User blog comment:D.Ryan/Irrational Games Disbanded! Future of BioShock Series Uncertain!/@comment-124.170.9.238-20140220033551

I remember thinking at the time that the ending of Infinite was more appropriate for the final game of the series (the whole "there's always a man, a city and a lighthouse", etc.), so maybe Ken had an inkling that this was it for him.

Normally it'd seem like 2K was putting the man above the studio, because, after all, Irrational could've existed without Ken and he still could've started his pet project, but 2K's been shutting down studios lately (Marin, Czech and now Irrational), so maybe they're doing a lot of restructuring as these publishers tend to do. There's always ebb and flow, though. When more projects come up, more studios will be set up. The people who worked at Irrational will have no difficulty finding work. A quick glance at Twitter will show several developers already recruiting them (Bethesda, Raven, United Front, etc.).