Following the shock closure of a number of Bethesda studios earlier this week, @theverge digs deeper to uncover the reasons behind these decisions, and finds "growing discontent and fear among Xbox employees about what comes next."
If this works on #SteamDeck I'll get it there. The lack of marketing is frustrating though which only feeds into my concern that Ninja Theory are in line to be shut down no matter what happens with the game #VideoGames#Xbox
#Hellblade2 is only two weeks away, and fans feel Xbox should be making more noise
“Game Pass has justified its slow degrading of the value of games by promising that it makes room for little guys to survive. We all know now, finally, that this was a lie. Is it a great value for consumers still? Probably. Has Phil Spencer’s multi-billion dollar project destroyed the gaming industry? I am comfortable calling it a contributing factor to its slow decay.”
“If Tango Gameworks, who made a Game of the Year competitor [Hi-Fi Rush] that outdid sales and Game Pass download expectations, who is funded and owned by the richest company in the world, cannot stay open – what hope in hell is there for everyone else? Capitalism has caught up with us.”
Tango Gameworks Founder Responds To Xbox Shutting Down Studio
It's another tough period for the video game industry this week with Xbox announcing the immediate closure of four teams - including its Japanese studio Tango Gameworks, responsible for Hi-Fi RUSH and multiple other IP over the years.
Microsoft shutting down a few studios today should be an eye opener for the people that are rooting for MS. It's a good reminder that it's NEVER a good thing when a massive company buys a smaller company.
Either that smaller company will slowly get worse or dissolve completely. There was a trend of people saying they should buy companies to save them and let them do their own thing, but thankfully I expect to see less of that now...
MS: "Hello Alex, my dearest friend, would you like to update the firmware of your XBOX Wireless controller?"
Alex: "Gee, thanks MS! How do I update the firmware?!"
MS: "Install Windows 11 and connect it with USB, open up the XBOX app"
Alex: "Go eff down in flames"
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