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Microsoft Game Stack pulling out of GDC. Will have live streams and on-demand videos instead
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Pretty much. Comparisons to the flu, culture of fear, etc etc.
Miss me with that shit.
good, safety and health of people is more important than games.
GDC is probably getting cancelled.
GDC is probably getting cancelled.
The virus has popped up in multiple countries with no obvious connection to a known infection. In other words, its out there and not contained, or even tracked. At this point holding a large public event is just moronic.
Agreed. They're looking like fools right now. They should have been banned for some of those ridiculous comments and the conspiracies that were thrown Around as well.
It's a matter of time till GDC gets cancelled and it was obvious all along. Actually, I'm shocked that some companies are so slow at cancelling their presence.
The financial hit some of those companies will be taking. Ouch.
Health priority overall, but I'm sure some financial team are crying at the millions/hundreds of thousands lost.
I know my wife's company just pulled out and they lost around 75k out of it. And they basically have one of the smaller booth
Health priority overall, but I'm sure some financial team are crying at the millions/hundreds of thousands lost.
I know my wife's company just pulled out and they lost around 75k out of it. And they basically have one of the smaller booth
I dunno, they might just have an empty conference just so they don't have to refund any tickets.
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They were tryhard concern trolls to begin with, but yeah they aged as badly as stale milk.
it costs a shit ton of money to run, dunno where the IDGA is at financially to take that kind of hit or if contractually its possible with all the vendors they've hired.
Not sure about that, I think it's one initiative within MS. As of right now, Microsoft Game Studios speakers are still on the GDC schedule. But I would say it's rather up in the air now.
I was under the impression it's just one service under MS and not the whole Xbox division. If this means the entire division is pulling out then shit GDC is really in big trouble.
Nah, MS just didn't want to embarrass Sony with their weak ass specs for the PS5 so they pulled out to help them out.
"In light of this, we plan to move our presence to a digital-only event March 16-18th held on www.microsoft.com/gamestack. This event will feature the majority of our planned game developer sessions and experiences, which will be streamed live and available on demand."
Isn't it the same info in streaming form?
It's making fun of the people in the Sony thread where they announced they backed out
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Still not sure why Sony couldn't have done what MS are doing though, live stream etc.
Ah yes, every other city in the world is famous for making mugging illegal, except San Francisco
We still don't know Sony's plans. Maybe there's a State of Play in March, or the PS5 reveal.
I would love if Naughty Dog does a livestream for TLOU2 though.
I thought it was just Sony. Oh, what happened, guys? Thought it was unnecessary. Let's see if the reactions to this are the same as Sony pulling out. Seriously, your dumb video games were never more important than public health.
I believe Game Stack encompasses the entire developer-facing Microsoft world, so at GDC it was going to fully represent MS and Xbox. In fact, they mention speeches by "the creators of Minecraft and Gears of War, and hear from Xbox Game Studios teams Double Fine, inXile, Compulsion, Rare, Obsidian, and Undead Labs".
Those reactions were an exaggerated dramatization, but Sony just canceled their panels while Microsoft didn't cancel anything. They moved them online.
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