South of Midnight Director Says Xbox Funding Was Unsustainable

David Sears, co-director of South of Midnight at Compulsion Games, said he probably would not have funded the game if he had been in Xbox’s position as publisher.

In an interview with Ben Hansson of MinnMax, Sears described Xbox’s funding as “limitless” and said, in hindsight, that approach was unsustainable. The comments point to his concerns about the scale of funding available to the game, though the source summary does not provide specific budget figures or further detail on those concerns.

Sears has more than 30 years of experience in the games industry. His past work includes the SOCOM franchise, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Compulsion Games’ earlier title We Happy Few. South of Midnight was co-directed by Sears and Jasmin Roy.