Arkane Austins last game was Redfall which had horrendous ratings and sales…
morgoth834
Those poor people working at Ninja Theory. They have to know they’re next on the chopping block.
Fantastic-Acadia-809
Oh, those Xbox Devs must be wiping their brows with all the pressure on them. It’s like a sauna in there with all the coding going on.
SunNext7500
This has been a thing since…. *checks calendar* …1977. You’re late to the party.
Iggy_Slayer
I’m still upset at how many people including media were cheerleading these buyouts too. This kind of nonsense has never worked out well in the gaming industry. Fellow old timers will remember the EA purges of the 90s and early 2000s.
Waxenberg
Should be good ol Phil sweating bullets. He needs to go
Real-Variation-8681
I feel like Indiana Jones is gonna be the next Starfield type game if I’m being honest.
I can already see the 2 hour long YouTube retrospectives, and the soy facing reaction commentary channels digging into it. I see that shit vividly.
justjoshinaround
I literally can’t put into words just how butthurt I am that a potential Dishonored 3 just got canned.
LynxFantastic249
It’s my IP to sit on and do nothing with!
Neinwromp
dont make a shit game like hifi rush lol i knew it was a flop from the cover art. dishonnored devs got shafted but they shoulda made dishonnored 3 not the game with 60 player peak.
Artistic_Soft4625
Microsoft bought studios (more expensive), while sony bought rights to the game when the devs needed money (less expensive)
Now microsoft needs to recover the cost and game pass wont give more revenue than it already does since the games released will be free on game pass. So they sell games to other platforms including playstation
But if that is not enough to curb the cost, then close some studios and spread the devs to other developing games that (they think) has the potential to earn money, perhaps release the games earlier
Thats my take on all of this.
Toma-toe
If you work in gaming in general. Morale is so fucking low in the gaming industry atm.
DriftMantis
These morons could have just made elder scrolls, fallout, gears, dishonored, a competent halo game, whatever. Instead x box people got nothing.
Something deeply wrong with microsoft’s leadership. They just cant figure out how to make a ship-able product, which indicates top down failure.
BlOoDy_PsYcHo666
Morale must be incredibly low across the board, Tango did amazing and got axed, and Arkane had 1 slip up due to stupid management and got axed. Like damn why would anybody wanna work on anything for Xbox anymore.
Wesus
I’m not at all surprised about the redfall studio, but high fi rush did well from what I remember, that was a huge surprise
SomethingIntheWayyy0
Have you seen the latest leaks from insiders? Apparently they’re debating wether to make call of duty game pass day one. That is crazy. Can you imagine if after all the excuses from people who were pro activision buyout they don’t even get call of duty on gamepass.
ErrorNotListed
How does Xbox studios even make money? They give all their games away for free with game pass
Revulcanize_my_tires
Microsoft: “Now it’s time for the easiest part of any owner’s job. The cuts. Although I wasn’t able to cut everyone I wanted to, I have cut a lot of you. Roundhouse is cut. Alpha is cut. Tango, you’re gone. Arkane, I like your hustle…that’s why it was so hard to cut you. Congratulations, the rest of you made the team!
Except you, you, and you.”
NikoliVolkoff
anyone working for a game studio under MS should be updating their resume’s and looking for work elsewhere now. just to get ahead of the next round.
richardj195
I can’t imagine there would be too much investment in Xbox titles now. It’s been a dumpster fire for looong time. Given that it gets outsold by PS4 by about 3:1 it’s managed to turn itself (ironically) into the Betamax of the gaming industry.
Lz537
I don’t think a single game dev Is felling safe rn.
unsub_from_default
I’d care more, but they’re the ones that agreed to be purchased by Microsoft so lol?
munk_70
No there not really
LaserGadgets
Its easy…..don’t sell your soul and business to a greedy corpo?? I mean, you have to take their money and then they own you?!
Aobz18
Wait whats going on someone please anyone
Wooden-Demand9965
double fine…
waterstormy275
Microsoft’s acquisition strategy is definitely a gamble. Here’s hoping the devs don’t bear the brunt of it
Project-purity
Man I just want games to be like they were back in the reach blops2 era
Spider_Dude19
“We need to force microtransactions to keep our jobs! It’s the only way!”
Superman_720
I’ve been saying it for a while. If Phill Spencer is really a gamer he needs to put his foot down and manage these studios, get shit cooking people want. Not sit there in your office all day working on your PR speak when another studio goes down. Dude has gold! Great ips and just letting their companies work on shit no one asked for. Yeah I’m sure there may be a diamond in the rough but that’s like 1 in 100 of 1000.
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Arkane Austins last game was Redfall which had horrendous ratings and sales…
Those poor people working at Ninja Theory. They have to know they’re next on the chopping block.
Oh, those Xbox Devs must be wiping their brows with all the pressure on them. It’s like a sauna in there with all the coding going on.
This has been a thing since…. *checks calendar* …1977. You’re late to the party.
I’m still upset at how many people including media were cheerleading these buyouts too. This kind of nonsense has never worked out well in the gaming industry. Fellow old timers will remember the EA purges of the 90s and early 2000s.
Should be good ol Phil sweating bullets. He needs to go
I feel like Indiana Jones is gonna be the next Starfield type game if I’m being honest.
I can already see the 2 hour long YouTube retrospectives, and the soy facing reaction commentary channels digging into it. I see that shit vividly.
I literally can’t put into words just how butthurt I am that a potential Dishonored 3 just got canned.
It’s my IP to sit on and do nothing with!
dont make a shit game like hifi rush lol i knew it was a flop from the cover art. dishonnored devs got shafted but they shoulda made dishonnored 3 not the game with 60 player peak.
Microsoft bought studios (more expensive), while sony bought rights to the game when the devs needed money (less expensive)
Now microsoft needs to recover the cost and game pass wont give more revenue than it already does since the games released will be free on game pass. So they sell games to other platforms including playstation
But if that is not enough to curb the cost, then close some studios and spread the devs to other developing games that (they think) has the potential to earn money, perhaps release the games earlier
Thats my take on all of this.
If you work in gaming in general. Morale is so fucking low in the gaming industry atm.
These morons could have just made elder scrolls, fallout, gears, dishonored, a competent halo game, whatever. Instead x box people got nothing.
Something deeply wrong with microsoft’s leadership. They just cant figure out how to make a ship-able product, which indicates top down failure.
Morale must be incredibly low across the board, Tango did amazing and got axed, and Arkane had 1 slip up due to stupid management and got axed. Like damn why would anybody wanna work on anything for Xbox anymore.
I’m not at all surprised about the redfall studio, but high fi rush did well from what I remember, that was a huge surprise
Have you seen the latest leaks from insiders? Apparently they’re debating wether to make call of duty game pass day one. That is crazy. Can you imagine if after all the excuses from people who were pro activision buyout they don’t even get call of duty on gamepass.
How does Xbox studios even make money? They give all their games away for free with game pass
Microsoft: “Now it’s time for the easiest part of any owner’s job. The cuts. Although I wasn’t able to cut everyone I wanted to, I have cut a lot of you. Roundhouse is cut. Alpha is cut. Tango, you’re gone. Arkane, I like your hustle…that’s why it was so hard to cut you. Congratulations, the rest of you made the team!
Except you, you, and you.”
anyone working for a game studio under MS should be updating their resume’s and looking for work elsewhere now. just to get ahead of the next round.
I can’t imagine there would be too much investment in Xbox titles now. It’s been a dumpster fire for looong time. Given that it gets outsold by PS4 by about 3:1 it’s managed to turn itself (ironically) into the Betamax of the gaming industry.
I don’t think a single game dev Is felling safe rn.
I’d care more, but they’re the ones that agreed to be purchased by Microsoft so lol?
No there not really
Its easy…..don’t sell your soul and business to a greedy corpo?? I mean, you have to take their money and then they own you?!
Wait whats going on someone please anyone
double fine…
Microsoft’s acquisition strategy is definitely a gamble. Here’s hoping the devs don’t bear the brunt of it
Man I just want games to be like they were back in the reach blops2 era
“We need to force microtransactions to keep our jobs! It’s the only way!”
I’ve been saying it for a while. If Phill Spencer is really a gamer he needs to put his foot down and manage these studios, get shit cooking people want. Not sit there in your office all day working on your PR speak when another studio goes down. Dude has gold! Great ips and just letting their companies work on shit no one asked for. Yeah I’m sure there may be a diamond in the rough but that’s like 1 in 100 of 1000.