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[ozz ex machina]

Anyone upset about this...just look at what toys for bob has actually put out since 1990. Not a single good game folks.

 

[nial]

"W-we didn't like them, anyway!"

 

[Spyxos]

Fuck you. That was their best studio. But of course make 10 thousand new cods. There are not enough of these.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Xbox fans were totally oblivious. They forgot that everything MS touches turns into shit.

I was against the merger regardless who bought Activision. Just don't think they are good for the industry. Always found it hilarious though how people were hoping that MS would so anyone else wouldn't buy. Why would MS do a good job or resurrect dormant IPs. They are probably the worst company in this industry at managing studios and putting out good games. Ffs, they already had a 'platformer mascot' in their portfolio already in banjo for over 20 years, who they made one game and it was something that NOBODY wanted.


Regardless, sad if this is the end for Toys for Bob and the employees. Might be for the best though, hopefully they find or form a new studio and get the hell away from MS.

 

[Spyxos]

Anyone upset about this...just look at what toys for bob has actually put out since 1990. Not a single good game folks.

Tony Hawk remake was really really good. And the Crash games were also great.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Fucking hell. They delivered great non-CoD games and there was so much potential left in Spyro, Crash or other oldschool series. Plus they would've been great as Game Pass offerings because of their smaller budgets.

 

[tomato shrub]

I might go play Crash 4 tonight for the boys at T4B….

Great game that deserved better

 

[Aguero9320]

Wait, so no one cares that it doesn’t actually say in the article what the subject header says?

Truth has officially left the forum…

It doesn’t say Toys for Bob has been shut down.

 

[@gkTH]

The acquisition is for better competition.
Who's gonna refuse this!?
MS is leaning fat! (but the muscle mostly affected).

 

[DR3AM]

Perfect studio to make AA single player games for GamePass and this is how MS tears them. Wow

 

[Mr Moose]

Who else is going to make Phil Spencer's Banjo Kazooie? Toys For Bob was the perfect studio

Rare, maybe. Though I doubt any of those guys are left.

Sony should snap up the rights to Crash and Spyro

Spyro is a video game series originally created by Insomniac Games as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console.

Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console.

 

[Ozriel]

Everything in the article hints at them moving to a smaller office post layoff related downsizing.

Naturally, thread’s run off with the rumor of them closing.

 

[MAtgS]

It's official, they hate platformers.

 

[FunkMiller]

 

[NEbeast]

You’re just pushing a narrative. A lot of businesses have had layoff. Doesn’t mean anyone wants to see anyone without a job. Are you on the CoD development team what’s with this lol the way some of you talking like you have direct first hand knowledge.

If you actually kept up with the news you would know how dumb you sound. Stop sucking off xbox and pay attention.

 

[Js562]

 

[Kokoloko85]

Lol. What a shit show.

All the "fans" who supported the purchase, Shame on you. Your not really video game fans, your just lame

 

[T4keD0wN]

Is this not a clickbait and are they actually closing the studio like the title of the thread implies or are they closing the office and having workers go remote like is written in the article?

Which is it?

 

[Needlecrash]

What the fuck Microsoft? What good was the acquisition if so many people lost their jobs?? Fuck these guys man.

 

[ulantan]

Let them compete!

 

[Atrus]

Not going to look good for the smaller studios in Microsoft’s portfolio if it’s sink or swim time. Toys for Bob today could easily be Arkane post-Blade.

We all know from the Insomniac leak how many copies these licensed games need to turn a profit.

 

[envyzeal]

Seriously, what the actual fuck is going on?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Seriously, what the actual fuck is going on?

reality check

 

[Luigi Mario]

The article only mentions their location closing down but nothing about them moving into smaller offices like Sledgehammer Games.
Make of that what you will.

 

[envyzeal]

reality check

I was 100% against the buyout and had many concerns about it and specially about MS bad taste in general, but this is next level. Very curious to hear next week's updates.

 

[YCoCg]

Microsoft with their stellar handling of platforms Devs and IPs once again.

 

[Kerotan]

Yet another reason why the biggest companies in the world should be allowed take overs left right and centre. This was never going to be good for the industry.

 

[Doom85]

Fuck this shitshow. Geezus Christ. I hope all the employees bounce back on their feet working under someone who respects their talent.

I haven’t gotten around to their Crash games, but Spyro Trilogy was mad fun, and I was hoping we’d get a Spyro 4 someday. Fucking bullshit.

 

[Polelock]

M$ lied to get a merger through? I'm shocked.

 

[AmuroChan]

MS acquiring ABK was a good thing though, according to what a lot of ppl told me.

 

[FunkMiller]

Seriously, what the actual fuck is going on?

A major corporation bought out another company as a business acquisition, for far too much money, and is now cutting back on the staff to recoup some of that overspend.

 

[Rockman33]

Why is everyone complaining. They became a call of duty support studio…

 

[ByWatterson]

Naughty Dog to develop The Crash of Us, confirmed.

Microsoft is a cancer to gaming man. I'm all the way on the fuck you dark side.

 

[mejin]

Much more to come.

MS M.O. is always the same.

 

[K' Dash]

Give to Double Fine. They could make the first actual good Crash game that is not CTR.

 

[Power Pro]

This is so fucking stupid if true. Microsoft has plenty of money to keep a studio like this open, and when they're struggling to put out good games, you don't shutter one of your best studios that you just bought. God. WTF are they doing

 

[reinking]

Gutted the studio ? Toys for bob was also hiring a lot of people to support call of duty. It ever occurred maybe that those layoffs where for the cod support side of the studio. I just think it’s irresponsible to just throw anything out there without context or confirmation all in the name of its Xbox so who cares.

Let's do it your way.

Context:
They were hit hard with layoffs.
They are closing the building the studio worked out of.

Reasonable assumption: It's not good news.

 

[Needlecrash]

Damn. Has Nintendo ever closed any studio?

I don't think so. They just acquired a studio recently, I forgot the name though.

 

[Saber]

So yeah...keep praising Microsoft for buying everything just to do what they have being doing for years, over and over again. History aways repeat.

 

[Perrott]

#BringBackKotick

 

[SF Kosmo]

Devastating if true. I think the founders set up a side studio to make a new Star Control. I wonder if they will try to expand and bring some of those displaced people on.

 

[hinch7]

Eh debunked.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[Unknown Soldier]

#BringBackKotick

He's already in the Bahamas, you're never gonna find him now

 

[DryvBy]

Is this not a clickbait and are they actually closing the studio like the title of the thread implies or are they closing the office and having workers go remote like is written in the article?

Which is it?

We don't know.

Toys for Bob Future Unclear Amid Studio Closure and Layoffs - IGN

The future of Toys for Bob, the studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Skylanders, is uncertain following layoffs impacting 86 workers and the apparent closure of its facility in Novato, California.

www.ign.com

The best guess is it's Microsoft so take what the worst case scenario is and that's your answer.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

My general understanding of the world is that Microsoft and Disney--despite both being companies I looked up to in the 80s/90s--are now irredeemably evil corporations that destroy everything they touch, and so far that has only been validated year after year.

 

[nial]

MS acquiring ABK was a good thing though, according to what a lot of ppl told me.

Because ABK titles would be on Game Pass, and still waiting...
Oh, also more exclusives to compete with Sony! Yeah, about that...

 

[Fox Mulder]

I was hoping for Spyro 4

The Spyro remake trilogy was great and Crash 4 was fun although quite bloated an unnecessarily difficult even compared to the originals. It’s not fair they got put in the CoD mines and presumably forced to make some live service arena multiplayer Crash game no one wanted.

 

[R3claimer117]

So even with confirmation That this isn’t true this thread is still going?

 

[poppabk]

Fuck you. That was their best studio. But of course make 10 thousand new cods. There are not enough of these.

Toys for Bob are a CoD studio.