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[Dr_Ifto]

How the hell did they think this was a good idea to release this on the same day as this news? Tone deaf much?

Wow, thats just cold.

 

[IDKFA]

"Exceeded expectations" tells us absolutely nothing, other than that it sold at least one copy.

What? So their expectations were to sell no copies at all?

 

[kruis]

Damn. I thought I was the only who drank milk that way.

 

[Radical_3d]

This is still getting released? LMR hasn't mentioned anything about this in a while. Anywhere else to snag this?

As far as I know we have to wait for the limited run release.

 

[EviLore]

MS being MS

 

[NeonGhost]

How else are they going to fund all the new controllers coming out

 

[Mr Moose]

This is still getting released? LMR hasn't mentioned anything about this in a while. Anywhere else to snag this?

Checked their website and there's nothing listed.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Classic Microsoft, expand into areas they don't know and run it into the ground.

 

[fart town usa]

Kind of interesting how almost nobody vilified Take2 for closing Roll7 just last week, but ms is Satan incarnate for closing Tango. Or when Sony shuttered Deviation games recently without even letting them finish thier project.

Those saying ms bought studios to just "close half of them" are nonsensical.

This guy right here is a fucking idiot.

 

[Zheph]

Gamepass the sustainable platform allowing studios to create their true vision strikes again

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

1.) The gaming industry collapse continues. I think we are far from done.

You got to wonder is MS regrets Activision purchase.


2.) Look at MS sneak in the info when all eyes are on Nintendo and Apple.

Are we all in agreement that Phil Spencer will be out at MS by the end of 2024?

 

[dottme]

i wonder if the other studio with game close to release can fill the pressure.

 

[demigod]

Don’t worry guys, Microsoft can reverse this action just like Sony did with Helldivers 2.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Bro, I fear for studios like Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Compulsion, Double Fine now.

Not gonna lie.

I don't blame you; I do too. Hellblade II already looks like it's going to be a marginal improvement at best. Compulsion's next game already has some kickback against it because of the SBI stuff (supposedly). We know Psychonauts 2 wasn't a massive seller and that was multiplatform (tho it took a while to get physical copies out there).

If worst comes to worst, hopefully studios like those can get a Toys for Bob deal where they just go independent again, and can get funding from various sources in exchange for some marketing rights to timed exclusivity, publishing rights etc. Would be better than them getting shut down.

 

[MiguelItUp]

This has become so exhausting. Such a shame about all the studios, regardless of how you feel about them. Every month is seeing at least 500+ - 1000+ individuals laid off.

 

[mansoor1980]

Don’t worry guys, Microsoft can reverse this action just like Sony did with Helldivers 2.

 

[angelgs90]

To me, gaming as we know it is collapsing. Seriously.

Buying talent just to shut it down. This is nuts.

 

[nani17]

Bro, I fear for studios like Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Compulsion, Double Fine now.

Not gonna lie.

 

[Cyborg]

Who has receipts where Xbox fans claimed this was good for gaming?

 

[xHunter]

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Microsoft's winning strategy keeps on winning!

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Nintendo will save us...in 2025!

 

[Alebrije]

Closing Tango ? WTF are you doing MS ?

They need those resources to develop more controllers.

 

[KaiserBecks]

aw come on....get lost with your "thoughts and prayers via twitter"-crap, as if that would mean something.
Mahler is one of the few studio chefs who has so far not sold out and is doing what he thinks is right which is seriously rare nowadays.

No need for thoughts and prayers, but those who want respect, give respect.

It's not even the first time he's talked about this in exactly the same way. I hope people will stop asking him now.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

1.) The gaming industry collapse continues. I think we are far from done.

You got to wonder is MS regrets Activision purchase.


2.) Look at MS sneak in the info when all eyes are on Nintendo and Apple.

Are we all in agreement that Phil Spencer will be out at MS by the end of 2024?

Microsoft wants to be a software publisher now. Getting ABK positions them to do so.

There are still people out there thinking Xbox isn't dead or that Microsoft is really focused on Xbox as a brand.

Not sure what needs to happen for people to realize that won't be the case moving forward. Sure, they're happy to sell as many Xbox units as they can and as many GP subs as they can, but both of those things are diminishing fast.

 

[drganon]

They need those resources to develop more controllers.

 

[AV]

Tell you what, it's not a great time to have your two major hobbies be video games and music festivals.

Maybe I fast track having a kid and let both industries crumble and rebuild while I raise the little bastard.

 

[jshackles]

What happened to that old "developers developers developers developers" energy at Microsoft?

 

[Senua]

Fuck MS

 

[SkylineRKR]

They clearly purchased Bethesda for TES and perhaps ID Software and MachineGames. They trim the fat. Tango doesn't make commercially succesful games, and Mikami already left.

 

[demigod]

Greenturd lying as usual. The game flopped.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

That's one way to increase production of the Fallout franchise.

 

[ChiefDada]

 

[GHG]

S SneakersSO Isn't the same as these guys, he was the guy who broke the 3P move by Microsoft.

You're right, I mistook him for one of those avatarless alt shills.

S SneakersSO ignore that subsequent post, it wasn't directed at you.

 

[Buggy Loop]

MS being MS

Obsidian / InXile / Double Fine with small cRPG/adventure projects that typically aren't blockbusters,

This morning they must be sweating

I swear to god if they close Obsidian and InXile for doing what a cRPG studio is expected to do....

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

posted yesterday and now deleted LMAO

 

[Pelta88]

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Incredibly sad that Arkane Austin didn’t want to release Redfall. MS forced them to and still shut down the studio. Pure evil.

 

[GHG]

posted yesterday and now deleted LMAO

Who is actually in charge over there?

 

[Shadowstar39]

Are any of you surprised? All the people who were all cheer leading the "acquisitions" , I hope you are happy.

I want Xbox to thrive, but I wanted them to make their own games, and buying bethesda and activision/blizzard wasn't just corporate greed and monopolistic.
Many of us saw this coming and warned you all, but no one listened, to worried about console warring for your "side".
You should of been more concerned with how them getting Bethesday/acti would of stifled competion instead of wanting points on your side.

Truth is there is no sides, these companies don't have you in mind.

• Both Sony and MS delist digtial games, when they could pay the pocket change (to them) for licenses to old music or technology rights.
• Both Close down studios to make more profit
• Both inject woke culture to "sell to more people and attract the feministas, culties, and re-reseters on X.
• Both shut down servers far too soon.
• Both want golden goose gaas money.
• Both don't cater to gamers who have been with them since the start.
• Both Shut down game studios that actually made goog games.

Only Nintendo caters to its core audience, and pc is open platform, I guess you could say Valve and they don't cater to us either, as no half-life3, but steam is amazing.

 

[SkylineRKR]

To be honest I only recently realized Hi Fi Rush was already out for PS5. Its not being marketed at all.

Its 30% off! I bought it.

 

[graywolf323]

S SneakersSO Isn't the same as these guys, he was the guy who broke the 3P move by Microsoft.

probably was thinking of S Sneakysnake

 

[tmlDan]

No need for thoughts and prayers, but those who want respect, give respect.

It's not even the first time he's talked about this in exactly the same way. I hope people will stop asking him now.

But this one didn't make sense because Sony didn't own Deviation, they were independent just like moon was/is lol

 

[EviLore]

Obsidian / InXile / Double Fine with small cRPG/adventure projects that typically aren't blockbusters,

This morning they must be sweating

I swear to god if they close Obsidian and InXile for doing what a cRPG studio is expected to do....

They matter to us, but they’re just line items on a spreadsheet to MS.

 

[ChoosableOne]

Old joke about American management

An American Company and a Japanese Company decided to engage in a boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance levels. On the big day they felt ready. The Japanese won by a mile. The American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommend corrective action.

The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people steering.

After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the consultant firm concluded that too many people were steering and not enough were rowing on the American team.

So as race day neared again the following year, the American team's management structure was completely reorganized.

The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers, and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide a work incentive.

The next year, the Japanese won by TWO miles!!! Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

We're in a new era folks. If you don't move the needle, you aren't long for this world.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Bro, I fear for studios like Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Compulsion, Double Fine now.

Not gonna lie.

If they shut down Obsidian I swear I’m going to go ballistic.

 

[drganon]

probably was thinking of S Sneakysnake

Slimysnake's evil twin.

 

[DJ12]

Studio's that don't make money, don't produce games that make money will always be in danger, whomever owns them or if they're independent.

Microsoft are running a business and with that comes an expectation that everyone has to make good on the investment Microsoft made in them. Unfortunately these Studio's haven't delivered on their promise and Microsoft has acted. Microsoft aren't any different to any other company, they all require results.

Seems a bit bad to suggest this is OK, when the only reason these games don't make money is because the majority of people playing them have been using a workaround to get all MSs content for the last few years for a $1 a month.

It's a crock of shit, as is your rationale.

MS decided none of their studios was going to make money, so how is that a reason for them to close them down.

What they should do is ditch gamepass as a failed experiment.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Typical corpo speak from a fat fuck.