Payday 3 developer Starbreeze has eliminated its CEO following the sport’s lackluster launch and poor gross sales. In a discover to buyers, the corporate introduced that its board member Juergen Goeldner will quickly change ousted CEO Tobias Sjögren till a everlasting appointment is made. Goeldner beforehand led Focus House Interactive.
Payday 3 gross sales failed to fulfill expectations
Regardless of launching day-one on Xbox Recreation Move alongside the PS5 and PC, Payday 3 failed to draw sufficient gamers and subsequently bombed commercially. Two months after its launch in September 2023, Starbreeze introduced that Payday 3 failed to fulfill expectations.
“The corporate has a transparent technique centered round creating engaging video games on our personal and licensed IPs,” reads a notice to buyers. “The board’s consolidated evaluation is that the execution of technique wants a special management. Juergen Goeldner has been a part of the board since 2023 and, with over 40 years of trade expertise, is a powerful interim resolution.”
Sjögren had been main Starbreeze for 3 years on the time of his ousting, with the board acknowledging that he had been thrown right into a difficult function. “Tobias took over the helm of Starbreeze in a difficult section of its journey and we want him nicely in his future endeavors,” the corporate mentioned.
