Though it does totally suck - how could you not see this coming? Both PotC and Turok2 had tons of money dumped into them only to be canceled...Hopefully everyone lands on their feet and all that jazz.
I dunno... if its Disney doing the studio shuffle then they're more likely to pull a Junction Point and start off fairly big by installing some pretty talented people with an eye at growing the studio pretty quickly as the project takes off. It will probably be smaller at first, but it won't be your typical indie start up…
Why blame the suits at Disney? When it's the customers (or lack thereof) that speak with their wallets. The Toy Story 3 game cost a TON to make, and had over 80% on Metacritic, and was by all means considered a HUGE critical success.... and the sales have been a bit of a flop. Huge open world sandbox game with a high…