In an article at Spong, Crossbeam Studios’ CEO, Greg Szemiot, says that the studio won’t be making it to the Wii this generation.  Szemiot said, in commentary on the subject, “CSE has had many problems throughout the years. We were naive and perhaps arrogant, ‘riding the wave of publicity,’ as he puts it. We take our projects very seriously but we made many mistakes.  The biggest mistake was not taking the business side seriously for many years. As CEO, the fault lies squarely with me. I put the game ideas first and said ‘I’ll take care of the business stuff later.’ We also then announced projects that were merely ideas or designs at the time.”

The company is experiencing a “slow rebirth”, with various staff members heading back to begin work on a PC project. Szemiot said “It is a small project, and we’re not even going to officially announce any details until the game is at least 50% done.  I just hope it does work out for us on this project so someday we can deliver on our promises for Orb and Thorn.”

Well, good luck Crossbeam Studios, we wish you a steadfast pickup on your business.  It’s not every day, especially in today’s economy, that a CEO will stand up and say “hey, guys, my fault.”