Mister Wolf
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Sink or swim industry.
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More XBox layoffs incoming
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Sorcerer
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I wonder if Phil Spencer looks at himself in the mirror Travis Bickle style and says:
"You talking to me? You talking to me?
In the end--I've said over and over--I have to run a sustainable business inside the company and [help it] grow, and that means sometimes I have to make hard decisions that, frankly, are not decisions I love, but decisions that somebody needs to go make,"
Proceeds to shoot the tv.
"You talking to me? You talking to me?
In the end--I've said over and over--I have to run a sustainable business inside the company and [help it] grow, and that means sometimes I have to make hard decisions that, frankly, are not decisions I love, but decisions that somebody needs to go make,"
Proceeds to shoot the tv.
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STARSBarry
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GHG
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MasterCornholio
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Why yes that's what I meant. Not all of us think this way and hopefully others understand that.
nush
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Dr.Morris79
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They do, it's become so apparent at this point it's beyond parody. It's pure activism that serves no benefit, for anyone.
It's just detrimental for everyone.
MasterCornholio
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Oh I know. I don't have friends that are extremists. I really can't stand those people because they act like we should have more rights than regular people. I personally believe that we just need to be treated the same and that's it.
OverHeat
« generous god »
I mean they did just fire one so...
Shifty1897
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They never were the answer.
Moridianae
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Why would anyone consider a buyout by Microsoft at this juncture?
That's not to say Sony hasn't done their share, but for Xbox it's seemingly every other month these days.
That's not to say Sony hasn't done their share, but for Xbox it's seemingly every other month these days.
Yeah alrighty then.
alphachino
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Embrace, Xtend, Xtinguish.
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GymWolf
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I mean...dudes without pronouns in bio probably don't care? Why enforcing this stupid shit on them?Its pretty much a corpo mandate to put pronouns in bios for easy identification......you dont want to accidentally say She when the person identifies as a He or They or whatever (its effectively getting in before the problem, misgendering someone even on Twitter can cause so much unnecessary backlash that its easier to just know what the person wants to be called and keep it at that)
As for controlling colored hair..........mate, that crazier than the people on team woke who you think are trying to thought police you.
We'd also be losing one of the baddest baddies in GameDev who always colors her hair.
@Thick Thighs Save Lives should be proud.
You can reverse image search if you want to find her.
If you read a pronoun you use that but if you don't read anything just trust the name\pic of the dude\chick to know the gender.
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Calverz
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It’s ok Sony bro. Just wait for e3.
DenchDeckard
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Its pretty much a corpo mandate to put pronouns in bios for easy identification......you dont want to accidentally say She when the person identifies as a He or They or whatever (its effectively getting in before the problem, misgendering someone even on Twitter can cause so much unnecessary backlash that its easier to just know what the person wants to be called and keep it at that)
As for controlling colored hair..........mate, that crazier than the people on team woke who you think are trying to thought police you.
We'd also be losing one of the baddest baddies in GameDev who always colors her hair.
@Thick Thighs Save Lives should be proud.
You can reverse image search if you want to find her.
Why doesnt this person have a head?
Buggy Loop
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Was about to say
These studios are probably filled with demanding purple hair devs who « work » at home. Firing peoples is natural after so many buyouts. They identify the key leaders and devs to make a game work and the others are just dead weights.
Umm because the people at the top get paid and could care less about anyone else most of the time.
Badlucktroll
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Maddoxswe
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I don't see how that can be funny ?
Draugoth
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Because it's only a single person, but Tom is saying like it will be another thousand people, doesnt seem to be the case
Mr Moose
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Might be related, not sure.
lol do you think the people raking in the buyout money, and the ones losing their livelihoods are intersecting sets in any way?
StueyDuck
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When being bought out, it's not always clear what the parent company has in mind for the product/service.
I currently have a close friend who is the CCO of their company and after being bought out the director of the parent company has told them to axe most their staff down to like 20 people from a company of just over 100.
This has put him and the CEO in a shitty position and it's affecting him mentally since he doesn't want to just kick 80 to the curb.
Portugeezer
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We need a NeoGAF Layoff of the Year 2024 award at the end of this year.
Gojiira
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Not defending those titles, but erm Xbox have gone all gen without a single excellent game so a few terrible PS5 games dont outweigh all the good one…Typical cope responses though…
Glass houses and all that jazz....
FalsettoVibe
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Glass houses and all that jazz....
Reach? One game that was actually a failure and two that can't be properly judged since they have not released....
You tried. lol
In all fairness though the person you replied to was trolling as well.
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Draugoth
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It is i checked, it's corpo shuffling. Microsoft fiscal year ended June 30, and they laid off thousands from Azure.
She probably wotked there, Xbox Games Studios seem unnafected
Jaybe
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She probably worked on these DEI initiatives since she’s got Xbox’s “Gaming for Everyone” shirt on, and that’s the name of the program:
Product Inclusion
Accomplishing big things starts with one step - the opening of a single door. What door will YOU open today?
developer.microsoft.com
Product Inclusion - Representation
Create a product experience where customers feel they belong.
developer.microsoft.com
Create a product experience where customers feel they belong.
What this means:
We create product experiences with respectful expression.
- Respectful expression shows up in multiple facets of our work including:
- Creators - Ensuring we partner with and support a diverse community of content creators.
- Content - Ensuring our content tells stories that resonate with our diverse player base in-game, and in our marketing.
- Players - Ensuring our players feel seen and connected to meaningful experiences.
- We bring to life people and cultures within our products, from many diverse perspectives, recognizing that there is not a single portrayal of a person that could represent an entire community or culture.
Source: 2022 Google PC & Console Insights Report
Getting Started with Representation
How can you help customers feel belonging in your product experience?
Questions to Consider
- What steps have you taken to ensure characters are represented respectfully and authentically?
- Are you telling new stories or sharing new perspectives within the product experience?
- How have you validated assumptions you have made about your audience to check for blind spots or unintended stereotypes?
- Would you feel proud to show a member of a community how their culture/character is depicted within your experience?
- How are the wide range of customers depicted within your products and communications?
- Do all of your characters/player depictions look the same?
- What process have you used to validate how different groups of people or cultures are represented in your experience?
- Do you have a process to review key decisions with the lens of respectful expression?
Metrics: Measuring Progress
The metrics below are meant to help jumpstart thinking about how a team might measure inclusion for Representation. Think of it as an example and go beyond it to find the metrics that work best for your project. Engage Data Science and User Research teams to see what data is available to you. If the data you need doesn’t exist yet, it’s a prime opportunity to start tracking it and understand how to open a door to Representation!- Demographic User Data: Breakdown of the product user base by demographic factors. Essential for understanding if the product resonates with a diverse audience.
- Community Engagement: Participation rates of underrepresented communities in forums, beta tests, or co-creation initiatives. Active engagement suggests that co-creation efforts are effective, leading to a sense of belonging among participants.
- Sentiment Analysis by Demographics: Analysis of user sentiment segmented by different demographic groups. Helps identify if certain groups have less positive experiences.
- Inclusive Content Ratio: The proportion of content featuring or catering to underrepresented groups. Measures the extent of representation in the product's content.
The Xbox Store multicultural collections help players find content that’s meaningful to them.
Xbox Publishing Partnership with GLAAD
Xbox Publishing has a ongoing partnership with GLAAD to bring more LGBTQIA+ stories to our players.
And under: “Help Customers Feel Seen”:
Create & surface content that depicts diverse characters, stories and creators
- Create playable characters that reflect the broader population. Review how identities represented on screen (gender identities, races, sexual orientations, ability status, ages, and body sizes) match up to the broader population. Make sure that characters are not tokenized or stereotyped based on their identities.
- Review how identities represented in your product such as gender, race, sexuality, nationality, cultural, ability, age, and size compare to the broader global player population. Be intentional about which identities are present and highlighted according to what’s right for your product and market.
- Make sure that characters are not tokenized or stereotyped based on their identities. No person or character can be a monolith to represent all people with that identity.
- Practice inclusive casting for any talent required to bring representation to life in your product.
- Validate your execution for your Inclusive Listening Systems (consultants/advisory councils, user research).
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TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Right!
It's like saying you have a PhD in My Little Pony. It's of no value to anyone not working as a DEI consultant.
Mister Wolf
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Just leeches siphoning money. Makes sense they are getting canned when it's time to tighten the belt.
Roxkis_ii
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- Court Ms into buying your studio.
- Let MS fire all the employees.
- Rehire them back under a new studio created using ms money
- Profit
digoutyoursoul
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Microsoft have made the brand boring in my opinion. I’m thankful for that showcase because more often than not , the talk is either how you play or where you play rather than what you play.
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