I'm truly saddened by the news regarding these remarkable Microsoft titles. I would expect Microsoft's focus to be on shipping products, not stripping them down if they want to stand a chance against Sony. Lately, there have been a plethora of perplexing strategies. I thought the Unity investment into Weta was weird but…
Microsoft has been in the game with Xbox since 2001. If they were the boogeyman your making them out to be, they would've conquered Sony long ago given they've had 23 years to do it. The fact that Sony is still here, stronger than ever I might add, proves that Microsoft isn't able to do what your suggesting they can. There…
I hate to say it but Microsoft games division just laid off 1900, I was hoping for some better news in 2024! :( From the website - "Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week. While Microsoft is primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard, some Xbox and ZeniMax employees will…
Ouch! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/embracer-group-cancels-deus-ex-video-game Really ought to be wary of any company under Embracers wing.
Thats a great video, I also liked this article, https://www.kotaku.com.au/2024/01/xbox-is-not-your-friend/ And this linkedin post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dennisdetwiller_videogame-activity-7156680737394434048-fx-C?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop I feel a union would help to level the playing field, and…
The US treats workers very poorly compared to most civilised parts of the world - on the other hand, base pay (in the game industry at least) trends a lot higher so it might even out. What we're seeing I think is the covid bubble bursting and toppling the Jenga tower that's built up over the last decade or so. The decline…
The lack of such a thing is due to labor laws in your country/region. I'm in NZ. I was made redundant 6 months into my first real game dev job. The whole process between announcing it and me losing my job was over a month. I was fully paid the whole time, didn't have to work, and at the end received decent severance. I'm…
And how would Microsoft starve Sony of its exclusives? They have no equivalents to compete Sonys exclusives so hurting them is out of the question. The only thing I can think of is Microsoft tries to acquire Sonys exclusives, but fat chance of that happening. Sony will fight them tooth and nail to, for example, not lose…