “dirty” on the part of Epic, and the game studios who have engaged in this kind of deal have also faced some outlash - in some cases in direct opposition with their own previous statement and promises.
Some of the companies on this list have been purchased by larger companies, and their brand names and legacy games continue to be used, but the development and publishing operations of the original company itself no longer continue. For example, see Sierra Entertainment, Broderbund, and Eidos Interactive.
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This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
- ►Video game companies by year of disestablishment (36 C)
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- ►Defunct video game companies of the United States (6 C, 40 P)
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