Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More
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I don't see how you can honestly say people weren't cheerleading them buying Bethesda and Activision.
Sure if MS was faced with overwhelming negativity to them buying every studio which they certainly weren't. They faced a little bit with Bethesda and more to buying Activision and that is about it.
Looks like he may have been an contractor. He also worked on FFXVI and FFVII.
Yeah looks it. Plus with the game released early last year he would likely have no idea what was going on at the studio
So Mattrick ruined xbox and phil saved it when they both weren't really making the decisions?
So we shouldn't be optimistic about what both companies want? Only pessimism allowed I guess.
The ones who praise it are people who's games didn't sell and then had more people play it when it went to the services so they got to talk about how many people played it isntead of bought it or indie devs who's games would never have any marketing anyway. You never see people who had successful AAA games come to the service and say they benefited from it if they weren't owned by xbox.
If you are going to buy their first party games why give them an extra $204 a year?
What have they put out that is really a AAA level title in the last 10 years? I can't think of anything.
Edit: You talking Yakuza? again how many copies SOLD because of gamepass? Just giving a company money doesn't mean that gamepass made the game more successful it means MS paid you for it so you got safe money.
I did a quick search and I didn't find anything that painted him in a negative light, the fact that he defended someone who he doesn't want to work for at least to me shows he's mature enough to separate personal feelings from what he thinks is right.
Maybe they shouldnāt do day and date? Have like a 3 month window before they come to Gamepass?
I don't see what the companies wanted to do has to do with cheerleading. Also criticizing the cheerleading doesn't mean that Microsoft did something wrong or evil by making of the acquisitions. Lets just admit there was a lot of BS surrounding it all and people bought in because they don't view Spencer as a suit.
Layoffs and office closures happen daily in every industry. No one other than the Microsoft and Xbox executive teams have any clue what issues, reasons, or instructions from above factored into the decisions. Theorizing and endlessly posting about it is a gigantic waste of time. Companies exist to make money, and are beholden to their leadership, board, and investors. Any company that keeps a long unprofitable team open out of the goodness of their hearts are simultaneously killing their own business.
Felt that for a while. Should have been 3 months after launch from the start.
Again who here was cheerleading it?
Weāve all criticized them when itās warranted on anything, problem is all the over criticism and hate MS/XB has gotten for many years that others in the industry donāt get. The constant downplay of GP. Itās played out by this point. Of course MS hasnāt handled things well going back to XB One. PS and Nintendo also make dumb decisions that so many just make excuses or move on quickly.
More and more it seems the higher ups in MS themselves are pushing the XB division into situations weāre in now. Who the hell in their right minds would want to keep shooting themselves in the foot knowing the extra big microscope their under 24/7?
After those first couple years I agree big games/money makers shouldnāt be launching day one on GP. Maybe just give GP subscribers discounts or bonuses for buy game day one then eventually roll the game into GP the way EA does on EA Play. The running narrative that GP hasnāt grown, isnāt profitable, doesnāt help salesā¦ even though these salty haters have no info on any of this to back up their claims is hilarious.
The cuts are not done yet.
According to Jason ,this week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the companyās plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
ALOT more in the actual article.
According to Jason ,this week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the companyās plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
ALOT more in the actual article.