Microsoft & Xbox baffle internet after shutting down Hi-Fi Rush dev & three other Bethesda studios

[@YongYea]

- Buy V Rising now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/?YONGYEA - Wishlist on PlayStation: playstation.com/games/v-rising/ - Let me get this straight... Tango Gameworks makes one of the best games of 2023 in the form of Hi-Fi Rush, gives you some of the best press you've gotten in a long time, and your big brain move is... to shut down the studio? What are Microsoft and Xbox even doing anymore? PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: twitter.com/yongyea INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/yong_yea TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@yongyea TOP PATRONS [BIG BOSS] - Devon B [BOSS] - Charlie Galvin - Gerardo Andrade - Michael Redmond [LEGENDARY] - azalea

[@helixmoss9957]

Hi from Australia! I watch all your vids as they come out :)

[@LegendaryKira]

Thank you for the free code!

[@JubiTheVille]

cheap labour is exploiting the entire skilled and unskilled workforce in every country everywherre. The employers dont care abot anything other than cost of labour. cheap or nothing in their eyes

[@SergeyWaytov]

I am just as flabbergasted by this entire situation -- not even full two days since sony had to give up under combined pressure of entire Community, and cancel their BS linking idea, Microsoft just goes out and closes the studio behing Hi-Fi Rush, while the 343 is still in good and not going anywhere, despite their Numerous fumbles with Halo franchise in recent memory

[@tstarks1975]

The heads of these studios in Gaming all have the same problem as all cooperate American. All the heads are the ones that need to be cleared out and fired instead of those who have made you all the money and the reason the company even exists. They have idiots in charge, and the real people suffer for their stupidity

[@SIDEWAYS255]

The fact that they felt the need to say "Hi-Fi Rush will still be available" kinda tells you a lot about the dystopian gaming industry we have.

[@John-Stark]

I'm fucking Pirating it if I want to play it now Fuck Microsoft

[@NinjaDemon-454]

Just like our world now. They melt the Devs, & keep the game up to keep 100% of the profits... "What a time to be alive..."

[@lazygamer4714]

Buying the competition and then destroying them. Classic move.

[@songohan3321]

Actually, it is an EA move.

[@Ozymandias2x]

@@songohan3321 I miss Westwood Studios.

[@masteyeah4512]

We need a word for that because its getting increasingly frequent

[@Golecom2]

That is the American corpo move in it's finest.

[@thegrayyernaut]

@@masteyeah4512 I think it's called "killer acquisition"

[@bloodbullet20]

The sad part is Mikami said he agreed to have HiFi rush made to train the studio's newer developers so they could hang on their own after he left, they made a banger of a game and got rewarded with the studio being shut down...

[@Planag7]

Yeah honestly I love the game and will honestly look forward to buying it when it does get to switch again.. but damn. The fuck? I really enjoyed it

[@landfillao4193]

Yeah. I've seen people try to justify this with "well, Mikami left". But in reality John Johanas directed more projects at Tango than he did. Mikami was bringing up young directors and doing a damn fine job of it, btw.

[@G360LIVE]

@@landfillao4193 That's why people are speculating that Ninja Theory is next to be closed, because Tameem Antoniades left the studio, but he hasn't been replaced. So, once Hellblade 2 is done (and maybe a PS5 port as well), NT will likely be gone.

[@damedrops8197]

This is bad for the industry and bad for gamers. Small indie studios are winning right now, laughing as big Corp companies crumble and fall down.

[@CMONCMON007]

Poor Mikami all he tweeted out in response to this is: He is sad

[@jii-e7d]

i work in japan as gamedev. i'm actually really suprised. because layoffs, let alone mass layoffs are legally reaaaaaally hard in japan lol. they went above and beyond for THAT move.

[@irving_a3445]

Hello, I hope you can answer two questions or refer me to a source on the matter: As part of a Japan-established business, could the Tango Gameworks developers have a legal recourse or some way to denounce the closure of the studio to an authority? Considering their parent company is a foreign entity, would there be special considerations or difficulties if they decide to take legal action? Sorry in advance if it's hard for you to answer everything, but I'm unsure who or where else I could ask about this.

[@madjoe8622]

It's a closure.

[@reaganation6000]

Imagine you're Tango, you only made less than 10 games and your most recent game is one of the most successful titles in your resume, then you are still instructed to shut down regardless.

[@mightylink65]

There's no room for good people in the game industry anymore, Sony even fired the Destiny 2 composer who was the ONLY one doing a great job on that game.

[@maggie6152]

​@@mightylink65Nah, I know people who work at Bungie. They are definitely doing great work, but as usual are hamstrung by terrible corporate decisions.

[@sussusamogus4714]

​@@mightylink65sounds like the position is just cursed! It's weird that it happened a second time

[@dragonmaster1500]

Remember when the previous CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, slashed his own salary so he wouldn't have to lay off people back in 2014? Why can't more CEOs be like him?

[@cliffturbo2146]

Thaat'd require sympathy and no greed, and they lack dat

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

You wanna know why you heard about that? Because it never happens. That's how capitalism works, especially when you become a mega corp.

[@aurorademise]

Vote with your wallets 💕

[@willissudweeks1050]

@@aurorademiseWhy do you even bother to say that? You know full well it’s not gonna do anything.

[@nader91]

this is partially due to how the law works in japan... i paraphrase; before giving up on a studio and closing it you have to do everything that's possible in your power to show you made the effort to prevent it from closing

[@thisisfyne]

As a senior 3D artist in that industry, here's what I find the most shocking about this: Microsoft is clearly saying to all the studios they own "even if you do great work, commercially successful work, you're not necessarily safe" That's when people stop pouring their heart and soul in what they do, and/or jump ship. Just Microsoft once again lowering the bar. That's what they do.

[@ContinuumSpanner]

Your pfp encapsulates this perfectly

[@thisisfyne]

@@ContinuumSpanner lmao yep I guess it really does

[@benmcreynolds8581]

For real I've been trying to imagine that too.. Microsoft is continuing to support studios who have produced Zero games. Such as Perfect dark, fable, etc. Etc. Yet the studios who not only put out some of their only decent games but have a great array of IP's to utilize as potential.. Yet NONE of that matters

[@roguescorner9042]

Because they rely so much on shareholders and whatnot, and shareholders probably couldn't care less about these games. They invest in the company and expect to see profit from it immediately. As such, it doesn't matter if your game is successful and sells well in proportion to it's development and budget. If it's not making that Call of Duty money, they don't see the worth in keeping it around. To them, games are nothing but a product, and so will cut whatever losses they deem necessary. 20 or so years ago, these companies saw the true value of games, but as they've grown more corporate, so to has their treatment of the games they make.

[@robdude999]

This can't continue. People're gonna look at what happens to those in the gaming industry and go yeah nah I'mma flip burgers instead. Or something. Then the gaming industry (indie devs aside methinks) will die.

[@sparktenks]

Everyone is saying AI is a big threat to the game industry. But, it's never the devs or the tools that are the threat. It's always upper management. Corporate executives tend to make huge decisions like this in all business sectors. Layoffs even after having record profits so they can get their bonuses. It's disgusting that some of these bonuses can pay for the salary of many employees for years.

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

Exactly

[@abrahamlincoln3181]

3 Trillion dollar company goes on buying spree, then fires thousands of the staff they just bought.

[@mightylink65]

It means they just wanted the IP's and have no intention of continuing those franchises, at least not as games... the Fallout show was hugely successful, we're just going to get Dishonored on Amazon Prime in the future.

[@DubberRucks]

Such a scummy way to get rid of the competition; buy them up and shut them down and who's left?? 🤔

[@stealthcobra1525]

RIch enough to afford ridiculous multi billion purchases of existing companies, but not "rich" enough to pay the worker that were making the games they just paid a premium for....

[@tealishpotato]

Big thanks to the US government who considers our anti-monopoly laws selectively enforceable... 🙄 The FTC was right to be concerned about these acquisitions. I hope Micro$oft ends up back in court for this.

[@shawnfee9107]

@@tealishpotato If I recall correctly, this was one of the points Sony was trying to make when fighting against the Acti/Blizz acquisition. Microsoft said "oh no we won't buy a company, then layoff/fire its employees" Microsoft: Proceeds to continuously do exactly what Sony and the FTC were concerned about.

[@lpk675]

I feel like the irony of a game developer making a game about overthrowing a megacorporation that lost sight of its original goal for the sake of greed and then getting shut down by their publisher just over a year later for reasons that we can only assume to be greed shouldn't be lost.

[@lsebastian9086]

I wont even compare the executives at Microsoft with Roquefort, not because Roquefort would not do something like that to save profits, but because i actually like the character

[@anaguma90]

Reality has become satire

[@seraslain962]

Microsoft (probably): "We can't allow you to keep operating. You see, if you make good games then people start expecting good games. The Company can't afford to sell good games that can't push their weight with Microtransactions and Day One DLC..."

[@maxmikester8185]

@@seraslain962 This hits the nail on the head. If it doesn’t have micro transactions to fuel endless growth it’s not gonna cut it for them. This is why I’ve been saying for a long time the Stock Market needs to be removed and outlawed. All it does is PROMOTE THIS BEHAVIOR.

[@imStorm3r]

@@maxmikester8185 real sometimes it feels like the stock market is worse than crypto...

[@adamruiz3683]

Tango's closure makes it so obvious that Hi-Fi Rush shadow-dropping was Microsoft trying to send it out to die. The fact that it blew up in spite of that is a testament to Tango's skills.

[@Axtmoerder]

They should have released this game on Xbox and PlayStation simultaneously, the hype and word of mouth would have carried this game a lot I’m glad for the ps5 port but a year later and releasing between ff7 rebirth, helldivers, dragons dogma, rise of ronin and stellar blade didn’t help the game

[@LouSassol69er]

I think alot of the staff is being folded back in with other Bethesda devs like Arkane Lyon etc to work on IP like Dishonored 3 & Blade.

[@SpaniardNL]

​​@@LouSassol69erregarding arkane austin, I hope not The talented devs already left that studio when they where asked to start developing Redfall.

[@LouSassol69er]

@@SpaniardNL yeah Austin was pretty trash. But they didn't want to release that game anyway. They hoped after the Bethesda acquisition that it'd be cancelled but not so.

[@Shrilack]

@@LouSassol69er Trash?! They made Prey 2015, that is one of Arkhane's best game

[@gladiuslupus]

To quote Chai from Hi-Fi Rush: "This is very... corporate."

[@ArcaneEther]

I can only imagine the over-paid, empty-headed executive who saw Hi-Fi Rush's sales and immediately went into a conniption fit. "But it's not live service!" * tears out hair * "There's no crypto!" * gouges out eyes * "Where's the web 3?!" * passes out *

[@jamesbullo]

Lol *passes out. That got me lol😅

[@WolfTamer]

Let's not forget the classic "let ai do it all!"

[@ken.7019]

"WHERE'S THE BATTLE PASS?" (shits his pants)

[@federicofabulli5030]

That’s why you don’t let accountants and executives in the room, they ruin the fun with their bean counting.

[@sumerian88]

Always more more and more. Never enough growth, never enough money. They dont want just some money, they want ALL the money.

[@J-Vill]

People should realize huge corporations buying smaller studios is a BAD THING! Look what EA did with many studios microsoft and playstation aren't excluded from doing this

[@frankaliberti]

Except no one blames Raphaël Colantonio and Shinji Mikami, the actual people who sold to these corporations and are no millionaires.

[@Nihilisterplayz]

Eh they did it to evolution studio on the ps3

[@MaoRatto]

AKA MINECRAFT IS NOW A FORMER SHELL OF ITSELF

[@datenschutzbtw1350]

Activision buying every decent studio that did a good shooter game, just to force them to become patching slaves for the current CoD.

[@Daelyah]

As someone obsessed with Legacy of Kain, Embracer Group earned all my hate in the past few years. I'm mad as well for fans of the other IPs they hoarded up, as well.

[@cormoran2303]

This tells us one thing. Gamepass success means NOTHING to Microsoft.

[@sabersz]

If Gamepass success is meaningless then what exactly IS Microsoft going for? They're obviously looking at ditching console hardware and Gamepass is a direct cannibal for game sales on the platform. I don't necessarily disagree with your point but some explanation would clear it up a bit, thanks mate

[@sssspider]

@@saberszit’s likely they have no idea and are just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. The slow but inevitable collapse of traditional consoles no doubt has them in a panic.

[@elhazthorn918]

​@@sabersz They've shown again and again that the suits have no idea what they're doing. They're making arbitrary targets, and no matter how acclaimed games like Hi-Fi Rush are, if they don't meet however million dollars made, they get shuttered and shelved, never to be seen again.

[@georgetan86]

Exactly game pass a failure is reason why they downsize Xbox department.

[@mightylink65]

It's not a success, developers are getting far less money and player retention from it because everyone is playing their games for "free" now like trials or demos.

[@ItsDatCajunStuff]

Sony: "Man, we screwed up bad recently." Microsoft: "I got you, fam."

[@pedro4464]

Microsoft: "Your game isn't selling really well" Tango: "YOU GAVE IT FOR FREE!"

[@MentalLiberation]

Microsoft: I don't see the problem. You're closed.

[@ChaoticOctopus952]

Tango gets paid for it being on gamepass.

[@Guradia]

@chaoticoctopus Storm Trooper level of rhetorical aiming

[@devak45167]

“You should never have let us get away with that, CLOSED!”

[@ChaoticOctopus952]

@@Guradia I don't think it is right what Xbox has done but developers do get paid through the game pass.

[@tiagocoelho94]

These executives are crazy. They're simply burning their money for no reason

[@kevingame3198]

No it's because they need to keep up with inflation because the government or in this case the us government and president biden are the ones are the cause of inflation

[@Yorhosashi]

no they are buying game studio's to remove the competition from the industry. probably demanding insanely high expectations they need to meet in order to make money and when they cant meet those expectations they get shut down.

[@kevingame3198]

@Yorhosashi bc they need to keep up with inflation bc there's a viral video going on Twitter/X bc several us government officials including president Biden mentioned that inflation is a good sign

[@BoredPodcaster]

If you were swimming in trillions, you'd probably think it was a good idea to burn a few mil too. But don't worry, their "business" model is not sustainable. Sooner or later they'll realize they're backing themselves into a corner, and they'll either grow a brain, or they'll go out of business.

[@MLennholm]

They're not burning the money, they're putting it in their own pockets

[@destructor3152]

EA being famous for closing studios. Microsoft " hold my beer"

[@Raven777777777777777]

It feels like whole industry started a race on whose gonna screw up the industry more in shorter amount of time.

[@f0x4nn3]

EA often not booted everyone, many got fused and consolidated into EA studio *insert city name* Still terrible company limiting creativity, lot of killed IPs and many lost their job under their command

[@kevingame3198]

Man 2024 is brutal year for game development

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

Naw it's mostly just big studios getting hit with a dose of reality.

[@kevingame3198]

​@ohnosmoarlulcatz now I stick to jrpgs anime based games like genshin impact and xenoblade chronicles etc but I still play overwatch and fortnite

[@HanDaimond]

Yeah, I think I don't want to work for the videogame industry now.

[@_MintArcade]

2025: hold my controller

[@skyuru]

After Game Republic now Tango Gameworks, these ex-Capcom crators cant have a studio in peace...

[@gamerkingdom1442]

“What are you doing, gaming industry?” That’s a question I’ve been asking about this industry for the last few years….🤦‍♂️

[@ImEcchi]

I’ve been thinking that since 2014, So you’re late to the party.

[@forgives12]

​@@ImEcchi2018 would be more accurate.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

@@ImEcchihuh, you’re right. Should have said last DECADE….

[@BrotherRoga]

James Stephanie Sterling: You already know. You just needed a reminder.

[@kurikuraconkuritas]

a decade of bullcrap

[@jamiedavies3810]

"To focus on our priority games" Like what? ES6? That game was announced like 8 years ago and WE'VE HEARD NOTHING.

[@Kou901]

Skyrim Definitely the Last Definitive Edition Edition

[@somakun1806]

Fallout 76, eso online, starfield Yep they focusing on these games

[@KgEclispe252]

​​@@nukagirl9159Ah yes because we definitely need more one hour $70 campaigns Microsoft

[@hypeman1825]

That game is likely gonna be trash anyways. I’m sorry I just don’t trust Bethesda with rpg’s anymore.

[@jamiedavies3810]

I have no hopes for Bethesda or ES6. Phil and Todd the conmen can rave to people who gives a rats ass.

[@HeyLookImGerman]

The problem with almost all corporations is the fact that they are in an infinte growth/acquisition model where their sole focus is increasing YoY returns to make shareholders happy. To make matters worse, these companies' financial projections are becoming more unrealistic every quarter. "Last year, we made $2.7bn in profits. Unfortunately, that is 0.7% off of our projections, so there will be layoffs. Our goal for this year is $5bn. Let's go team!"

[@sumerian88]

On planet Earth, this system is just unsustainable. Limited resources, limited space, limited energy. We have one planet for a model based on endless growth; which is impossible. Things have to go down eventually. Capitalism, although it is the least worst system, still has annoying ass flaws like that one. if we had endless planets that we were able to colonize, this wouldn't be a problem, but with just planet Earth, we're gonna hit limits (we already are).

[@willwunsche6940]

4:58 The guy that laid them off not even getting the studios names right 💀

[@abztrackt]

☠️

[@DLxxx]

They have no fucking clue what they're doing..

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

Cases like this just make another video game crash like in 1983 more and more likely to happen again. The prospects for Ghostwire 2, The Evil Within 3, and Hi-fi 2 is forever gone with Tango Gameworks closed. It's never going to be the same without the original studio.

[@robertnapier624]

It will be a lot bigger than the 83 crash when it does happen

[@ProjectPhoenix21]

To be absolutely fair, Tango no longer had Shinji Mikami and he took a lot of talent with him. TEW3 and Ghostwire 2 would not be the same without him.

[@doomtrigger]

They were gone when they fired the founder

[@noodleman4555]

​@@doomtriggerHe didn't get fired, he retired.

[@C24U_]

The crash of 83 was a situation that was due to factors that aren’t at all similar to what’s going on now. 83 was caused by a flood of garbage games made cheaply due to Activision winning a lawsuit against Atari that caused them to lose protection over cartridge manufacturing. The market got scared aware due to the product quality which resulted in Atari crumbling. That’s not at all what is happening in todays market.

[@Mrgiggles9007]

The new console war soon will no longer be about which console is better but which company is willing to fuck itself and everyone else over the most.

[@BlaizeTheDragon]

You are essentially trying to pick the lesser of evils. You have one that has no idea what the fuck it's doing (Sony), one that likes to buy companies and then close them down at random regardless of success (Microsoft) and another that's so scarily protective of their IPs they'd sue you for just thinking about them if they could (Nintendo)

[@gehtdichnichtsan2418]

Idk almost every year we get a Goty contender or one of the greatest games for a genre with Sony. Sure they sometimes make shit decisions, but at least with Helldivers they quickly went back on it. Microsoft with XBox just throws money at walls, while pro gamers praise the Trillion Dollar Company to heaven with their decisions and acquisitions.

[@MrTBSC]

... that´s already the case

[@Mrgiggles9007]

@@gehtdichnichtsan2418 Yeah but there is shit decisions and then there is: Trying to revoke the license for your game for potentially hundreds of thousands of players because fuck you, we need a bump for our quarterly. That's a little more than just a 'shit' decision. And it's not the only shit decision on their part recently either.

[@nicolaslabra2225]

​@@gehtdichnichtsan2418it's cope,Sony fucks up a Lot but they do listen sometimes and deliver bangers, Microsoft/xbox is actually garbage.

[@strava2015]

It's as if Microsoft saw that Sony was getting a lot of bad press from the Helldivers 2 situation and thought to themselves "hey let's remind people the we still suck as well!"

[@Funglutton]

There's a little truth in this. Microsoft is big enough with enough shareholders that they will actively plan when to drop the worst news. Currently Sony is drawing ire so they probably calculated that this news will get less attention and will be lumped into general 'Games Industry bullshit' news rather than 'Microsoft sucks' news.

[@DubberRucks]

Microsoft: Look at me, look at me! DAD? ARE YOU LOOKING??? Imma do something cool! also Microsoft: faceplants from diving board

[@RogueDragon05]

Anybody that saw MS gobbling up half the industry and promiseing a whole string of kickass exclusives 4 years ago and thought about the likelihood of that actually happening knew that things were gonna play out this way. MS bought the industry knowing it was gonna tank everything it touched, now they are breaking their toys so no one can play with them

[@tehSunBro]

Actually i'm pretty sure they were hoping that the Helldivers shitstorm means people miss them doing this shit.

[@RogueDragon05]

@@tehSunBro Helldivers had nothing to do with this... this has been coming for more then 4 years, look back at the endo Xbox One's lifes cycle and Spencer promises with the purches of Ninja Theory and others that they finally had the tools to make the next generation amazing... they did noting.. all the money, talent, tools, studio's you could possibly want... and they have twiddled their thumbs up their ass for half a decade, cause they never intended to to do anything with these studio's they were always gonna murder em and break their own toys so no one could play with em

[@dermond]

Classic Microsoft move: Embrace, Extend and Extinguish

[@QuasarEE]

Speedrun edition. They skipped the extend part.

[@cavior44]

XBox was just a device to sell double A batteries.

[@jayanthony6375]

i see u r a student of billy microsoftdik gates monopolistic highly illegal business practices. I remember when monopolies were illegal... but since our politicians are all bribe taking prostitutes, we now live in a country ran by criminals who pay 2 skirt the law... as thousands of small businesses are ended due to illegal monopolistic practices ignored by just paying our corrupt gov to look the other way. it is disgusting

[@bguy-hs8qt]

They want to acquire and destroy, just like they did with newspapers and TV stations that are now owned by a couple of corporations.

[@NurseValentineSG]

The Arkane Austin studio closure is so disgusting. First Microsoft forces them to work on a game they don't wanna work anymore because they themselves saw no audience for it. Then the game bombs because they saw from a mile away that it would bomb, and Microsoft closes them a year later. What the actual fuck are you even supposed to do with a lead like Microsoft? Your game is bad? You get closed. Your game is good? You get closed. And then they wonder why nobody buys their consoles and they have no strong exclusives. Actually open your fucking eyes for once, Xbox Leadership. I'm begging you.

[@ReshyShira]

Hopefully the market will catch up to microsoft.

[@GetERekted]

Nah arkane Austin deserved it for making a dogshit game. Microsoft was also hands off for that project

[@owangejewice]

I only ever bought one Xbox in my life and it was a 360 that got a red ring of death one week after my parents bought it. I still remember the look of disbelief on my parents' faces as they boxed up that piece of shit and hauled it back to Gamestop.

[@NANOTECHYT]

Not to mention Bungie gave them Halo in the absolute best state, healthy player base, big fandom, best blueprint for the game etc in 2010, all they had to do was continue it by just updating the graphics. By 2015 the franchise was holding for its dear life and is basically dead now. Anything Halo related now is not anything to be hyped for, which is an absolute tragedy, Halo used to be a word uttered to describe how great the video game industry was, now it's uttered as an example of incompetence of a flagship product. Halo Infinite was just okay unlike Halo 5 which was genuinely bad, but if your comeback game in the series is just "okay" then you've got a big problem, not to mention the graphics were panned before launch and caused a delay. I don't even play Infinite, I booted it up once and got bored because there was no forge mode, they created some stupid battlepass that was so hard to finish and the gameplay felt dated. I was one of the biggest Halo fans in 2010, I used to boot up Reach at least 3 times a week to play for hours on end. Now I miss those days. Microsoft kills everything they touch.

[@NANOTECHYT]

@@GetERekted The thing is Microsoft had nothing to do with the inception of Redfall as a game, but they should've pivoted it to a singleplayer title or just swallowed the loss of it and allowed Arkane Austin to move on with new projects. I agree that Arkane Austin deserves Redfall's disaster because they and Zenimax greenlit that trash title as a games as a service, it never should've been made or gone passed concept stage, but Arkane Austin have made some good games in the past like Prey and Dishonored, they even helped on Call of Duty World at War. They still had some potential, if their next project failed, then fair enough, pull the plug then, it's somewhat justified. But it was too early imo to get rid of them. It starting to look like Xbox just doesn't care about anything Zenimax does beyond DOOM, FallOut and Elder Scrolls and sure those are the big titles, but Dishonored and Prey are cult favorite games, they deserve attention too.

[@JONATHANP1619]

Remember when Mister Iwata took a paycut when the Wii U didn't work out? Your move Phil.

[@VetoShizu]

I could've sworn that was the 3DS lol. He took a cut to reduce the price, and it worked out in the end. That man is a legend.

[@samuraibeluga3749]

nintendo is shitty in many other ways XD lets not pretend like they are an example to follow as a company

[@irishstew9951]

​@@samuraibeluga3749oh they are in other ways but the calibre of the men running them shows in volumes one will take the personal hit while one will not

[@camil3545]

​@samuraibeluga3749 no one here thinks Nintendo is perfect or anything, but being able to recognize and applaud good behavior while criticizing bad behavior is how we improve.

[@samuraibeluga3749]

​@@irishstew9951 so all the bullshit is forgiven because one individual did the honorable thing in a particular context? iwata didint run the company alone you dont know any of the other people, iwata was liked because he was one of the ogs and had fun being the face of the company, would you put your hands on fire for anyone else in the company? i wouldnt, especially nowadays

[@chumorgan443]

They're looking for the live service promised land where the NFTs grow on trees and players keep throwing money at them for that one game they made 15 years ago.

[@accidentalmadness1708]

So they’re STILL chasing Fortnite?

[@tanji998]

This needs to stop. What the hell are they doing? Killing the gaming industry?

[@Healthyjet]

Amidst all the studios getting shutdown and all the layoffs, this one REALLY hurts. The fact that the studios behind Prey (2017), The Evil Within 1 & 2, Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire Tokyo are no more is just baffling. I truly believe that we are experiencing one of the worst moments in gaming history and that’s just fucking depressing.

[@bobtom1495]

You mean Prey 2017. And that game sucked. The real Prey and whsy could have been Prey 2 were better....

[@bobmcbob4399]

@@bobtom1495 Yes 2017 sucked ass with the quests to travel to opposite ends of the ship with all the loading screens! Utter shite. 2000's Prey was bad ass game. They should give us a sequel of that one. Game was amazing.

[@Healthyjet]

@@bobtom1495 yup I meant Prey 2017. You may not like it but many people (me included) consider it to be one of greatest immersive sims ever. I know Prey 2 was canceled and the developers were fucked in the process but it had nothing to do with the people behind the development of the reboot, the game wasn’t even supposed to be called Prey in the first place, Bethesda practically forced Arkane Austin to do so. And even if the game sucked as you say it doesn’t justify shutting down an entire studio over it.

[@Chickensea10]

DONT DORGET DISHONORED :(

[@G360LIVE]

"I truly believe that we are experiencing one of the worst moments in gaming history..." We're currently in a second crash. This is what happened in the early '80s. Companies weren't selling as many games as they thought they would. E.T. was a part of that because Atari infamously produced way too many copies of the game. Sales declined. Profits dropped. Layoffs happened. Closures happened. That's what the crash was back then. It wasn't a total evisceration of the industry like people incorrectly believe. It was a major shake-up of the industry, a contraction, and that's what we're starting to see now. And because of inflation and the recession, we'll see more of this happen. It'll get worse before it gets better.

[@lifesymbiont5769]

That's one of the major reasons I will NEVER go to a publisher as a solo indie game dev. They just destroy you

[@willissudweeks1050]

Ya dude I’m sure the billion dollar corps are just itching to publish you. How could you do that to them?

[@williamedwards4151]

@@willissudweeks1050 It's not about the corps. It's his choice who he wants to publish with, and corpos still ruin you for profit. Whether or not the corps want to sign you means absolutely nothing in this discussion. But, hey, thanks for your smartass comment. I'm sure the billion dollar corporations really appreciate you defending them.

[@professoremil]

@@williamedwards4151 He couldn’t suck and swallow harder if he tried.

[@joelhodoborgas]

If that was the case, if you had a game good enough to get a big publisher eyes, youd be passing on a lot of money and i really doubt that. people just say things...

[@lifesymbiont5769]

@@joelhodoborgas I don't want their money, my artistic freedom is more important to me

[@ofearghailthefearless6481]

If the developers aren't allowed to get the money behind the games, why should Microsoft? Pirate the fuck out of these!

[@mtdfs5147]

Remember kids; piracy isn't stealing if buying isn't owning.

[@maskedkittyMC]

i legit will have too, i didn’t even get a chance to get hi-fi-rush.

[@mtdfs5147]

@@maskedkittyMC YO HO YO HO A PIRATES LIFE FOR MEEEE 🏴‍☠️🍻

[@darksword0928]

​@@mtdfs5147piracy isn't stealing if they already stole the game from the original developers

[@captaincrunch6011]

I wish.... Hi Fi Rush to this day is STILL UNCRACKED, no thanks to denuvo.

[@therandomartist3201]

They…shut down the studio behind the Evil Within…my disappointment has found a new low and it hasn’t even been a fucking week since my disappointment with Sony.

[@punishedbung4902]

I’m genuinely gutted by Tango Gamework’s closure. They finally made their magnum opus, they finally realized their potential, and Microsoft just cut them down.

[@cavior44]

Step 1: Make a great game Step 2: Release it on Playstation Step 3: Profit They got the second step wrong.

[@JaspisB]

Yeah, it's just... I can't even find the words...

[@xGHxMAN15]

Both Evil Withins are my favorite horror games of the last decade. The premise of the first game is still one of the most mind blowing concepts for a video game and they pulled it off so well idk if it’ll be topped. Every level in The Evil Within was just top tier psychological horror level design.

[@kingshalabies]

I detest that every single game is expected to sell like GTA or FIFA….and that if you miss those targets, you are a failure. This industry is broken.

[@zhuguidai]

maybe there will be another video game industry crash and this time nintendo wont be able to bring it back

[@isaac-ga]

​@@isjenenakksjrbrnsljdbrbrshabtf😂😂

[@awtodor]

Exactly this, you can't hit a home run every time and actually try something interesting.

[@errorx_x1063]

​@@awtodor "I invested 100's of millions of dollars to SELL THIS GAME. I NEED MY MONEY BACK."

[@cavior44]

Maybe don't put on game pass and make some money.

[@lofiseeker1790]

But 343 industries still exist? How?

[@KairosObj]

Halo protects em..

[@mightylink65]

They're Microsoft's pet dog.

[@Andre-yy3en]

​@@mightylink65not really when they bought activision they where hit with layoffs pretty hard

[@JezzmanGAMES]

Can't wait for the announcement that Bethesda will be shutting down because ES 6 did not sell a billion copies in the first week. Studios under microsoft are basically being treated as spunk tissues at this point.

[@Booty_WarriorGaming]

I’m pretty sure that’s going to happen watch open world games are changing they are more story and gameplay based now and I don’t think Bethesda haves it in them to create something new with the ES6 as in improve on what they already have what we might get is fallout 4 with swords so hopefully they learned from the past 2 games they put out and don’t go down the legendary loot route

[@thefiresworddragon927]

Not that anything of value would be lost.

[@ASNS117Zero]

The writing really *is* on the wall at this point. Starfield has the studio's reputation in shambles, and the only thing propping them up rn is the fact that Fallout has a popular TV show atm. If TES6 doesn't reach expectations (it won't) it could literally kill the studio. MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE JUST RE-RELEASED SKYRIM SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES AND GIVEN US A NEW TES GAME IN A REASONABLE TIME, TODD!?

[@victorfox2972]

Bethesda hasn't made a good game since oblivion. It's all been downhill since 20 years ago.

[@josuemagana7242]

​@ASNS117Zero the elder scrolls 6 will have 16 times more delay than Skyrim. 16 times the bugs. It just works. There are more versions of Skyrim than actual elder scrolls too. You got the OG version for ps3/xbox360. Then you got the GOTY edition. Then you got the next Gen edition for ps4/Xbox 1. Then you got the switch version. Then you got the VR version. Most recently we got ps5/xbox X version. Skyrim has been released 6 times and it's only the fifth entry in the series. And all of those versions still just look like a ps3 game. Bethesda is a pathetic excuse of a development studio.

[@marcrics]

Imagine sacking Tango but letting 343 continue to shit on your flagship franchise.

[@The_Punisher]

Idk Halo Infinite has been alot better state since it came out

[@hiroshiarturolopezsashida6071]

@@The_Punisher they still selling the color purple?

[@hyperdark22]

​@@The_Punisher just stop

[@marcrics]

@@The_Punisher yeah I agree. But how long did it take? Your sentiment basically accepts unfinished games being released and sorry but that's just weak minded. 343 won't really get a chance for redemption until their next release.

[@hiroshiarturolopezsashida6071]

@@marcrics more people are starting to accept this practice which is just sad

[@alexisflores1593]

Xbox: “We should support our studios more!” **close down studios**

[@Booty_WarriorGaming]

Activision is next I’m just curious what studios will be getting shutdown

[@desertfish74]

They’re like “less studios divided by same support equals more support per studio!”

[@tonypond3970]

The hifi rush devs should just form a new indi studio and release a new "spiritual successor"

[@HJDSimon]

That tweet about the amount Bobby Kotick was paid is just the most digusting, inhumane thing.....seriously should be rioting in the streets about this. Can't be long if we're already at this stage

[@fuckoffgoogle1657]

No one’s rioting over video games, grow the fuck up. 😂 just don’t buy trash games from trash companies and move on with ur day

[@Planag7]

Sadly Bobby was ALWAYS going to get a shit ton of money

[@tehSunBro]

Hate Kotic all you want, but with the amount of money he was making ever since he became CEO, that payment was well earned. He may be a total asshole, but he is good at making money, guess what skill you need to be a good CEO. If you guessed "making money" you win absolutely nothing. Nobody does

[@uberbyte7467]

​@@tehSunBrodoesn't praise him, he is friends with Epstein

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

Microsoft is a trillion dollar corporation. It doesn’t make sense for them to be in the gaming business anymore.

[@Mwmoody]

Actually if they end up leaving the U.S competition market will lose a lot of money if that happens. Sry but Xbox is here to stay based on how much money they made off of the console.

[@AwakenShogun]

It is possbile that they are moving those developers to other bigger studios, so a closure would make sense.

[@brando3342]

Gaming is a quadrillion dollar industry though lol

[@TheSixthSLoT]

@@HateShitStainedCrackerss Google says they're worth 100 billion as of 2024 dude.

[@stevenmaswabi-zz9kt]

Ethics are the first thing that gets thrown out the window in businesses that big

[@That_0ne_Dev]

This is why I gave up wanting to work for a AAA development team and just focus on being an indie developer

[@gabrote42]

I wish you luck. And remember that Game Jams and Toby Fox are not the only ways. My favourite indie developer is Sleeper Games (Swirl W@tch, Hyperspace Deck command, Mech Revenant Input One). I hope to see your games down the line.

[@FelipeKana1]

Be aware of future success! If you do good games, don't get bought by a big company, please. Good luck

[@darksword0928]

Me too, with all the bad news coming from AAA going indie sound better by the day

[@Joshua-gt7pz]

Got a title I could look up? I've been specifically staying away from AAA.

[@gabrote42]

@@Joshua-gt7pz Well, I just mentioned a few by Sleeper, but it depends on what you want to play. For example, Space Beast Terror Fright is great if you love brutal FPS with so much muzzle flash you can't see your nose, or Scavenger SV-4 is good if you like to explore alien worlds from a tank. What kinda game would you like to play? If I know it I will recommend it to you.

[@theohallenius8882]

I didn't know whether to pirate Hi-Fi rush to support developers or to buy it, so I bought it, just to help positivity review it later. Probably the most fun and polished game in the past decade, why the F would they shut it down?

[@alanmauricio6301]

Dude as a digital artist it was my dream working on another dishonored game... i really got bumped out...

[@ItsNothingAmazing]

you would've never made it

[@Xport9]

@@ItsNothingAmazing Rude.

[@erysecret]

Dont listen to what the guy above me said. You can achieve it man. Follow your passion. No idea why they said negative shit for. You got this

[@abrahamj15]

That was arkane secondary studio, don't worry dishonored is not dead yet and I love it's artstyle, be sure to keep chasing that goal!

[@ItsNothingAmazing]

@@erysecret yeah I wouldn't listen to Xport9 either.

[@elhazthorn918]

Didn't Mojang also come out recently to say how Microsoft made everything shitty for them after they acquired Minecraft?

[@herbderbler1585]

And yet he still sold out to them. Everyone complains about the big evil corporations, then immediately goes right back to shoveling coal in the corporate furnaces when they're offered a shiny bonus check.

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@herbderbler1585 also, he is rich so he doesn't need to work anymore 😅

[@dragonmaster1500]

You guys are missing the point. OP said Mojang, you guys are talking about Notch, who took his check and went off to do who knows what.

[@herbderbler1585]

@@dragonmaster1500 correct, Notch sold Mojang, took his billions and ran, leaving everyone else at Mojang to deal with stack ranking and whatever other fresh hells Microsoft wished to heap upon them. He fed them to the beast for his 20 pieces of silver.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@herbderbler1585 That's one part of why Mojang stripped his name from the game.

[@itsthatbrownboiilite5699]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain” Microsoft is now EA 2 It’s not is it making money it’s is it making a fuck load of money quickly.

[@the13thjoker]

Or EA 2

[@itsthatbrownboiilite5699]

@@the13thjokershit that’s what I meant imma edit that in For those that are confused I wrote Ubisoft first. I wanna say it was an accident but at this point what’s the difference.

[@jodieholmes8453]

Yeah tends to happen when games aren't supported by consumers.

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

😂Oh no 😂😂😂 Oh no 😂😂😂 U don't say . What were you expecting from a company that had billions to buy Activision but not enough to pay 15000 employees That's why I will never buy Microsoft items .

[@sheepfly]

Microsoft has always been shit, come on, EA dreams to be as evil as MS

[@BTRshow]

Sony: "looking for a job?"

[@veckgames]

Remember when people thought being bought by Microsoft would save these studios/companies?

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Once Microsoft acquired Bethesda and Zenimax I lost what little hope I had in regards to Elder Scrolls 6.

[@NoName......]

I always saw through that shit. Microsoft would "magically" improve Blizzard. Why would they? The good of their hearts? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@mightylink65]

Well for Activision/Blizzard it couldn't get any worse than sexual harassment and banned from china...

[@majamystic256]

I thought Heretic and Hexen would come back if ID and Raven were under the same roof but they haven't come back, at least not yet

[@nman551]

I laugh

[@scottfernandez161]

Corporate greed in games, in tech, it’s gross. So many jobs lost, so many good people impacted and yet these Executives who made the bad decisions…they get bonuses. 😡🥵😡

[@mightylink65]

So what about the people who paid for the Redfall dlc? It wasn't advertised as a kickstarter or early access, it was sold as a pre-order that was never delivered. If people don't get a full refund for it then that seems like grounds for a lawsuit.

[@Carnage7209]

If you preorder then you get what you deserve

[@christopherrapczynski204]

A ton of recent events are grounds for a lawsuit. These corporations know the peons cant afford it anymore

[@lycanwarrior2137]

You can apply to get a credit for the DLC I believe.

[@mightylink65]

@@lycanwarrior2137 It probably comes with terms that waives your rights to take legal action, do not accept whatever fake credits Microsoft tries to give you.

[@ashleyhands7717]

Phil Spencer has literally lived long enough to become the villain.

[@errorx_x1063]

He's a corpo. He always was

[@G360LIVE]

He was always the villain. A few of us caught onto it early because we never bought into his Uncle Phil act.

[@cavior44]

He was right there next to the other guy when they bundled kinnect with xbox one. He was the village idiot all along.

[@onebear6504]

Didn't live that long though from what it seems, people just wanted to cling to something and all you gotta do is act the nice guy

[@D_YellowMadness]

It seems no one will ever use that stupid expression correctly.

[@Doommaster677]

After the Redfall disaster I understand why Arkane Austin got shuttered but Tango Gameworks AFTER the massive success of Hi-Fi Rush is just crazy to me

[@Kagetora-]

Yeah. Hi-Fi Rush was shadow dropped and became a big hit for a lot of people so I don't understand why Microsoft/Xbox decided to shut them down

[@fadingspace7103]

Apparently after Hi fi tango gameworks had no staff, as many developers had left after that game.

[@hafirenggayuda]

​@@fadingspace7103Shinji Mikami and co go making other studio, Kamuy. So far no game been revealed tho

[@dreamer8448]

success on gamepass??? its a flop

[@alpha34098]

This is very likely because most important developers (which are Japanese) left Tango after Shinji Mikami left and formed his own Studio rather than remain in a now fully American-owned Studio If there's something that the Japanese are known for is that they'll never forget is what the Americans did to them 8 decades and most Japanese don't like to work with them or for them. So, when Mikami left, most of Tango's developers felt that the Studio was going to a full American ownership rather than the more loose alliance they had when Zenimax was independent. So they started to look a way to leave in a way their work would be guaranteed, and that's when Mikami came into play again with his new Studio. So, they packed up and left So, after they left, Tango Gameworks was basically dead since the people who essentially made the Studio all left. So Phil Spencer might not have any choice except shutting it down by this point. Of course there were other choices but, these would be more time consuming, not to mention that it would break Tango Gameworks' essence for good

[@Dgero]

Microsoft and or Xbox actually saw the hell divers 2 debacle and said “we could top that”

[@Legion-495]

Tango really hit me... I will pray to Tango-Chan for eternity.

[@KemonoGamer75]

GTA 6

[@Legion-495]

@@KemonoGamer75 I stopped with Rockstar Games at the point where the forced the social club. Also Hifi-Rush 2 was already being pitched. It is just sad.

[@Jimbo676-dc4fq]

A new manager for Microsoft has arrived, and their name is Greed

[@Rubenz343]

Always has been

[@maggie6152]

​@@Rubenz343Yeah, Microsoft is the wolf in sheep's clothing of tech companies: good enough to look better than the other industry garbage and gain consumer trust, but absolutely playing the long game of evil.

[@hypeman1825]

What do you mean lol. It’s been like that forever?

[@Alex_FRD]

What are we doing? Crashing. We're crashing. - Games industry

[@cavior44]

It's only microsoft. Who cares.

[@di9465]

I guess we can officially call it “The Evil Without”.

[@Eternal_Emerald]

The Evil Within Microsoft

[@silveraustinluna]

I'm being reminded of the song "Wake Up" by Powerman 5000. 1 set of lyrics I'm being reminded of is"Wake up. It's time to go. You better leave now. Wake up!" and the 2nd: "Don't be afraid of the future. It doesn't include you, it only removes you.

[@SUPAH_SUPAH_SUPAH]

It appears not even making a universally beloved ans successful AA game can save you from Microsoft shutdowns.

[@astastaria538]

The CEOs and the leadership at the top needs to take pay cuts instead of cutting loose studios they acquire. I hope these teams are able to find work or form their own studio and remain independent.

[@desertfish74]

Please for the love of god, WHEN does the game industry CRASH arrive?

[@knuckles543]

give it 2 years at most

[@NoName......]

A crash is impossible. There are too many good games out there that prove the profitability of the gaming market. Investors will never pull out. I do see a massive downsizing of these companies, though. And xbox is def not lasting past this decade.

[@silverdamascus2023]

Every cloud has a silver lining. Now, people are finally going to realize that Microsoft buying companies is a bad omen, even if you play on Xbox and subscribe to Game Pass, you will likely be screwed, and it doesn't need to be Microsoft, billion-dollar or trillion-dollar companies buying or merging is almost always bad for the customer.

[@SchwererGustavThe800mm]

Evil Within was such an incredible series, I loved it. What a damn tragedy, I'm just relieved Id Software survived to gallows..

[@MrSethkokualani]

Hi-Fi Rush was that game that popped up on the store and I just played it with no research and absolutely loved it, very rare these days imo.

[@nman551]

The game was flawless

[@MilleniumOfTheComet]

Disappointing but not surprising. These multi-billion dollar corporations have been given so much leeway and power through influencing lawmakers and the legislatures they pass that they can destroy people's lives on an whim under the belief of infinite growth and profits. Unfortunately, the best we can do is stay vigilant to lawmakers who are passing new rules or strengthening existing ones that benefit these companies over their employees and artistic merit. But unfortunately, there isn't much we can do.....

[@darkcloud6664]

Microsoft: "Ok Bethesda you gonna make Fallout and Elder Scrolls games with a yearly release schedule. Fail to comply and we lead you behind the barn and put you out of your misery!"

[@knuckles543]

right bethesda with 76 shitting the bed and then starfield, and re-releasing skyrim every other year their only saving grace is the new fallout show, not conducive to games development

[@GrigoriPeshkov]

Sony: What have you done? Microsoft: Scorched earth

[@JJAB91]

Sony is run by people who would drown if it rained and they still have no competition because Microsoft is the 8 year champion of Slamming Your Dick In The Car Door.

[@TheVirtualWarlock]

21:38 Microsoft be like, "After that comment? Nah! You're gone, Arkane Lyon!" If Microsoft overshot their fiscal goal by 20% and still find time to shutter at least 4 studios, then I don't want to see what happens when they miss a goal by just a penny!

[@oOSonicexeOo]

So are all companies competing to be the most hated at this point

[@Simte]

Nooooo. I mean, we all know these companies can't be trusted but it really hits hard, let's hope the devs can keep employed.

[@Zeddem]

It's crazy to me how this is how things work now. Aburdly large companies and their executives taking the most awful decisions, destroying livelihoods and beautiful projects. Why does the world allow them to be so disgustingly greedy and out of touch, it completely blows my mind.

[@calvindaniels3367]

That’s the real reason why sega refused not to make a deal with any gaming companies especially after what happened sonic 06 sonic and the secret rings sonic lost world on Wii U version and sonic boom rise of lyric that nearly killed the franchise

[@criticallol3039]

This gives the episode of Parks and Rec with the visiting dignitaries: You make a bad game? You get shut down. You make a good game? Also, shut down. You make a 3rd person game and win awards? Shut down!

[@favor8264]

They went into EA's way killing game studios

[@CelticAkumathefirst]

They already done that in the past, Lionhead studios.

[@KairosObj]

Can't for forget Embracer Group.

[@knuckles543]

@@CelticAkumathefirst and yet they still sell fable on the microsoft store and steam but not fable 2 or 3?

[@Alnard]

It's disgusting, they don't have to officially lay anyone off if they just close the studio.

[@LouSassol69er]

Alot are getting moved to other studios to focus on titles with bigger sales potential but there are some being let go.

[@hypeman1825]

@@LouSassol69erMan that is the sketchiest thing I’ve ever heard lmao. Being a game dev basically means you have “hardly any job security” unless you’re a REALLY important member lol.. and even then.

[@LouSassol69er]

@@hypeman1825 Arcane Austin has mostly been reassigned to work alongside Arcane Lyon. But Tango from what I've seen people say mostly have been let go.

[@NexusApollo]

That Smiling Friends CEO episode looks more accurate as each day passes.

[@blackabyssgaming2917]

WHAT ?!?! NO GHOSTWIRE TOKYO 2 ??? NO EVIL WITHIN 3 ?!?!? smh. It seems like just when you win with the gaming industry a company turns around with a big FK YOU

[@Motion_God]

Man yall barely brought them games that’s why there closed

[@blackabyssgaming2917]

@@Motion_God lmao did you just skip the part where bro goes over they closed some of those studios even though they dropped some fire games? Sounds like it. Last time I checked evil within and ghostwire Tokyo were hits but ok.

[@Motion_God]

@@blackabyssgaming2917 I’m not saying they where bad games I loved the evil within and the second one sold way less than the first one and let’s be honest those games didn’t sell well commercially at all and ghost wire was a flop the information is out there but business is business especially in this economy

[@blackabyssgaming2917]

@@Motion_God ghostwire definitely didnt flop if it had over 4 mil players at one point. Either way none of that warrants a studio closure unless constant failures being documented. And some of these studio closures were a surprise

[@Jmcelwain17]

What a great message to send to devs under the Microsoft umbrella. That even with fantastic sucess you can still be screwed over🗿

[@JonySmith-bb4gx]

Oh no 😂😂😂 Oh no 😂😂😂 U don't say . What were you expecting from a company that had billions to buy Activision but not enough to pay 15000 employees That's why I will never buy Microsoft items .

[@santiagoherrera1853]

The duality of gaming Nintendo: Announced they'll reveal the successor of the Nintendo switch later this year Playstation: Announces mandatory PSN for Helldivers 2, walks back requirement after backlash Xbox: Announces closure of legitimately good studios

[@CeHee123]

Nintendo went on a cancelling rampage mods for Gmod just 2 weeks ago. Over 20 years of work being shutdown none of which was taking money from them, because they can't stand people having fun with their ips.

[@knuckles543]

wait...the switch is on end of life cycle? the fuck???!!

[@santiagoherrera1853]

@@knuckles543 Yeah, on Twitter Nintendo Japan's president Furukawa said "We'll reveal the successor to the Nintendo switch later this year, we'll have a Direct in June with software we'll release for the Switch, but don't expect any information regarding the successor"

[@strippymcroe6534]

@@knuckles543about time tbh

[@SunlightGwyn]

EA: You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match for you. Microsoft: Yes, master.

[@colbycornwall2344]

No matter what a game studio is own by a corporation is going to get shut down no matter what because they don’t care about the creativity and the love and passion of the developers and game makers if a game failure or a success full. What a bummer to the gaming industry

[@PCPAyLOAD]

The turmoil we've seen these publishers put their partnered developers through so far this year honestly makes me sick to my stomach. I always knew slime was dripping from the walls off in the background. Between this garbage from XBOX and what Sony just pulled will hopefully push more and more small development teams to try to community fund instead. These massive corp publishers are flat out devastating creativity and the good will of customers at the same time.

[@trappyboi8678]

All the while this is happening, Supergiant is knocking it out of the park with Hades II early access. Minimal to no bugs, unbelievable performance and outstanding combination of art, game play, dialogue & music.

[@DIZ-bf5ws]

the one that hurt was the Evil Within why god why first Dead Space 2 Remake and now this all my horror dreams are shattered.

[@makisky4495]

v_v

[@ToonfieldAnimations]

Regarding Mike Ybarra, please keep in mind: This special boy actually was thinking about how you should tip developers for playing a game you like.

[@ice319]

It's beginning to feel like Microsoft is just half in/half out when it comes to video games these days. They don't really care what happens to these developers when they buy and eventually shut them down. It's just a game to them, but it's a harsh reality for thousands of talented people.

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Microsoft closing out Tango Gameworks is like Sony closing Kojima Productions

[@AnotherGamingDude]

Kojima productions is not a Sony studio, they just have a partnership with sony just like team ninja has with Microsoft.

[@pjisleta1994]

just a partnership with playstation after kojima left konami just as MS partnered with him for a new game...

[@jacobyrassilon]

It seems that MS looked over at it's competitor, Sony, saw all the Ls they were taking and got jealous and had a "Hold my Beer" moment.

[@_Cetarial]

Kojima is independent.

[@risaldieko1801]

So many stupid peoples on internet just like peoples who liked your comment

[@spbynum]

Half-baked live services with microtransactions are far more lucrative. That’s the lesson we taught big corporations. Quality means nothing now. Congratulations. Our irresponsibility with money has made this bed for us to lay in.

[@jacobyrassilon]

Well, the customers are to blame for supporting this trash, so ultimately it falls squarely the shoulders of brain dead consumers who only want their dopamine hits.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Except multiple massive live service games have failed in a row now, including destiny which was never actually that profitable, and games like HiFi sold great and received all kinds of awards.

[@bw7754]

Speak for yourself. No micro transactions were bought here.

[@hypeman1825]

Yeah I’ll always blame gamers first. Idk what that guy was talking about when he said “destiny which was never actually that profitable” lmao.. like what? They make oceans of money off their micro transactions and half baked DLC’s.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@hypeman1825 And yet Activision was so desperate to sell it and dumped hundreds of employees over the years to protect their bottom line. Just because something is overly monetized doesn't mean it's automatically profitable. They make hundreds of millions from their player base, but the clueless executives burn billions more over time with their short term focused decisions.

[@DamianRavenhold]

It is fucking wild and absolutely hilarious that Nintendo is absolutely destroying their competition by doing the absolutely absurd tactic of “doing nothing”

[@nworder4life]

Nintendo is set, all they have to do is use their ridiculous amount of Ip's in movies, anime, theme parks and merch to make Bank. They will have the money to make excellent games with their next console and those games will sell the hardware. Nintendo is king of the gaming industry.

[@anaguma90]

Nintendo is legit the only publisher that seems to understand the industry: make good games on reasonable budgets, prioritize gameplay over graphics.

[@DaveFallows]

They ain't doing nothing. They're selling well over 100M games per year annually at full price. With figures like that hardware sales don't even begin to matter that much anymore.

[@TheSoxor123]

Nintendo is not in competition with Xbox or Playstation. They said so themselves. That being the case, they can go at their own pace.

[@saiyanscaris6530]

@@TheSoxor123 and not being in competition is whats letting them beat the competition

[@Volumixen]

Unfortunately, people seem to be like, "oh it's just business", when the problem with buying your competitors and then shutting them down or absorbing them leads to a few very negative and noticeable side effects, and the best example is most likely pro wrestling. WWE is an amalgamation of all the past smaller pro wrestling circuits that used to exist in the US, and after WCW was no longer there, the product had a steady decline in quality, as with no competition, there is no motivation to put out better content, and therefore people will either consume your product, or have nothing. Which is not quite the case here, but it is fairly similar.

[@silent0089]

"Sir, a lot of people lost our trust. What can we do?" "Shut them all down. We need more money"

[@joshmonk-paulinothejmp7993]

I guess this means that Phil Spencer is now the new David Zaslav & Bob Iger now. Hell I loved Hi-Fi Rush, it had the potential to spawn a sequel, shame that we'll never see it happen :(

[@khaychi]

There were rumors floating around in 2023 that MS might buy Capcom to strengthen their Japan portfolio. THANK GOD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN.

[@ghoulchan7525]

they tried to buy Nintendo too apparently. the Nintendo peeps laughed at them.

[@Xaevryn]

Microsoft to Sony after the Helldivers 2 debacle: "YOU CAN'T OUTSHIT US! WATCH THIS!"

[@giovaniconte1860]

Microsoft: Proceeds to spray Chrome Paint on its mouth and shout "Witness MEEEE!!!" Before It jump to its death.