Perfect Dark Cancelled, The Initiative Shut Down
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nial
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It's quite literally insane, those people are the only reason Microsoft is even bothering with making that dumb, $1000 console/PC hybrid system.
TVexperto
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Topher
Identifies as young
He's the teflon CEO
Chukhopops
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Kacho
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There's definitely something to that. I remember when being metrosexual was kinda cool back in 2007. Little did we know it would turn a generation of dudes into a bunch of pussies.
That Damn Kid
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DaleinCalgary
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California is going to a $30 min wage so MS said screw it.
Ps…I don't know where those studios are
Ps…I don't know where those studios are
ILHASS
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If Spencer has even the slightest clue what kind of games gamers and MS fans want to see he would just never have greenlit those games in the first place
graywolf323
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seriously, after the past 10+ years, how the fuck are Spencer and Booty still employed?
SHAKEZ
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I remember Booty directly overseeing this game and Everwild, this dude needs to go ASAP.
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Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
These layoffs are on him and him alone. Fuck that smug arsehole and good luck to those affected.
Badlucktroll
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Chukhopops
Member
Same. Timesplitters, Perfect Dark and No one lives forever are the three most cursed franchises in this shitty timeline we live in.
nial
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They've been extremely successful on making BLOPS4 a massive hit last year. They're not going anywhere, but recent events should give anyone a clue of where things are going.
roosnam1980
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Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Wonder if Fable is still moving forward.
Mr Moose
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Spent themselves out of business.
Fuck you, Booty boy.
Topher
Identifies as young
You really think they deserve credit for BLOPS4?
Buggy Loop
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
It's so ironic that the studio named "The Initiative" shut down without even shipping a game. What initiative did they take.
drganon
Member
Hey Matt, you ever consider that you and Phil are the problem?
Hollowpoint5557
A Fucking Idiot
Cry me a river, soy-bitch.
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Negotiator101
Member
It wasn't a bad choice as an IP but unfortunately the developer was unable to deliver. They'd been given more than enough time and help.
SJRB
Gold Member
Imagine if this fucking loser doesn't resign at the end of the current round of terminations.
Crispy Gamer
Member
So was that trailer smoke and mirrors? This is pretty crazy
nial
Member
Obviously no, but it definitely adds into their portfolio. Which is why upper MS leadership doesn't really care about any of this, hell, the sooner they get into an <<optimized>> production workflow where the only shit allowed is the same bunch of high-performing IPs (most of them GaaS, btw) we know from XGS/Zenimax/ABK (Forza Horizon, Sea of Thieves, The Elder Scrolls, Call of Duty, etc.), the better for them.
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lughnasadh123
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Really wanted to see what they could do with that.
Flintty
Member
Yep. I got the first Xbox day one and did the same for every console they put out since, but I'm pretty much done now.
I got my first PlayStation last April, and there's absolutely Bob Hope of me buying the next Xbox, if there even is one. It's shocking how bad the brand and the actual games have declined since 360. Mismanagement of an epic scale.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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MS =/= Western Games development.
MS have been incompetent long before Western Games Development started collapsing due to wokeness.
In fact, when it comes to development and publishing incompetence, MS is in a league of their own. They're now decades long in their history of studio mismanagement, cancelled games, fake trailers that hide back-end development chaos and studio closures.
There's really no-one else more uniquely shit at making and shipping great games (or even any games for that matter) as MS. It's not even close.
HJuggernaut
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for me it was a major disappointment i wanted a new IP