Yup but they all seem to be in bed and eventually doing the same especially if people get in their ears as if it is working, but yea forcing companies (probably by becoming partner in the higher up "game") is how everyone is following 'suit' with all the situations. I can see the "benefits" of always online since, games…
As a gamer, I find this whole situation especially odd in regards to "Prey".It took me YEARS to accept that there won't be a Prey 2 despite the existence of a very nice teaser trailer and some gameplay video. Surely only some kind of extraordinary circumstances could lead to death of a good game/series?And then the…
my highly esteemed opinion as a gamer is that Microsoft is just a company that makes slightly more shitty versions of windows every update, making Linux look nicer to move over to after every new version, and that they aren't really a games company in the traditional sense, and are more part of the spyware / sell all your…
Sony doesn't have much leverage over Microsoft, and Microsoft is clearly interested in the market as a business and branding seeing how its shuttering studios. Microsoft could eliminate its entire game division and still be more valuable than Sony, but it would rather see sony's game division destroyed since that is a…
One does not need to be a business analyst to understand Microsofts biggest problem vs Sony. It has nothing to do with marketing, IP ownership, investors, etc. It has EVERYTHING to do with their shitty first party titles that 99% of the player base has no interest in and until they understand this, they will continue to…
Video game developers union membership in UK soars after thousands laid off https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/20/video-game-developers-union-membership-in-uk-soars-after-thousands-laid-off
Maybe they don't need to go very far since they have alternative revenue streams and a very high market cap. Hence I felt that what they want is for sony to not go further and thus improve their stock value. By controlling ip's and keeping them from sony, they can push their valuation higher and cover any deficits through…
Game Industry Layoffs website https://publish.obsidian.md/vg-layoffs/Archive/2023 Layoffs in numbers; 2022: 8,500 2023: 10,500 According to Kotaku its 5,800 layoffs with just 25 days into 2024.https://kotaku.com/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818
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…