WTF!? Xbox SHUTS DOWN AAA Studios Bethesda Arkane TangoGameWorks and more!

[@kgrass976]

Weird how like 6 months ago you wanted Xbox to keep buying! You were so happy they bought Zenimax and ABK. Where are the games that showed the benefit of those purchases? Didn’t Phil say the put HI-FI on other consoles to see about continuing to support them and making a sequel back in Feb and now magically 2 months later Tango is shutdown. Also where is the Switch port for HI-FI? Will Switch even get it?

[@colteastwood]

Switch can't run it. It's coming to Switch 2.

[@kgrass976]

@@colteastwood hopefully it does. Matt said it would continue to be available to players on the platforms it is today.. and it’s not on Switch /2 today

[@suizideking7987]

It’s kind of hard to be a Xbox fan lately…

[@SsShadowbaneSsS]

I finally started play my ps5 bought a year of extra just to play the games I missed then prolly not renewing

[@krazyd0nut404]

It’s tough times, everything gone up from: Bills, food, insurance. I got lay-off and took a different for less pay. Glad I have gamepass for another year. Stella blade will the only ps5 game I get this year. Everything videogames industry just sucks atm.

[@olivierpayette4284]

@@SsShadowbaneSsSps5 is even worst, the only way out is pc

[@CyberTrump-co1ml]

You mean since the 360.

[@LOLcheeseORZ]

Its been hard for almost a decade 🤣

[@MunkeeMag]

Any time Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, or Matt Booty speak in front of a live audience they NEED to be booed off stage.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

Been a fan since day 1, but not any longer. MS won't allow itself to make a good game. Sorry fellow Ex-Box fans, MS decided their politics are more important than EVERYTHING else. i hope they end up like Disney. And Bill Gates is one evil MF'er.

[@ladydread5838]

Why? For consolidating during times of financial crisis?

[@cleberfiliu1640]

Yet another proof that these companies should not be trusted. And there are people who fight over them, what crazy people

[@MarkSartor-d8q]

Brainless xbots are pathetic, real xbox fans know Phil Spencer doesn't give a f about gamers.

[@SuperMarioOdyessy]

Kick Phill Spencer out Save Xbox

[@mihalytihany]

@@SuperMarioOdyessy Dont think its his fault, this looks like it came from the top, phil was giving a blank check book and the higher ups promised not to get involved, it looks now as if they have went back on that now.

[@mattmorris2572]

I gotta be done with Xbox at this point. Been holding on for years. It’s just not happening. There is not gonna be an amazing turnaround

[@Hutch_Davenport]

They can't make a great game to save their lives. The entire company is rotten with lefty politics from the ground up. Fork em, they don't deserve our business. Indie devs do it with almost nothing and make better games anyway.

[@AtomLabX]

Nope, I threw the white towel… Sad… It keeps getting worst and worst

[@ladydread5838]

I'll be honest, regardless of platform, games haven't been as good as they were in the 80s-2000s. Too much deadlines and crunches has ruined the magic games used to possess. Not a single game in the last 10 yrs has held my attention for more than a year whereas back in the day, several games I was playing for years on end.

[@Calinks]

I've lost faith too. Not going to bank on them getting it together anymore.

[@rager1969]

Closing Tango Gameworks is a real head scratcher.

[@TJC6626]

Tango Gameworks should not have been axed

[@cartermoth6447]

They lost their way with Ghostwire & Hi-Fi Rush (praised by a minority... & ignored by most). In fact The Evil Within 2 failed to iterate correctly on the "great but flawed" original TEW1. They took great level design variety & a cool concept (horror in the mind) & reduced it down to a semi open world collectathon in a banal setting. They been accumulating commercial failures for xyz reasons, so the end was inevitable. The industry is screwed though because there's been a brain drain for a decade now. The great devs who made the best games are pretty much gone now. It's just DEI & AI now working on copy/paste rehashed tropes we've played a billion times already.

[@eugeniabergeron8987]

What is going on with Xbox right now? What is going on indeed? What do you think is going on?

[@natandjai]

Their last few games were financial flops they are lucky they had Microsoft because they wouldn't have been able to stay open prior to hifi rush

[@natandjai]

Bethesda has not been shutdown Stop spreading lies

[@crazechill1]

You cant make good games like Hi-Fi Rush on the Xbox platform and get away with it. Xbox only needs more mediocrity like Snorefield

[@przemeksz8203]

every 3 months a first party game my ass

[@chickenwings6172]

More like a first party firing

[@DLastResort]

@colteastwood - this is as much your fault as it is Phil Spencer's. For month's you have been making videos championing everything Microsoft has been doing, not giving a critical eye to the negative impacts of Phil's decisions (aka Game Pass is the future of gaming / Xbox buying up every studio). You perpetually disregard anything worth criticizing about Xbox, which in turn allows people like Phil Spencer to not be held accountable, and that is why we are now potentially witnessing the destruction of Xbox. So many people have cautioned you time after time for using circular logic in your videos to justify things Xbox has been doing that not healthy for the industry as a whole or for Xbox gamers, but yet you refuse to take off the rosey colored glasses and acknowledge some of these concerns. You and the rest of the Xbox pundits are as much to blame for this and I hope this encourages you all to think more criticality about Phil Spencer's CEO spin talk and to start questioning what is really going on with Xbox, so you stop acting surprised when things like this continue to happen.

[@464batman]

Preach. Again, it’s let down after let down and these one console champions do nothing but make excuse after excuse.

[@xh0rsex]

Dude, this is just business decisions. Consolidation like this is common after acquisitions, and Xbox has had 2 major ones.

[@Masterchief-jx2me]

Sony got rid of plenty of employees after buying Bungie many others have done the same so Microsoft is not alone in this time to take a breather

[@zarpspawn3508]

​@@Masterchief-jx2mecoming from a mostly neutral perspective, Sony actually provides bangers after making such decisions. MSF doing these decisions, idk if they are doing this to succeed or there is an internal turmoil and they are gearing up to close up their hardware division and totally go 3rd party game publishers.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

@@xh0rsex Sure it is, it has nothing to do with MS being entirely inept at making games and ruining everything they touch. Delusional much?

[@felixdagamer8263]

~Perfect example of GREED....just the people up top trying to protect their wallets~

[@Prockski]

When you spend an entire years worth of profit on one acquisition, you would certainly understand why the rest of the group might look at you sideways when your growth is small.

[@Brunsvikas]

Playstation users are just as mad to see other studios being chopped 😡

[@blockmasterscott]

I’m thinking that it’s an industry wide thing, not specific to either Microsoft or Sony.

[@laurenedney7]

Oh I was mad from the start. Bethesda buyout was alright but activision I was fuming

[@annonjames2438]

@@laurenedney7don’t get me wrong the layoffs sucks and Microsoft is shit for how they handle it and taking care of there employees. At the same time you bought all these studios to do what slap it on an advertisement and say we own them? Seems like a waste of money not that they care but damn

[@Gshekela]

You mean gamers. I have all three consoles and a PC. It affects gaming in general.

[@mashi81]

The sane ones. Sadly we know the grifters will use this as console war fodder, those idiots

[@msxbrc]

It is sad for Tango Games, they made interesting stuff. But the lead funder (resident evil creator) left at the time of HifiRush so maybe it is related. The other studios however... Not really a surprise.

[@krazyd0nut404]

He started a new studio, and let’s be frank. A lot of people from tango left to work for him as well. Tango is a shell of itself.

[@primesu2pect610]

Can’t wait to see the next game showcase now after this news.

[@rayharvey1330]

If it costs too much to make XBOX Series x and PS5 games...I guess the next gen of consoles are crap outta luck.

[@Yautja_Shadow]

​@@rayharvey1330 I feel you there

[@ethandtheangryenglishguy8253]

@@rayharvey1330 I would ever wonder if there’s any indie consoles that won’t suck in the next gen of consoles, we would just have to wait and see.

[@PicklePete69]

I can't wait either. Looking forward to all the games!

[@Garudaintruda]

Idek what to say about Xbox anymore except that 2024 is the polar opposite of what should have been for Xbox. There's no way to soften this blow. Microsoft is has ripped the heart out of Xbox and its fanbase. Screw greed.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

They epically fell on their faces. Xbox just needs to be shut down. Experiment over.

[@marloncarpio8311]

Jim Ryan was right. Gamepass is unsustainable

[@neonistje007]

Slowly but certainly gaming is dying for me.

[@ethandtheangryenglishguy8253]

Except for Indie gaming because that’s getting popular at the moment

[@FSAPOJake]

AAA gaming. Indies are killing it.

[@ethandtheangryenglishguy8253]

@@FSAPOJake that is indeed correct, because remember we are siding with the Indies because they love us more than AAA gaming does.

[@averageyoutuber1058]

We need more remakes of great games….I’m waiting on max Payne 1 and 2 remake …Newer games have been trash on. XBox…

[@adriangee6965]

This is exactly what is happening to the entire gaming industry. People are so much more indecisive these days with their precious time. It's the tablets, the smartphones, the PCs, the consoles, the smart watches, and whatever else it out there. The entire entertainment world is too saturated with movies, short clips, TV shows, and video games. This is sink or swim. I don't blame XBOX, nor Microsoft. That's just how business works.

[@flymartian33]

Maybe they need to stop marketing game pass as a priority and do what PlayStation do put the games first then ps plus second

[@jacobsmith1057]

Youre almost right. They need to lessen the push for game pass, cut the budget for marketing by like 30% and then distribute, based on studios just bought with the lowest roi, those funds. They need to give them the time and money to the studies to actually be successful

[@Darianmetalhead]

​@@jacobsmith1057it's the opposite, really. I can tell you that 80% of casual gamers outside of the US don't even know that Gamepass exists. They haven't pushed it or advertised for it at all in Europe. And they wonder why it doesn't grow.

[@xcidgafhamas]

@@Darianmetalheadpeople actually want to own the stuff they buy

[@Darianmetalhead]

@@xcidgafhamas Casual gamers do not necessarily do. I'm talking about the same kind of people who watch whatever is on Netflix or Prime and wouldn't buy a blu ray even if it costed them less than a cup of coffee.

[@xcidgafhamas]

@@Darianmetalhead there’s gonna come a time when a gamer wants to play a certain game and it’s unlisted for some reason or removed altogether. Happens on Netflix and will happen and does on Gamepass and PS+

[@Siranoxz]

This is the main reason why independent developers are so important. If they don´t take corporate money and keeping it to themselves that indie devs don´t have to worry about consolidation and censorship from these companies. Xbox will put their games on other platforms including competing consoles as PlayStation and Nintendo. Sony will do the same with PC.

[@cartermoth6447]

The only developers worth anything these days are central European (like CD Projekt), Russian, South Korean (like the devs who made Lies of P) & Japanese. America, France & Britain are totally fubar... aka something which pretty much mirrors the actual state of those nations (economically, politically & culturally). It simply costs way too much to develop a video game in America whilst DEI forces hires for all the wrong reasons. This was all set in motion ten years ago when all the major publishers & dev studios signed a diversity act. 2+2= a shitshow.

[@Elayzee]

Now more than ever before it’s making Microsoft look more like current day Disney: “Acquire then Flat-Tire” their studios.

[@rayharvey1330]

...then ban curvy women.

[@mattmorris2572]

Pete Hines and Shinji Makami leaving now make so much more sense

[@gerowen]

As a PC gamer I've been apprehensive about all the studio acquisitions Microsoft has been making for a long time. I had a feeling from the beginning that they would either use it to screw over anybody not on an XBox console, or they would spread themselves too thin and end up doing more harm than good in the long run.

[@baki484]

What happened to "not worried PC master race not being affected we get the games anyway" response to the acquisitions when people showed concern?

[@gerowen]

We do get a lot of the games anyway, but if some stupid, overzealous corporation snatches up every studio they can find and then starts shuttering them, nobody gets anything.

[@Siranoxz]

Xbox and PlayStation gamers i would say to you, Choose PC and be done with these companies.

[@KylePhantomK94]

This comment deserves more upvotes. I'm pretty much at that point. Fuck Playstation and fuck Xbox. It pains me because I loved both of these consoles growing up, but I've been embracing retro as of late and PC gaming. Playing old games on old consoles, better times back then. Fuck the current industry.

[@optimusfreim3686]

going PC doesn't change anything, you're still buying their games, they still get your money, you're only ditching the console

[@Siranoxz]

@@optimusfreim3686 Yes, but you have more autonomy on a platform that neither Sony or Microsoft controls. And you have more access to games that neither companies want to sell to you. And you have more choice, so yes PC makes a better difference on what you own vs Xbox Or PlayStation that can remove your gaming library with just a snap.

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

@@KylePhantomK94shut up NPC’s. This isn’t an Xbox/Console problem. This hurts PC gamers who are in the market. Oh, but yeah, NPC, they are just repeating a message regardless of what is happening.

[@Siranoxz]

@@KylePhantomK94 This gaming industry has been a clusterfuck of all kinds of problems and symptoms leading even bigger problems.. If a gaming crash happens, then it happen for the sake of saving gaming.

[@RedGamingTech]

Honestly, the studio closures, the layoffs and general state of the industry right now is sad. I was / am a big fan of Evil Within, Prey and a number of other games these studios were responsible for and frankly it's just left me feeling rather 'meh' about things.

[@pepetorres12]

its a business...

[@jackied962]

We're almost 4 years into this console generation and I'm not sure there's really 5 games that make it worth it.

[@fishmo_mofish]

On the ps5 side there are Hfw, returnal, stellar Blade, ff7 remake and rebirth, ff16, astro's playroom, spiderman 2 (haven't played it myself yet), ratchet and clank rift apart. As for xbox I'd agree they haven't really got a title that stands out. I'm not trying to hate just the facts. The only title I would truly recommend on xbox side is the 2 Ori titles they really are worth playing. Good old fashioned 2d side scroller with modern beautiful graphics, decent sound track and story.

[@chozochiefxiii3298]

Ps honestly isn't much better. They lack variety and stellar blade was a dissapointment. I have next to no faith in either of these companies just playing old games now.

[@alexiep2422]

​@@chozochiefxiii3298 Stellar blade is not a disappointment. Everyone loves it. Stop lying. PlayStation is doing just fine. They are consistent with the Bangers. We have 2 this year already. FF7 & Helldiver's.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

The Xbox Series generation is as big of a failure as the Xbox one generation. One had better games and Series didn't have the connect debacle so they seem to be about the same level of failure.

[@alexiep2422]

Colt, the AAA gaming issues that are out there are xbox problems. PlayStation & Nintnedo are doing just fine.

[@rjproduction486]

Instead closing those studios they should already fired Phil Spencer! More than 10 years of incompetence how the heck he still have a job???!

[@PenPineappleApplePen007]

You can’t just throw a studio under the bus because of a stinker game. Now if it’s three stinkers in a row we have a problem. But the team behind Red Fall was basically told to make a hollow cash grab game, that’s why many left the project and why the game was bad. The problem is the leadership at Xbox for not helping to lead their studios and their out of touch approach to what gamers want. If they haven’t delivered consistently good games within 11 years, I don’t think ABK will solve the problem.

[@ninjaconker]

It is sad to know that the studios were shut down but i feel that this wont be the last that we hear about this in the industry....

[@xerofox1373]

I never thought that Xbox could piss everyone off even the PlayStation fanboys are pissed that these studios were closed

[@mashi81]

They literally closed the only studio responsible for the only 2 games I like from their portfolio, tango. Seriously, fuck off. Reopen it now!

[@joes4987]

Under Phil Spencers leadership, few games have been released, but many people have been laid off...why does he always get a pass? In his 10 years what has he done? Then to release and promote the new fire controller, feel the burn? After telling all of those people they lost theyre jobs, they couldnt wait a week? No awareness, phil is a suit through and through, but wears jeans and a tshirt to make the fans believe he is one of them

[@NO-FILTER-EXPERT]

FIRE PHIL SPENCER! LOL Y IS IT SO HARD FOR YALL TO SEE THAT HE'S THE SITH LORD YALL WAS LOOKING FOR! - This is the guy to let 343 destroy halo for a DECADE STRIAGHT - This is the guy who has been authorizing all these horrible modern games year after year - This is the guy who is literally killing the soul/intergrity/og vision of xbox CONSOLES by turning it into some low-end wanna be pc gaming machine that u plug some mouse/keyboard into. - This is the guy who is forcing cross play with PC people and now console ppl must suffer the problems of dealing with pc cheaters. - This is the guy who looked at halo 4 and said "yeah lets release it" - This is the same sorry guy who always lie - This is the same sorry guy who always have a sorry atitude when on camera. - This is the guy who F up the xbox console/aliened the og xbox vision sooo bad...ppl are literally saying "you dont need an xbox anymore bro" - This is the guy who said "good games dont work" LOLOLOL Phil spencer is just like 343. They where both in the background during the golden days of gaming but HAD NO CONTROL. Its not until they got control.....they started F-ing things up. Im telling u. 2012 is the start when all this modern nonsense started to really take affect. it just got worse year after year.

[@Makoto03]

I hate that they shut down the japanese studio. I felt Microsoft could have done far more with getting japanese games in their library.

[@alexiep2422]

Nope & now they are not going to be trusted. The Japanese don't play that shit. Hopefully Japanese government doesn't let Microsoft come near any of their gaming companies for acquisitions.

[@xh0rsex]

It would have done nothing... The Japanese are notorious for supporting Japanese companies, like Sony. For their entire existence, xbox has failed to gained any substantial foothold in Japan.

[@USMCKong0311]

@@xh0rsexI don’t think Sony is Japanese anymore. I think they moved their HQ to the US

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

Better to put them onto Fallout 5 title if retained. Or better for Bethesda just to be Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Starfield & old RPG remakes focused. Very small niche's games dont cut mustard to Microsoft & Investors gaming has become very Corporate.

[@DovahVokuna]

Xbox has drawn attention after the ABK deal from investors. And now they have seen hoe much money it can make. And now they are all in……for the money. And taken the humanity out of it

[@borachon26]

Like Fallout 5 is going to be good.

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

@@borachon26 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@borachon26]

@@NinjaSquirrel30 Not sure what you mean by that. If you think it's going to be good, you must have been smoking Todd Howard's underwear.

[@siciliangamer]

Saturo Iwata took a PAYCUT when the WiiU failed. Switch went on to crush. Xbox terminates its best developer and spends millions on legal fees to spend billions to buy another dev when they can't manage the devs they have.

[@TheWholeGrainBread_Real]

Ah here we go. The flip flopping starts.

[@abdel1143]

Let them go. We will Hold the Line

[@Jackjack1978.]

I would say that that's what makes Colt so much more authentic and different than the rest. If he was biased in any way then he would just be labeling every Xbox screw up as some sort of awesome strategic play in which they're positioning themselves to be on top. He "flip-flops" because He is literally just calling it as it is instead of how he wants it to be. He's not doubling down on the Xbox brand as their spokesperson.

[@PaxBisonica89]

​@@abdel1143Bro, stop 😂

[@reapersasmr5483]

​@RonnyWelles coming from a console fanboy that's rich .. but what ever helps you cope

[@Goosedanger]

@@abdel1143if you're a grown adult saying you'll "hold the line" for a massive mega Corp that just fired a whole lot of talented people, you are truly and deeply hopeless.

[@Yautja_Shadow]

Yup I feeling like canceling my subscription is the best decision right now. If I have to boycott and get others to do the same just to get our voices heard then I will. Hope others do the same. Bs corpo greed

[@Cknumber01]

Look at redfall. The premise sounds great. Until you play it. That’s unfortunate. If I do bad at my job, I’ll be replaced, or let go. This is no different.

[@Notevenallowedtoburnwood]

At no point did Redfall sound or look great, or even good.

[@rayharvey1330]

@@Pwnag3Inc Yeah...they paid way too much for Activision.

[@SoulsofMist]

If your boss tells you to do something and what they told you to do ends up bad , who's at fault?

[@cartermoth6447]

@@Pwnag3Inc Redfall was live service because Zenimax wanted live service. It was greenlit way before MS acquired them.

[@benjamincurtis1412]

And what's your sound reasoning for TANGO GAMES' axe?

[@S34Mii]

Welp, this isn't good news. Tango did great with Hi Fi Rush and even they got sacked. Folks about to be on edge now...

[@trickyjw]

Never played any of games from those studios but seem to ignore the fact of current times. Times are tough at the moment. Consumers are spending less or cutting back. Post COVID. We know in the tech space demand was high during COVID and in recent times there has been cuts in tech but also a lot of places.

[@alexbolte2401]

AAA games budgets have ballooned out into absurdity, the quality of the story telling and gameplay have become a cash grab if nothing else. Some of these AAA studios and publishes need a slice of humble pie.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

Microsoft seems to ruin everything they touch. Gonna go listen to my Zune while I install Microsoft BOB on my PC.

[@juhakauppi5894]

I am really fed up with Sony and Microsoft and every giant publishers that seem to lost control, totally, in gaming business. Games need fresh ideas, smaller budgets... Back to basics

[@timeless74]

For those games that don’t sell, it’s only inevitable.

[@jankmedia1985]

​@@timeless74do you know if Tango's games weren't profitable? Ghostwire was partially funded by Sony, TEW was a cross generation series. HiFi Rush had a limited budget. I highly doubt all these games were financial flops. How much money did MS make off Starfield? How much money is MS making from Gamepass? Closing Tango is a complete joke and unnecessary. They could have sold them off but no, just gotta have a full closure, lay everyone off and keep the IPs locked up and never let them see the light of day ever again. Total dirtbag move from MS, an absolute dumpster fire of a game company.

[@timeless74]

@@jankmedia1985 MS will roll the groups to work on profitable software.

[@Garudaintruda]

Bro, the indie scene is pumping with fresh content. Especially if you're on PC. So many refreshing games.

[@daLukasMain]

Dont lump Sony in with this crap. Nowhere near as bad as MS

[@Orginal_Sinner]

Microsoft spending 72 billion on one big studio was a fail in my opinion. Should've used just 2 billion of that and invested in studios you already had.

[@olivierpayette4284]

Its too early to say if it’s a fail. It’s been only 6 month since they acquired blizzard

[@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh]

Buy studios. Shut down said studios.

[@rez_ava]

xbox buys activision/blizzard ~> massive layoffs in blizzard xbox buys bethesda ~> their best studios gets closed after they released best xbox game of the year. at this point, microsoft is like the cancer of gaming industry, going from one company to another and ruining them

[@laurenedney7]

That's exactly what I've been saying

[@rjproduction486]

Be careful, xbox fanboys will say that you are a "sony pony" by saying the truth!

[@andreasiversen6141]

Layoffs at Blizzard where in the works before the buyout

[@benjamincurtis1412]

There was also some layoffs at BETHESDA before the 4 studios closes.

[@ThePatchUniverse]

That's a real pity. A few years ago I was defending Xbox and felt really confident about its future, but a friend of mine was telling me why he didn't like Microsoft and viewed them as evil. I kept defending them, but now, I really have to eat crow and admit he was right. We have received nothing but bad news from this company for the last couple of years and this really takes the cake. I still love my Xbox Series S, and I'm still looking forward to some games like Avowed, but I don't believe in the long term success of Xbox anymore.

[@dgdt8089]

Redfall sucked and has like 50 people playing it at a time, the rest of the studios didn’t make much money on their titles. Even with these 4 shutdowns or absorbtions. They have a ridiculous amount of first party studios. I’m a massive Xbox fan and haven’t heard of prey.. so let’s be honest they didn’t market it enough and not a lot of people who did know about it didn’t care to play it.

[@Notevenallowedtoburnwood]

How could you not have heard of the amazing game that is Prey but have heard of the (guaranteed woke shite) that is Redfall?

[@dgdt8089]

@@Notevenallowedtoburnwood They marketed Redfall better I guess. Xbox also has the problem of having almost so many studios that they announce so many at once some get lost in the shuffle

[@BabyVegetabx]

@@Notevenallowedtoburnwood he’s lying bro lol he heard of prey

[@tashynemusic]

Actually Prey was created and released WELL before the Microsoft buyout. Microsoft has no reason to promote it. It wasn't their studio Bethesda was under the zenimax umbrella at that time. They were a third party developer for PC, Xbox and PS. So if you didn't hear of it that wasn't Xbox fault that was Zenimax and Bethesda.

[@dadkathy8247]

Yo Colt. I've been to Xbox fan about as long as you have, maybe not as fanatically. That being said, they're not really doing us any favors these days and when they close down the studio they gave them their best exclusive title that they've had this generation, their priorities are obviously not in our interests. They're just another money grubbing corporation that's following trends that's all and I'm not going to be donating to them any longer, if they keep this up

[@ContrastCopy]

At least Tango may be reborn with Shinji Mikami’s new studio.

[@chrono_s9699]

YEEEEES BIG W Thank you Papa Phil, O our savior of gaming!

[@cookingsauce8274]

Lmao, Colt was one of the biggest supporters of these mergers

[@wodensthrone5215]

Mean while, Nintendo had an investors phone call/meeting and are shouting success, with the president of the company ssying the next Nintendo system will be announced this fiscal year. Sony and Microsoft are absolute shit lately

[@alexandrecl4331]

Xbox has been absolutely shit for over 10 years now. They just don’t understand gaming.

[@SuperBloodborneMaker2]

Nintendo is having one of the worst software years in over a decade, where PlayStation is having one of the best!? Literally what are you smoking!? PlayStation has like 10 releases in 2024 that are performing phenomenally! Stop the lies.

[@reapersasmr5483]

Agreed both are doing horrible.. but I am not simpimg for any company.. but its funny seeing ponys in here acting like sony is better .. Sony has a whopping 2 more games than Xbox that I play .. thats nothing to brag over .. and they are the same games over and over .. they both need to get it together

[@saesang352]

Always gotta bring Sony into it, instead of recognizing the actual problems with Xbox

[@reapersasmr5483]

@saesang352 I am pretty sure we arw calling them both out.. guess you don't keep up with sony and the crap they just pulled with 2 games .. maybe it's cause we don't simp for a company and can call out everyone's crap .. also half the comments in here are from ponys so I am pretty sure they brought sony in here !!!

[@SuperBloodborneMaker2]

So many comments deflecting this to PlayStation when they are having a phenomenal year. As someone on the outside looking in, this is the utmost problem within the general Xbox community, whenever things dont go as planned they blame PlayStation for no reason when Xbox is the only pne who deserves the blame. Its mental gymnastics like this that leads to lack of success for this xbox company.

[@reapersasmr5483]

They both are doing horrible what are you taking about .. hell divers would have went the other way had it been up to the ponys .. they will take anything and brag about it .. they are no better .. if anything more pathetic.. cause they like to get done dirty and take it .. then defend it ..

[@reapersasmr5483]

@NinjaDefiler yeah people forget they where doing 10 live service games in a row ... till that backfired on them .. once they realize they couldn't keep destiny alive will a fan base all ready established.. and managed to kill it as well .. imo it's all of gaming is dropping the ball .. games just keep getting worse

[@DeathcoreManiac]

​@@reapersasmr5483lol sony didn't touch bungie they were operating completely independently

[@filippo8070]

​@NinjaDefiler 600 studios and cancelled 2540 games

[@SuperBloodborneMaker2]

@@DeathcoreManiac you can't argue with Xbox guys at the moment, they are in complete crisis and can't converse or think rationally. I truly hope Xbox can turn it around, but the fans are not able to discourse properly at the moment cuz of how bad things seem.

[@PenPineappleApplePen007]

Sad to see Tango go. The Evil Within 1 and 2 was my favourite action horror games. Hi-Fi Rush seemed to be more of a passion project for them in line of what Pentiment was, so I can understand that this type of game didn’t sell very well.

[@brunol.1530]

I agree with Microsoft decision. These studios done bad games (Redfall) and a very poor porting of Ghostwire Tokio for Xbox Series and that Is what they deserve.

[@blockmasterscott]

Exactly this 100%. I would have done it too.

[@Raptorclawz]

They are the richest company in the world. They could easily afford to keep these studios afloat... Microsoft can't seem to cultivate and nurture smaller devs and their games.

[@Raptorclawz]

Also, Microsoft closed their only Japanese studio... Tango was their biggest hope to get exclusive Japanese made games.

[@skubaRu7]

This is why I was never a huge fan of Xbox just buying a bunch of studios. They don’t even care for them…

[@dgregory79]

XBOX wanted the IP's - NOT the studios themselves. This is obvious.

[@DavidsProjekt]

Arkane Studios decided to pander to a group that wasn't going to play or buy the game. Shocking that a diverse team and a DEI dept didn't save the studio.

[@bargaintuesday812]

Trying to shoehorn in your white supremist views isn't going to add to the conversation.

[@TerrellWatsonMusic]

I'm ok with with Xbox not having 200 studios. Hypothetically 15 studios dropping quality titles that's fun and a lot of replayability would be better anyways.... It don't take that many studios quality over quantity.. But it does suck for people loosing their jobs though I hate that part

[@warawana]

5:40 "lose"? They shut them. They didn't misplace the studio. The studio didn't run away bro 😅

[@felipejr.2021]

The closing of Arkane sounds logical (I'd much prefer these people were moved internally than laid off - they've proven capable with previous titles and are valuable assets), let's face how difficult it would have been to market anything coming from the studio that made Redfall. I know the game being bad is on leadership (they were made work on something they weren't really staffed to do), but the fact that their name would forever be associated with that is too much of a burden. As for the others, I really couldn't have seen it coming.

[@Capt_C_Storm]

Colt let's be honest the whole market is crazy right now but maybe it is time for them to seriously think about being a publisher to all platforms at this point. I would even consider a name change as well honestly for the hardware and studios. Instead of Xbox Studios change to Microsoft Studios, and for the hardware side take the Surface name. It appears that team is working on the hardware anyway. Regardless, I think it is clear to many now no matter how much a company has in financial power it doesn't mean an open checkbook or success. Each division at MS still has to pull their own weight and has financial obligations they need to meet. I still think Game Pass is a solid solution, but they need to find ways to get the numbers up for its success. Perhaps releasing games would help, lol. On the console side, I still think they need to provide a solution for those that don't like other platforms but to me it would depend on the numbers. If the news we are hearing is correct, it is in a big decline right now especially in EU. Whether that is true or not I do not know but I am sure Xbox does. Regardless of any of the things I mentioned, I think it is a sad day. Not only for the gamers that enjoyed those titles but to the many workers at those studios that may no longer have a job. You have to feel sorry for them and their families. Hopefully they will just move to other studios or projects without losing their jobs. Let's just hope everything works out for them. Thanks for the video.

[@eazyevangamer1727]

I told you all these mergers were t good for no one but Microsoft share holders but you guys never wanted to listen. In the great words of Todd Howard “who’s laughing now”.

[@iatbif]

Quite snarky

[@xh0rsex]

Listen to what?... How does the closing of certain studios in and of itself prove that the mergers weren't good for anyone but MS and shareholders? You haven't even allowed enough time to see what actually comes from the closings... At best, all this shows is who it "wasn't" good for, at least in the short term - the people working at those studios.

[@Hutch_Davenport]

Shut up, you are nobody like the rest of us. Talk is cheap and so is UR mom.

[@eazyevangamer1727]

@@xh0rsex man if there’s more studios getting closed gamepass prices are going up and Microsoft stock went up almost 3points after the shutdown and call of duty might not come to gamepass day one do would you like to know more? Oh and only game you got on games from abk is Diablo 4 because they had to give gamepass something after leaks of games coming to PlayStation and Nintendo. I mean big corporations do all this for $$$$ not for the consumer for them self if you can’t figure that out now you may never!

[@xh0rsex]

@@eazyevangamer1727 there is nothing to "figure out," at least not yet. The abk acquisition is still relatively new and the dust hasn't even settled yet from these closings and already you're convinced that it must be what you claim. It's like you're starting with the conclusion you feel it is and just looking for ways to make the pieces fit instead of following the evidence and chain of events and arriving at what the actual conclusion will be.

[@dreday4957]

Xbox is just like arsenal football club full of dissappointments! I bought the series x upgraded to an oled g4 upon waiting next gen games and upto to date i have havent experienced xbox fully i must say four years down the line i have only switched my xbox like 15 times only!!

[@Slynell1]

Unfortunate but people gotta realise that this is eto push their franchise titles (Elder Scrolls, Fallout) out quicker. the closed studios made no money for xbox

[@conor6436]

lmao nice spin, y'know that isn't true just because they say so

[@SsavageCamaro]

Tango Gameworks really hurt. I can't believe they are closing that studio. Major mistake!

[@skywalk3x]

A little dramatic Colt "turmoil" lol its simple the games has to make money, period. HiFi Rush was a games award nominee and that didn’t save the studio. Obviously they were trying to make money when they put it on PS5 along with the others. It’s a reality that if you don’t sell, you won’t be around. Starfield sold, and HifiRush didn’t. We protect developers in times like this, but review bomb them when we get mad at them. We can’t have it both ways.

[@timeless74]

The same people that review bombed RedFall are complaining that MS cut them. 🤔

[@jonnywad7560]

Lol these guys live off of the Xbox doom and gloom.

[@Yautja_Shadow]

Honestly I didn't care about the game the second I saw the aftermath lol. I'm Xbox but I'll call out Microsoft or the fanboys if I need to

[@gregwilliams4926]

I bought Evil Within 1 and 2 a few months ago, I loved the hell out of them, especially 2. It made me remember that this is the 10 year anniversary since its release. Their first game, and now their closed. This is why I am not a fan of Microsoft ever since they bought Rare and didn't do anything besides mediocre games and KI reboot which is the only thing highly rated from them, but also didn't give them enough money for story cutscenes or proper finishers. They still haven't recovered since the XBO debacle. This doesn't help them at all.

[@olivierpayette4284]

If the community ask enough for it a sequel can still happen since Microsoft still owns the ip.

[@snake-eyes211]

Microsoft has failed Xbox and its community and to be frank I don’t think Phil Spencer is running anything anymore it’s Nadella

[@Evorexwolf]

And investors or suits of Xbox.

[@shakshaka8355]

Colt keeping that same energy!!! 😂😂😂

[@BigWrangler]

I read somewhere that They’re closing the studios and moving the employees to differant ones. They’re still gonna work on games. I dont think pple put much effort into thinking about why. They’re merging studios i believe. Probably cos of financial costs.

[@jeffcoulter956]

Only some of the people are merging. I think they called it reprioritization of assets, or something along those lines. The others are being let go and they went on to say they would follow local laws regarding severance etc. Hopefully the ones let go, rather than merging, could still apply for these other studios, although you could argue if they'd even want to after this.

[@porshaatkins9119]

You know jdub finally subscribed to this channel

[@BushNinja141]

Guys I’m sorry, but these companies have underperformed.

[@FakeName-xm7kj]

Let's be real here. Two of the studios made nothing but commercial flops which matters FAR more than critical reception. One was a mobile studio without a hit under its belt and the others last game was released in 2019. Fake outrage.

[@goingviral8917]

I stopped paying for Gamepass as Microsoft need to focus on more Halo games. Having a game every 10 years is disgusting

[@MrLittle3vil]

I just read that When Shinji left, he took a major part of the devs with him. That would certainly explain the closure if the core of the studio was no longer there and they were just left with the shell of their former selves. I think the problem isn't Phil but the shareholders that just want to see their investment grow. They don't want to ride out the storm, they just cut bait when things are not looking up.

[@MrRobisj]

It's really sad for Arkane and Tango, Prey, Evil Within, Dishonored where great games but probably the talent who made those games already left..

[@W4RRIIORS]

Marty for Xbox creator and Xbox fan you certainly had the best take so far I seen totally agree with what your saying. I am a huge fan of Xbox and I am like many other very pissed about what Mircosoft has done with closing more studios. We need more developers in the industry not less. I can see why recent will continue to be number 1 in gaming and why Nintendo will end up being number 1 with consoles. Nintendo do silly things but they only try to protect there IPs from people stealing their IPs. So they fight back against those who want to steal their content. The Nintendo will be the main one who won’t give up on physical games. So I will use Xbox for game pass and Nintendo for physical releases from Xbox that’s the sort of silly thing they want to encourage that’s what I will have to do when they go all digital. I would be happier if Xbox can at least give ya extra storage in the dam consoles. Otherwise have bigger external SSD you can plug in it’s ridiculous the cost of SSD. Fancy closing down studios I am glad my favourite studios ain’t effected like blizzard, TREYARCH, ID, Activision, and others but so disappointed in Microsoft for such a big company doing this to the industry is disgraceful.

[@JaguarDave54]

Square also is doing this.

[@joules-]

I don’t think that’s what he’s talking about. Square said something along the lines of focusing on triple A games or being more selective about what they push out. I don’t think anyone can defend what happened today lol

[@KevinSatron]

thats different

[@benjamincurtis1412]

SQUARE doesn't have the money MS has and SQUARE comes out and says "these sales were below out expectations" XB says "Hi-Fi EUSH did great for us, better than expected"

[@Watch_ROD720TV]

Just noticed the face on the logo completely changed

[@PhantomDeth]

Got to love Xbox just handing us deep punch to the gut just as people started getting excited again. Arkane Austin I can see.. That I can see reasonable arguments for. But Tango?.. Really? Your only Japanese studio?. A studio that was signed off on expansion to a second studio just fairly recently. I can maybe understand Xbox downsizing them rolling back the expansion plans and focusing the team a little more.. Not closure.. I just dont understand that at all. Its not like they are short of the money to keep Tango in a more reasonable size. Kind of goes against Xbox expanding in Japan. Beamdog... I dont care personally, but with the desire to expand to mobile that seems less serious today. So i dont really know how anyone can really be ok with this.. Same with losing Toys 4 Bob.. This was a small team.. How can you not see the value in having a small high quality studio like that in the portfolio? A lot of these restructuring moves are making less and less sense for gamers and arm chair critics and fans that discuss this.

[@quintessentialnobody1320]

Playground games is next after Fable crashes hard.

[@AugustusMcMillan]

being all in on gaming doesn't mean keeping every studio open forever. people need to learn business.

[@SiCVoltage]

Xbox has disappointed me

[@MrAmazYnGaMiNg]

I think that Tango couldn't find the proper leadership after those top 2 guys left.

[@blade5883]

Tango was done before they got bought out

[@EvadXocliw]

I think the problem with Tango is that they were Japanese and the heads here in the US couldn’t give a rats ass about that market outside of the constant complaining that we gamers do about the lack of Japanese support.

[@3k4landrew]

These devs were very creative and talented people. Maybe they are making a Fallout studio

[@effexon]

sure we need GTA online competitor from bethesda/xbox where every studio makes minigames to giant online environemnt... a bit a la ubi pirate game. Im more and more worried external factors may ruin even GTA 6, flagship among games.

[@javybeaz3236]

Evil Within 1 and 2. Were the Best, better then resident Evil. Spencers FIRED

[@justdude404]

@@javybeaz3236Evil Within 1 was literally the worst game of 8th gen. What are you even talking about? Are you high?

[@amaanasif7819]

Shameless microsoft killed nokia now xbox and game studios naver buying any microsoft hardware ever

[@svenkilik]

Sad news for all, feel sorry for all who have lost their jobs, hope they find new better paying jobs soon

[@blade5883]

Watch all the soft weak mustard heart Xbox dudes flip flop after this news lol

[@teeslunk]

I can’t wait to see what they are going to say on the 9th June.

[@SlimCargo]

PC it is…

[@leecroft1983]

Doesn't change anything, games from this now closed studios won't magically appear on PC. This affects both console and PC.

[@mihalytihany]

Dont think the Xbox division wanted this, it looks like the big wigs in Microsoft have over ruled them.

[@Cknumber01]

Fallout 4 is the hot game right now. A game almost 10 years old. Bridge consoles.

[@KiruGorka]

I saw on Reddit that the problem with Tango was a little more complicated. Long story short, after HiFi Rush dropped, the founder of the studio, Shinji Mikami, left with most of the staff to start his new studio. It's a huge loss to close any studio, but if you lose most of the people, what can you do? The other thing is Arkane. Over the past year, every podcast and KZbinr who talks about how bad Xbox is right now has mentioned Redfall. This must have been terrifying for the developers, and I'm sure their morale was low. I hope they will basically transfer to other studios for a fresh star

[@G360LIVE]

"...if you lose most of the people, what can you do?" What does any business do when they lose people? They hire new people. You don't close your business because you lose your employees. Besides, Mikami used Hi-Fi Rush to train the new guy that he left in charge of Tango. So, Tango was in good hands still. The real problem is that Matt Booty didn't want to wait years for Tango's new game to come out. That's from a report I saw. He and Zenimax's studio head were pitched new games from Tango and Arkane, but when they were told that those games would take years to come out, the decision was made to close those two studios.

[@TheGamerFriends]

The answer is no they’ll be fine. It’s just a big corporation doing budget cuts to save money. There’s a solution to this problem and it’s simple just make great fantastic games without spending so much freaking money. We don’t need graphical masterpieces we just want good games.

[@kabelfritz]

they surely broke their promise of developer and creativity empowerment.

[@dabro1569]

Gaming profits are in trouble because of their own shortsighted policies. Our ultra powerful next generation consoles HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY WASTED on HD remasters of games we have already played. The initial premise was okay 10 years ago. But now all we get is remasters. ESG politically correct CRAP has replaced risk taking and originality. When is the last time a game pushed the boundaries of what gaming can be in terms of not just entertainment but art? I still remember how I felt watching some of the in game cutscenes in the original Bioshock being completely IN AWE on my Xbox 360. Or how fresh it felt to use the thumbstick to mix up potions in a circle like a cauldron in Bayonetta?I haven’t felt a moment moment like that in years. That’s what gaming is missing. The early 2000s were full of that energy and gaming studios were practically printing money. Not just Xbox but gaming in general needs to go back to not apologizing for making products that push boundaries instead of making people feel comfortable or playing it safe. I’ll be waiting. Are you up for it? 💪🏿🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥✊🏿

[@__G___]

Shutting down studios that havent made decent games in years? Oh the horror 😂

[@starrgazer9]

That's your big takeaway...

[@Asimoori]

@@starrgazer9 You know most of these Xbox dudes don't think man lol And you already know most gamers are not good people who lack empathy for anything other than themselves.

[@jeffmartinez3485]

Well if that’s the case shut BGS down, whack ass company that only churns out 💩 in recent years

[@__G___]

@@Asimoori why should I have empathy? Maybe they should be better at their jobs 🙂 Austin is the armpit of Texas so who cares

[@fresco_dinero5155]

At this rate, the only way Xbox will ever have a chance in the gaming market is to shut down and try again in a few years. Come back with force and hopefully within 10 years they will have a more meaningful plan, something more than just spending money recklessly with the hopes of stealing customers from PlayStation and Nintendo