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"Leadership is spinning too many plates" Why the hell did you buy so many plates then?
Xbox buying bethesda and not forcing them to immediately start full on development on ES6 and fallout 5 is bungie levels of moronic management.
“Permission to seek new work” What a wild sentence.
Bow-Wow Battle is entirely undisclosed AI assets btw. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that since it's showcased at the end.
Man that Roblox fact is mind blowing and a little depressing.
TLDW: everyone is getting laid off, no new games
Look all im going to say is following up Hellblade 2, a game that did not sell particularly well, with another Hellblade game was definitely a choice.
“Given permission to seek new work”. God how degrading is it to work in a labor market where workers’ rights are so crap that you aren’t even allowed to interview until the company gives you permission.
"we have no game to sell our console" Xbox : "LETS CLOSE SOME STUDIOS"
400 million dollars for a Gears of War game…. even Sony’s flagship titles like Spider Man 2 and GoW Ragnarok have trouble making a profit with the insane budgets nowadays, who the fuck thought that Gears was worth that investment, I would be wary of that budget even if it was something like Halo, do they just want to fail?
Adding time stamps would be really nice
It wouldn’t be Xbox if they didn’t take 50 steps backwards for every step forward they take
“Very premium very high end” “Very expensive very not going to buy”
Firstly, it’s sad that people are losing their jobs - I feel particularly bad for devs who aren’t in positions where poor decisions are being made. But let’s be realistic. This industry has become so inefficient, particularly the studios mentioned for Xbox and others like them across the industry in general. You just cannot operate studios with big teams, in cities that have high costs-of-living, and take years to release niche games which lack market appeal. Games are a form of art, but you are not entitled to exist just because you want to. Money is king at the end of the day, and if you’re not making any, the axe will find you eventually.
"Most Talented" and every game theyve made since Xbox aquired them did TERRIBLE.
I dont understand why they have to gut all the creative indie studios when 343 has been ruining their flagship franchise halo for over a decade
Bro, we are talking about a company that has leadership with names like «Ball» and «Booty». What are we even expecting
"I would love for Marathon to be successful." Could've fooled me, lmao.
On the one hand, this is messed up and it sucks that so many people are losing their jobs. On the other hand, it’s clear that Asha Sharma is trying to right the ship and taking drastic measures to make Xbox a competitor again. It has been nearly 10 years since ES6 was announced and we’ve heard NOTHING from it. That is a sign of serious mismanagement and some people need to be axed for that to change.
Look man, I'm playing D2 right now, but the ONLY reason I'm doing that is because I finally know my gear isn't getting wiped for another new gear system, vaulted for bullshit reasons, or made pointless by power creep. The infinite grind is over. I can just enjoy the game. If Sony picks it back up and decides to continue it, I'm gone tomorrow. I'm so tired of Bungie's bullshit, and EoS guaranteeing that bullshit is over is the only reason I'm playing.