[Bloomberg] Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings, Also Details on game pitches from Arkane & Tango before closure
- Thread starter Red Kong XIX
- Start date
Has anyone ever seen Phil Spencer and Bobby Kotick in the same room together? 🤔
Yeah this whole ABK merger is going to wreck havoc on the studios inside MS. MS was never going to just throw $80 billion at mergers for Xbox and then not take a closer look at how to make it actually worthwhile to spend it there as opposed to other places in the company etc. I feel for those inside the company as first party devs now, especially ones who are on the smaller side who got gobbled up first before the mega mergers. Double fine, obsidian and ninja theory would be my best bet for being on the rockier side of these moves going forward.
It's a fucking shame that this shit is happening and honestly it was very easy to see this was a likely outcome. These mega corps don't care about the devs, they care about the IP, once they get that they couldn't give a shit about the talent that made that IP worth what it is. This isn't a new thing either, we all know how the EA meme goes.
Fucking disgusting this shit happens after huge mergers and there's going to be no consequences to the company doing it.
It's a fucking shame that this shit is happening and honestly it was very easy to see this was a likely outcome. These mega corps don't care about the devs, they care about the IP, once they get that they couldn't give a shit about the talent that made that IP worth what it is. This isn't a new thing either, we all know how the EA meme goes.
Fucking disgusting this shit happens after huge mergers and there's going to be no consequences to the company doing it.
Didn't Ninja Theory get a swanky new office space too that clearly got a lot of money pumped into it. I am worried about them, and Double Fine. Whole situation is incredibly fucked.
It's crazy how much leeway they are given. 10 years of failures and they continue there
I just get soooooooooooooooo irritated, irrationally so by the endless consolidation cheer leaders that did end zone dances over these colossal mergers like their team just spiked the ball to win. So goddam short sighted and naive. This is the reality of this shit, people out of work.
What? You mean this thrilling tweet isn't enough?
View: https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/1788285447699046602
Ninja Theory and Double Fine are so fucking cooked man, and it's fucking so sad. Hell that Marvel deal is probably the only reason that Arkane Lyon is still in business
Oh god. New immersive from Arkane Austin? It's basically dream come true. Too bad we won't get something like this.
I think Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, Double Fine, inXile, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, 343i, Machine Games are next candidates. I expect closure of Initiative and Double Fine from Xbox. Obsidian might become a new Bethesda studio for Fallout. Machine Games can be closed if Indiana Jones flops. Not sure about Ninja Theory, Compulsion and Undead Labs but I think all of them might be closed.
I think Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, Double Fine, inXile, Compulsion Games, The Initiative, 343i, Machine Games are next candidates. I expect closure of Initiative and Double Fine from Xbox. Obsidian might become a new Bethesda studio for Fallout. Machine Games can be closed if Indiana Jones flops. Not sure about Ninja Theory, Compulsion and Undead Labs but I think all of them might be closed.
This mess won't stop, will it?
Considering the close to zero marketing Microsoft is giving Hellblade 2, I'm starting to worry about Ninja Theory too
Considering the close to zero marketing Microsoft is giving Hellblade 2, I'm starting to worry about Ninja Theory too
Once the Activision sale went through, this was inevitable. Sad to hear and just further proof consolidation at such a scale is trash. It was wild reading the acquisition thread and seeing people championing the purchase because of the proposition of more games coming to game pass.
Unfortunately I'm starting to think it's a matter of time :(
I think this was the inevitable conclusion. With 70 billion on the line, shareholders were bound to more closely scrutinize Xbox.
nah just moving so they just focus on a small handfull of big ips like cod, fallout, etc
The more information that comes out of this, the more obviously irresponsible spending hurt Xbox big time. Microsoft being rich doesn't make them immune to stockholders demanding "growth" no matter the cost.
I'm just tired.
I will not ask the obvious questions, but man, even if we are having really good games and a trilling selection of indies, the AAA industry and companies just want their profits and nothing more, because money should be infinite even if it's not logical and possible.
I will not ask the obvious questions, but man, even if we are having really good games and a trilling selection of indies, the AAA industry and companies just want their profits and nothing more, because money should be infinite even if it's not logical and possible.
yeh, like some people have been saying. The suits looked at the type of profits Activation was making and then looked at what xbox was doing and it must of been a wakeup call for them.
Phil might be the CEO, but someone else is pulling the strings now.
Less marketing budget than Mirrors Edge. At least we had billboards in Stockholm, lols.
Absolute bloodbath incoming. If you're not Nintendo, batten down the hatches.
"We could make games, but that would cost us money. We just want free money from owning Call of Duty."
