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[sonycowboy]

The video-game developer has managed to retain some of its rebel spirit -- even after being acquired by Microsoft ...

Two page article:
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2004/sb20041223_1735_sb038.htm

 

[Duckhuntdog]

I hear the rebel feeling is slowly being crushed by MS. That and people are leaving.

 

[Do The Mario]

I hear the rebel feeling is slowly being crushed by MS. That and people are leaving.

Can you even hear???

 

[bitwise]

I hear the rebel feeling is slowly being crushed by MS. That and people are leaving.

Hear from whom?

I'm sure people are leaving. They do in every single other company in the world, why would Bungie be different? people move on to new opportunities.

 

[Duckhuntdog]

From people at Bungie of course.

Seropian- gone
Chu- gone

All the guys that played the roll of the buffer between Bungie and MS either left or were canned.

What you don't think the power of the GAF reaches inside companies?

It should be fairly obvious that MS is trimming down to basically TWO first-party studios:
Bungie and Rare.

There is barely 20 people at FASA.

 

[Do The Mario]

It should be fairly obvious that MS is trimming down to basically TWO first-party studios:
Bungie and Rare..

Who is Rare?

 

[Duckhuntdog]

Who is Rare?

I ask myself the same question.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

There is barely 20 people at FASA.

For shame. Does this mean no Shadowrun?

 

[Redbeard]

It should be fairly obvious that MS is trimming down to basically TWO first-party studios:
Bungie and Rare.

What about the Forza team? Surely MS sees Forza as a long-term franchise. And isn't Day 1 a first party? And Digital Anvil?

 

[Mrbob]

Still, there were, and continue to be, culture clashes. "We felt it was our right to speak our minds, especially if our minds were unhappy," Soell says. Veterans rejected corporate paperwork -- things like self-assessments and goal-setting. "I think the first goal I wrote this year was 'Don't die,'" says Marty O'Donnell, the chief sound designer. "We feel like saying, 'We're not you guys, don't make us do your weird things.'"

:lol :lol

Pretty good read.

 

[LukeSmith]

Good read, thanks for the link Sonycowboy.
I wonder if the message from Seropian's wideload site that's included at the end of the piece is more of a dig at Microsoft or Bungie, though. Article makes it sound like it could go either way.

"We're going...to reach out to everyone who thinks the best games are the ones made by a small group of oddballs, without interference from money-grubbing suits or marketing bozos," it reads. "If you want formula, go suck on a bottle."

 

[open_mouth_]

Good read, thanks for the link Sonycowboy.
I wonder if the message from Seropian's wideload site that's included at the end of the piece is more of a dig at Microsoft or Bungie, though. Article makes it sound like it could go either way.

He's probably referring to the EA's of the world. They are bringing their new game exclusively to the Xbox, so I'm sure there aren't many or any hard feelings towards Microsoft.

 

[Duckhuntdog]

For shame. Does this mean no Shadowrun?

Ah, the on again, off again, on again, off again Shadowrun.

 

[SKluck]

I've never heard of any company that doesn't like working with MS or that has had a bad experience with them.

 

[monkeyrun]

I've never heard of any company that doesn't like working with MS or that has had a bad experience with them.

hmmm .. IBM .... Symantec ... Nvidia ...

 

[SKluck]

hmmm .. IBM .... Symantec ... Nvidia ...

I meant as a developer/publisher relationship... as this is the topic at hand.

 

[dark10x]

hmmm .. IBM .... Symantec ... Nvidia ...

...but hey, it's still much better than working for EA!

 

[Legal Step]

"If you talk about dollars and cents, Halo 2 has basically kept the Microsoft [game] publishing business near profitability,"

As opposed to being completely unprofitable and big waste of shareholders time.

 

[jedimike]

I've never heard of any company that doesn't like working with MS or that has had a bad experience with them.

MS is the #2 ranked publisher, mainly because of their attitude and relationships with developers.

The report also finds that Microsoft has an excellent reputation with its developers, especially when it comes to the company's producers and its reliability with commitments.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/553/553048p1.html


1. Electronic Arts
2. Microsoft Game Studios
3. Sony Computer Entertainment
4. THQ
5. Ubisoft
6. Eidos
7. Activision
8. Take-Two
9. Atari
10. Nintendo
11. Vivendi
12. Codemasters
13. Acclaim
14. SEGA
15. Konami
16. Square Enix
17. Midway Games
18. Koei
19. Empire Interactive
20. Namco