Xbox's Disaster Interview
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Tim is right, Xbox shadow dropped Hi-Fi Rush because they were sending it out to die. They didn't know or think it was any good. The same people marketed, hyped up and released Redfall as a 70 dollar game. The people at Xbox are out of touch and don't know what they are doing.
Thank you!
You can’t say that but then ignore Tim himself saying it was great but then they released dlc and he just said I don’t want to play it. These guys aren’t gamers, when you love a game you will play the dlc because you can’t get enough. You can’t love a game that much and then just ignore it. I wonder if any of them finished the game
That makes a lot of sense. Great point.
@@FILTHYGEARSMUSIC you have to realize that these guys play and review so many games because it's literally their job. They have to find a balance between playing for fun and playing for work. Your suggestion about him not playing the DLC doesn't mean he *didn't* love the original game. It happens all the time to me too as another guy in his 30s strapped for time. 100s of hours into Borderlands 3 (even bought all the DLC up front like a chump), Cyberpunk. Horizon, etc - never touched a single DLC and I LOVED those games. It's not out of "not actually loving the main game," just all coming out past my invested time with the game itself and on to other things.
Spot on. They don’t know games… bottom line. But everyone was running around saying that their acquisitions and buyouts were good for gaming… that gamepass is the best deal in gaming.. please help me understand how a company with no games or one that has mediocre releases at best knows what’s best for gaming. Make it make sense…
I’d like to see how much money her and other execs make a year, including bonuses and everything
If Patrick Soderlund earned $50mil a year, I’m sure these Microsoft execs are on a lot more.
America is in a recession tumbling towards a depression and the value of the US dollar is diminishing.
Exec pay can only do so much when an entire studio costs to much to operate in a poor global/US economy.
A lot of money probably they are like millionaires when they retired from MS.
There's a reason Nintendo laughed them out of the office when MS tried to buy them way back when. I as well willed them to do well but it's been over for about 12 years..
TWICE now at that!
A bit of perspective from an Xbox main: I supported Xbox for 20 years. From halo CE thru RRoD thru the Xbone reveal thru the ‘3rd party’ nightmare. I’ve always been happy with Xbox because I felt like they were generally trying to just make good games and systems. All that support ended this week. I just refuse to support a company that posts record profits but still fires thousands of employees and closes multiple studios. As of this week, I have literally zero clue what their goal is, what they are trying to do, and how anything that they are doing benefits me or the industry. I’m not buying any more games on my series x, I’m not upping my sub to gamepass when it expires, and I’m not buying any more consoles. I’ll buy a PC and use steam. There is no announcement, no justification, no explanation that they can give to justify the levels of blatant corporate greed that they have reached.
Microsoft doesn’t care if you buy a PC instead. That still gives them money. I’m hoping for a Steam Deck 2 that can capably run newer games at decent settings then I’ll be able to play PC games outside of Microsoft’s ecosystem
Good for you for finally understanding that Microsoft is not a good actor in the video game space and is actually now a malevolent actor. They have never been a creative company. Always a services company. And fans of video games love the art before the commercial aspects of service
@@jadosa29 Build own pc and install popular Linux distro. No need to touch M$oft any more. And if some games do not run lack of EAC support is is a small prize.
Support will be better eventually when time goes by.
My Steam Deck has replaced totally my PS4pro console. It just collects dust.
How does switching to pc give them money? Outside of buying windows you can completely avoid giving MS any money on pc. @@jadosa29
Shout out to this channel. I dont like listening to the entire KFGD show but I love these focused conversations. Keep posting clips from KFGD! 🙏🙏
Same. I just want highlights of heavy hitting stories
Her answer comes off like even she , the president , doesn't fully understand why they shut down those studios.
Cause she doesn’t. I’m pretty sure the decision for these closures came from the top dogs at Microsoft, not Xbox themselves. If it were up to them, they’d just keep spending money but Microsoft dropped the bill on them
Where are the games? What games Microsoft, Xbox, where?
Im on the fuck Microsoft train rn too but this is a dumb comment. Its not 2018
@breadboi8747 serious question tho... with All their studios where are the games?
In case you’re serious, Hellblade 2 releases in less than 2 weeks and we already know of major games coming by the end of the year, many of which will likely be showcased next month at their showcase event.
Hellblade 1 was a boring chore. Pfff my gosh was it mid. I am not even thay hyped for part 2. Again it will be a 7 hour techdemo in 30fps
I'm so glad I jumped off the Microsoft bandwagon when I did.
it was over since Halo 4 😂
You mean on the wagon
@@Guzmania Nice Seinfeld reference.
I was never really on it. But I'm still sad to see what's happened to Xbox.
My only and last Xbox experience was Xbox 360.
I’ve always been a PlayStation & Nintendo guy. So I not missing much anyways lmao
Prediction: If Hellblade 2 isn't a 5million+ seller (which it won't, no matter how good it is, which I have faith it will be amazing) Ninja Theory will be shut down in a year.
It probly won't since it gonna be on gamepass day one
I'll follow that by betting that Obsidian will be shut down 12 months after releasing the corporately mandated Fallout: New Vegas 2, regardless of sales or reception (reception will be bad, because you cannot succeed with that title, no matter the quality)
Blessing, an executive would never in a billion years publicly say "we did wrong by our employees." That's how you get board members to vote you out. You ALWAYS frame it as a "difficult but necessary decision."
Crony capitalism sucks
Because that is exactly what it is. The studio’s brought us mediocre games the last years. Only Hi-Fi was good but all the whiners on the internet did not buy it because it was a niche game that would failed even harder without Gamepass exposure
And now gamers act like it were great studio’s 😂😂😂
He took over her job for 2 seconds and instantly failed.
I mean, there's no saving this. The studios are closed. The jobs are gone. The execs only care about money. It's always money. Unrealistic goals. Unrealistic margins. Etcetera. I'm not feeling so good about Ninja Theory surviving long after Hellblade 2 releases. I don't think she's really even lying per se. It's just business speak. It's all business speak for these people didn't make us the money we wanted them to so we shut them down. The enshittification of the industry continues...
I swear the narrative about if game pass works or not flips every few months
Everybody that can do simple math knew it cant work. At one point there cant be more growth.
Because idiots keep saying it works without realising how subs have stagnated majorly. Xbox literally said themselves they need to hit 100 million.
Xbox is dead.
Not maybe dying. No. Xbox as we know it is dead. The actual Xbox ecosystem is crumbling away.
Like it's WAY beyond the point of no return, and it's accelerating in its death spiral circling the drain.
All this mess is the last flailing dying gasps of a dead company.
We're going to transition into an era of Microsoft puppeting the dead corpse of Xbox, pretending it's still Xbox, but really it's just going to be a digital storefront/streaming subscription service that sells games.
Xbox is just Sega 2.0.
Buying Activision/Blizzard and Bethesda were the desperate Hail Mary last ditch efforts to try and leverage Microsoft's wallet, to try and monopolize the game industry, and regain power.
They thought "If we own everything, everyone has to buy it from us."
But they fucked up.
They didn't think it through.
They spent a gajillion dollars, and now they have to make that money back.
But they just realized that Xbox doesn't have an audience.
Nobody cares.
They don't HAVE customers to sell to.
So suddenly buying Bliztavision and Bethesda is this MASSIVE catastrophic mistake, and they HAVE TO figure out how to make that money back.
So now they realize that they HAVE TO make everything multiplatform. They HAVE TO sell their stuff. But THEY don't have the customer base.
Sony, Nintendo, and PC have the customers.
They HAVE TO sell on Sony, Nintendo and PC now, and that's ONLY going to keep making their rivals stronger, because now they have EVERYTHING, and it keeps making Xbox more and more pointless.
And THAT'S why they're axing studios.
They're DESPERATELY trying to save money.
They're frantically killing off anything and everything and laying off fuckloads of people in their attempt to scrounge together money and pay back all that money they wasted buy these massive companies that they then just turn around and start mutilating.
One flop? You're dead.
Phenomenal little rhythm game? Not good enough. You're dead.
They were counting on Starfield, Redfall, Diablo 4, etc to be massive hits and help stave off the impending doom of Xbox.
Having them ALL flop was DEVASTATING.
And that's it.
They can't drive people to their system, so they have to sell their stuff to everyone else.
So Xbox hardware is rendered obsolete.
There's no reason to own it.
The Xbox ecosystem is dead.
Their sales just dropped by like 31% in the first quarter of 2024.
That's A LOT.
It seems pretty fucking uncertain that we ever see another Xbox system get released.
At this point I'd pretty much just call it a toss-up.
And if we DO see another Xbox system, that's almost definitely gonna be the last one.
Inevitably, Xbox just becomes a digital storefront like Steam, Epic Games, GOG, etc, and sells games on PlayStation and Nintendo systems.
It was ALWAYS destined to happen.
It's just happening MUCH sooner than I expected.
Xbox has always been a weird mirror of Sega in a LOT of weirdly specific ways, and this isn't really any different.
But the trouble for Xbox doesn't end there.
Because Xbox is pretty much a joke, if we're real.
They SEEM big and important, because Xbox is the dominant force in the entire Xbox ecosystem, right?
Well, sure.
But the illusion that having an ecosystem means you're big and important is about to go away.
And THEN they have to face the reality of what they actually are.
A tiny fish in a MASSIVE ocean.
When Xbox inevitably becomes just a digital storefront, it's suddenly going to become obvious that it's TINY.
The market share it controls is NOTHING compared to Steam or even just Epic Games.
UPlay, GOG, Origin, Epic, etc etc have been working for AGES to compete, and none of them are even remotely close to competing with Steam.
The entire Xbox owner base right now is only 28.3 million. Only some fraction of that actively play it, and an even smaller portion subbed to Game Pass.
Game Pass has 34 million subs, but a huge chunk of them are on PC/cloud, not Xbox.
MEANWHILE.....Steam is sitting on 132 million monthly active users and 69 million daily active users, and controls 85% of the entire PC gaming market.
UPlay, GOG, Origin, Epic Games, etc etc all only share that last 15% of the market.
The best Xbox can hope for is some tiny little piece of that last 15%.
That's where Xbox is headed.
The illusion is about to break, and it's going to suddenly be VERY obvious that despite being owned by Microsoft, Xbox is a tiny little fish in Steam's MASSIVE ocean.
It's gonna be weird to see Mario and Sonic and Master Chief at the Olympic Games.
The good news is that if you wanted Master Chief in Smash, this is how you get that to happen.
When Halo is on the Nintendo Switch 2, why NOT put MC in Smash?
It’s nice to see the KF highlights channel is doing a lot of good for yall views-wise
Being someone who's been with XBOX and live since day one, with way to many games and systems, I'm about done here. Honestly one of the reasons I've stayed with Gamepass (and have 4 series s in my home) is because they have told me repeatedly that we were day and date on the biggest games, and they would make sure they had the games for us to play. I'm now reconsidering the fact that going all digital like they wanted was a very very bad idea... also an idea I never really wanted in the first place, I spent all the money with nothing to show for it but a potentially dying service. If this goes to much further south I'm out, will continue to collect my switch games and put a fork in Microsoft.
It's almost like Game Pass never made sense for video games to begin with like so many of us were saying.
It absolutely does make sense. But not to release everything day 1 on it. Some maybe, indies, less popular,etc but Forza, COD,etc? no fuckin way
It made sense when trying to bring back people to their system and get buy in, but not in the long term. I pay about 2 games worth per year to have access to ALL of their content PLUS thousands of other games. Can not continue that way.
the boss phil spencer didnt even speak up and try to explain to the gamers......he just hide
what a great leader huh
Appreciate how you're able to empathize with the situation of an interview, but also note one should be far better prepared for the interview.
industry not growing?
No, its just xbox thats not growing.
Better decision making would fix their issue, but for some reason they keep stepping on the same rake every chance they get for the last decade it seems.
And why would you expect xbox to treat cod special and treat it well when we have a perfect example what they do and how they treat iconic IP.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID TO HALO!
Don't get more Iconic than that, and they totally ruined it.
I have no faith that they would treat any of the other IP they have any better than what they did and how they treated Halo.
I know it's easy to criticize modern Nintendo and especially modern Sony for not having any front facing PR people who act as reps for their platform/brand image to the public but stuff like this interview is EXACTLY why they keep their mouth shut outside the odd tweet here and there lol
At least when they genuinely f up, they also know when to shut up
My Gosh the Add of this video was brutal. Like jeeeeez could it be any longer??!!!!
Colin was right.
I sadly knew this was going to happen since they acquired the companies
Microsoft Gaming is here. Goodbye Xbox
Console sales for Xbox is so small, Call of Duty is not going to break anything by being on Gamepass.
It just baffles me that they close the only studio they have in a country/market you've been trying to get into for years. If they think another Japanese studio will ever sell to them again they are delusional.
No metric of current success or how an already released game has done will change the future prospects of the next project from a studio. Forcing growth with M&A is only effective if you can release the games of studios that came in almost complete and then shudder the studio.
She gave a answer like she was speaking to the shareholders on a earnings call.
Classic monopoly game plan. Buy ‘em up to shut em down.
They could put old school cod mw2 and black ops 2 and people would def be interested
I think the amount of criticism they are getting both speaks to what they’ve been able to build as a brand over the past decade and how badly they (and I) are hurt and angry about this decision. How can I ever trust what you have to say about a studio, or franchise if this is how you treat them?
Sarah Bond demonstrated a clear vision for the future of Microsoft *Games* as a Third Party platform with a renewed commitment to GAME PASS with the inclusion of _Call of Duty: BLACK OPS V - Gulf War_ day and date on XBOX and PC and Cloud streaming, and _Indiana Jones and the Great Circle_ also releasing Day and Date in GAME PASS later this year. If I have a criticism it was strange she forgot to promote _Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2_ even though it is due out in a week. Ninja Theory are probably going to be closed next, then Bethesda Games Studios if _The Elder Scrolls VI_ flops as hard as _STARFIELD._
I haven't played COD for 10 years, but I think that if that doesn't make it to Game Pass, it would mean that it failed as a bussiness plan, and Phil won't finish the year as head of Xbox since he is the spearheard for it.
right cod has to be on gamepass that the entire reason getting it for me at least . all the old cod on gamepass plus day and date for the new. if not I feel they will lose alot of subscribers. that bought the them to pust it on gamepass
I hope xbox/mircsoft can turn around from this maybe they just need to be really clear about their plan
Microsoft doesnt need these studios.
Blizzard is going to make a Genshin Impact gatcha ripoff and everything is going to be alright.
Its going to be alright, right?
Its what Blizzard does and it works 100% of the time because it's 2002 right?
The only way I see Gamepass make more money is using it as a DRM. Xbox exclusives (COD included) are only digital and no available for 70$ outside of GP. You need GP to download it ans it's like 50$ a month. And people would haaaaaaaaaaaaaaate this move.
I don't think Xbox has a long term vision. I was optimistic about the AB purchase but after this week why would anyone be optimistic about ANYTHING Xbox related. They have shown they aren't willing to give devs the time and space to develop great games. What comes to mind for me is Scalebound and how that was shuttered after years of development. It feels like Xbox is more interested in putting a key in the door of some developer that is about to bring out a new game and reap the rewards from that rather than invest in something truly new, and that has been Xbox's MO for a long time. Thats why we haven't seen a new Banjo despite the clamour for it, and thats why we haven't seen a new Viva Pinata despite fans asking for it. Xbox is increasingly becoming just a service rather than an actual publisher or developer.
It’s just tone deaf
Because of what they did now people in those studios they own are gonna be sacred and are gonna run and if there’s no one there it’s make more studios close and I don’t blame the people that leave
If the new Call of Duty does not come to Game Pass Day one, I’m cancelling my Game Pass Subscription
Im canceling this shit now, don’t care if I don’t get to play hellblade 2 for an hour and come to realize it’s not for me/not up to snuff.
Gamepass giving strong moviepass energy
Well xbox had a good run . Gg from a playstation owner sad to see competition go
Don’t forget CoD is only mulit platform for 10 years. They just need to stick it out.
My prediction is if CoD is day one they will increase the price of game pass maybe doubling.
Ah yes I understand now. These talented and loved studios would have most likely toppled this trillion dollar company soon if they didn't make this tough but necessary action. Thoughts and prayer are with you Microsoft 🙏
Beginning to think the metric ms are looking for is ability to sell mtx in the game
As much as it’s to b expected to have cuts after spending Billions of dollars on a publisher but the flip side they had the choice to not buy activation and what bugs me in the interview is that when miss Sahara said we wanted to be in the mobile space and buying activation a big strategy of that and now xbox is that is this now a case where developers spend years of dedicated hard work will be taken away by a bigger fish who wants all of the pie and credit for someone els hard work I’m sorry I’m not trying to be disrespectful but where does it end
its been a long run but we always knew Xbox was going down since after the 360 days... it has been disaster after disaster . I was soo disappointed they never put any trust in their big games like Halo and instead they kept trying to change the business model or gaming itself with every generation. This last shopping spree for studios has been crazy. they've only been increasing they spending by adding more personal and not producing anything of value. Im just sad for any studio that had been working fine without them and now are doom
same people who celebrating when xbox finally acquired those studios now they are sad and angry
Xbox went on a huge shopping spree. Microsoft simply want a return and Xbox aren't delivering. This is the Fallout.
Xbox maintaining impractical expectations doesn't help, they haven't adjusted their profit margins to reflect the global economy and they're growth projections are unrealistic in a post pandemic environment.
Coupled with a really 💩 media team. This just added fuel to the fire.
MS don't listen to the Shils listen to your fanbase!
I couldn't care less about anything Call of Duty. Idc what anyone says. They stopped making Call of Duty for normal gamers a long time ago. It's for people that only play Call of Duty or similar games. Call of Duty hasn't been good since the original Modern Warfares and World at War. Give me a full fleshed out single player mode and a great story, and I'll be there, but that's not happening. This was literally to make money line go up, as they would say privately. Maybe the line would go up if you stopped spending so much on games and stopped paying your executives ever more money. I'd say, doesn't it make more sense to pay the person that made your food over the person that delivered it to you, but this is America. We do that lmao
Let's face facts. Microsoft/Xbox is going third party unless they want to die on their sword and shut down everything. It's very unlikely, but still a possibility. Sony is in hot water with its PC consumer base as well but not at the tipping point like Xbox is. After their large ass acquisitions of Bethesda and Activision, I knew that they were desperate, but now its showing.
Xbox leadership has no curation talent for video games industry.
* They famously passed on GTA 3 because didn't understand how GTA 1 / 2 top-down could convert to 3D
* They passed on Baldur's Gate 3 as a Stadia second run game
* They passed on Alan Wake 2 because they didn't believe in the project pitch Remedy wanted to make (allowed them to re-buy their IP and partner with Epic)
* They closed their only Japanese gaming studio (Tango) after Hi-Fi Rush was both critical and commercial success
I am sure there are countless other examples, and I am sure they wouldn't have backed company like Arrowhead Game Studios for ~8 years to make Helldivers 2 (convert Helldivers top-down co-op game to 3rd person live-service co-op game).
They only know marketing / business, and they are spoiled because they think they can just buy what they can't build, and worse yet, they aren't able to nurture, grow, and sustain what they buy and Game Pass is their big idea to compete by outspending their competition, but whatever short term traction they had with that (by providing great value), in long term it will destroy them because it is not sustainable to think you will have enough Game Pass subscribers to have multiple $100-300 million big budget games releasing each year that are made available for fixed $10 per month subscription that will keep the subscribers happy and growing until you can start to be profitable.
I think PS+ free games and Meta Quest+ free games are also mistakes. The reason indies are doing best on Steam and Nintendo Switch is because they don't offer free games subscriptions and so they get the most indie games first and the viral successes. Their consumers aren't waiting for the games to be free or just playing the free games, while ignoring the rest.
Ultimately, everyone competes for time more than money and free games, especially grindy live-service free games eat up the most time without generating any revenue to keep industry healthy.
Xbox only ever existed because they had a shit ton of money from microsoft and made smart aggressive business deals. Thats all they had going for them. Playstation and Nintendo actually focus on making quality content.
is microsoft (xbox) still relevant in the gaming world? theres so many nintendo playstation games i wanna play and probably i wont be able to play them all in my lifetime so let xbox do what they wanna do with it i dont care about their games….
Glad I never rah-rahhed for one gaming company. Microsoft is slowly destroying the Xbox division.
The interview wasnt even a disaster. Didnt matter who came on the show yall already had intentions of negativity always
Remember when these guys sat down with Phil Spencer and tried to joke their way through it but he wasn’t having it? Then people said great you asked the tough questions? When I say people I mean the other members of the show 😂 these guys stand for nothing. Go back and listen to the podcast just before this gen started, they definitely backed the wrong horse and have never corrected themselves to say get this company is doing stuff that doesn’t make sense. I mean even in this episode Tim is making it sound like like this is something that happened to Xbox rather than Xbox doing this. They took over Bethesda and they let the staff go there’s nobody else to blame. Should be more concerned with the truth than looking cool and making money.
So did Gamepass end up fucking this all up for Microsoft?
Kinda funny and ign should take some responsibility for tricking Xbox fans into accepting gamepass and that it was a good idea. Week after week for this whole gen they have made jokes about PlayStation which is fine I’m not against humour but it really came across like they didn’t want PlayStation 5 to be as successful as it has been which seems really weird. On the reverse everything Xbox did was “right”. Didn’t make sense until they started getting interviews from Xbox and Bethesda and basically becoming ambassadors for the brand. They cheered every aquisition and laughed everytime a game was taken away from PlayStation and overhyped games that went straight to gamepass. They went as far as saying anyone who didn’t want the takeovers to happen was just a toxic fanboy yet they sit hear and act sad every time a dev is closed. Tim even tried to make excuses for these Bethesda laying offs saying when you buy a company you might not want all of it ignoring the fact Phil said these devs are safer now in our hands. And yes they mentioned some of the hypocrisy from Xbox but you can’t mention it and then excuse it it’s one or the other. These people do not care about gaming at all, they constantly moan about having to do their jobs. If they had any integrity they would said hey we did think it was a great deal and did think Xbox would do great this gen but we were wrong. They push their views which ALWAYS align with whatever Xbox’s latest strategy is they don’t think for themselves and have no accountability. I tweeted blessing about something he said in the show and he blocked me just for bringing it up. He also blatantly denied saying it before doing so despite the evidence being on his on show which was just the confirmation I need that these guys only care about having sheep who they can beg for money
Thing is. XBOX was NEVER the underdog. On anything. They're Microsoft.
MS wanting to kill xbox brand, and sure they can care less about xbox fans, cause MS know even if fans leaving xbox they will go to pc or even PS places were MS games are already, thats why MS was eager to buy ABK so desperately.
Xbox Vision:
XBox (2013): TV, TV, TV! Television! TV, TV, TV, Halo, TV, TV, GOW!, Sports, Sports, TV!
XBox (2024): Online, Online, Internet! Online, Always Online, Gamepass!! Online, online! Most Powerful Console!! Online! Online! DEI!! Microsoft gaming! Halo! Gears!!!
Godamn it! Are they ever going to make and talk just games for once!!
It’s. Suck. When. You. Work it under Microsoft. The producers that makes games are like scared or doubling themselves self. Lol I hope 🤞 it’s not. My. Studios.
Xbots still delusional LOL. this is such a sad thing to see, anyways Sony always wins
Pull your head out of your ps5's ass for a moment and notice that this leaves many dead IPs and More importantly nearly two thousand people losing their jobs across 4 development studios. You on brand console fan boys are such sociopaths.
The PS fangirls talking about Xbox failing. What else can we expect from these Sony peasants?
There done, they have 2 top tier Bethesda and Activision and, both there games came out Meh this year, Blizzard if f'd outright, MW 3 is ass except for Warzone maybe?
Your flagship has no more merit that Halo Season 2 was a little better. Really since Master Chief Collection that took 5 years to correct.
Sony messes up in different light, but Microsoft is killing there own console in your face and not just by having to login to PSN to play a game you know what I'm saying......
Epic fail and really, moving to another generation of console ahead like the 360 will not change nothing this time.
How much can you fix now, your losing, Xbox needs games.
Xbox had games and they were only ramping up to make more. What they needed was more time from Microsoft but they didn’t get that. Doesn’t make sense to throw out the whole meal when it’s just beginning with to cook.
Sarah Bond is a joke.
They made a mistake with Tango.
That is obvious.
I think they are going to force out new games and that includes ESVI and Fallout 5. I thought it odd she mentioned the Fallout tv show and that is why I think they will rely on Todd Howard.
Nothing personal against Todd but I think they will give him more power and control of additional studios to get those games out quicker. A lot quicker.
Executive talking pure bullshit for 32 mins....
Gamepass was a mistake. They should follow Sony's model with the PS brand more
Phil made sure to wake up Paris to mouthpiece for him.
Look gaming sales are sucking right now. Gamers no longer have the extra money to waste on games like they did not too long ago. They got to pay high rent/mortgages, high energy costs, high grocery costs, astronomical vehicle costs, and wages that have failed to increase with the higher costs. This is serious right now for the entertainment business because we can due woithout new games, we cannot due without a place to live and food on the table. I think what we are seeing is that simple people can no longer afford the luxuries in life and are focused on surviving. That is why Microsoft is doing what they are doing to Xbox. Like it or not its not selling well and they spent close to 100 billion in studio purchases only to see the market drying up which has sent a panic through the company. They are now exploring ways to make the most out of the situation. This not just Xbox, but Sony and Nintendo as well. Until the economy gets better this will get worse. How you all liking Bidenomics now?
Guys, Bethesda was in bad shape financially when xbox bought them, we all knew this, especially when we learned that Redfall was a quick way of trying to increase estimated value for the sale.
Their financial trouble was why it was up for sale. These were all Bethesda studios. The obvious answer is these studios were hemorrhaging money for the Bethesda division and part of the problem. Xbox bought them, gave them time, saw how things were going for 16 quarters and those studios we the losing to much money amd didn'toffer the promise of maling up enough of those lossesin the future. Tango had a critically successful game but it obviously wasn't enough to offset their expenses.
It's as simple as that. It's nothing to be baffled about. Good on XBox for giving them 4 full years to turn themselves around.
Halo Infinite there is a money maker?
What nobody is talking about is how the American economy is in the trash.
Microsoft is a trillion dollar company but it doesn’t mean any company has that cash on hand, and sustainable businesses across the country are no longer sustainable without major cost cutting.
Workers across America are being let go, jobs aren’t hiring, the government spends endlessly because it can print infinite amounts of money, and its status as the reserve currency is tumbling to be nothing.
State and Federal taxes are through the roof, and now our current administration wants to increase it even more which would affect game studios.
We are in a huge economic situation and it’s just now starting but nobody is noticing it.
lol. Taxes are high for the wrong people but corporations pay an average of 15%. This is the case of a massive industry overspending because they think they can get infinite growth. Studios are bloated and publishers think doing live service games will create an infinite cashflow. But 95% of live services fail. This is developers paying the price for publishers bad business decisions. Also, golden parachutes and bonuses of corporate executives that could have saved studios.
This isn't really just about cutting Xbox studios. It's the general mismanagement of Xbox over the last decade.
I mean the answer is there. She gave it. Its money. The studioes closed didnt make enough for them. It doesnt matter how much money they have. It is capitalism and corporation mandate. You need to make and bring in X dollars if not. You get the chop. Thats how it works. Yall acting like Sony didnt just do this too. Like when she says for the health of the comapany she means making money and if not, well it means making more cuts. Thats how that works. Yall guys are purposely acting as if you dont get capitalism or that they are being told to cut cause they want more money in the future not just the quarter or year that just happened.
Xbox is part of Microsoft. What part are you missing or are yall that dumb or naive that they march to them? Even nintendo cut. Like yall just want to be angry and act like if kinda funny ad revenue dropped you wouldnt start firing people.
Sony toooo. Yeah it’s capitalism and that’s how it works. If they closed just Arkane Austin and the other 2, no one would care this much (Austin may still have some fans tho). Tango didn’t deserve this.
If you actually looked at the studios Sony closed they all underperformed for years and years some had 10 years with 0 output. Name me a studio Sony closed in the last 4 years that made a critically acclaimed game a year before its closure. The public outrage is the mixed messaging, the lies, the greed buying up half the game publishers only to close studios you just bought, that’s the difference.