Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, Redfall maker Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush dev Tango Gameworks, and more... Update: More cuts coming

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Not surprised. People don’t buy games anymore. Just the same old rehashed franchises. No point investing in studios like this, they are seen as a waste of money nowz


You can be sad about tango, you can think hifi rush was as dope as you want, at the end of the day…. No one bought the shyt.

As a collective, gamers have themselves to blame. We buy the same 8 franchises over and over again. Everything else is sent to die.

We are not as willing to try new things as we think.

let me hook you up with a instrumental to go with this truth bomb

 

[daze23]

probably costumes and skins for guns, they should honestly refund $ for that portion.

they should refund the whole game for everyone. the promise of more content and updates was there for everyone, regardless if they paid for it in advance. releasing Redfall the way it was a huge mistake, and that's more obvious now without any illusion that the game will ever be fixed or see more content

 

[Deezay]

Wtf is going on?
This is getting crazy.
So will Marvel's Blade be impacted?

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Wtf is going on?
This is getting crazy.
So will Marvel's Blade be impacted?

No, thats Arkane Lyon

 

[daze23]

well congratulations Microsoft, you created the latest gaming fiasco. people are gonna feel some sort of way about studios closing and people losing their jobs. but you hit your customers in the pocket with the Redfall shyt. I feel the shytstorm coming

and a obligatory "fukk you" to Valve for never releasing HL2 Ep. 3

edit: fitting that now Valve will have to deal with a bunch of refund requests, because a game never released it's promised DLC

 

[Deezay]

No, thats Arkane Lyon

Oh okay. Phew

 

[Deezay]

Sony Stans really in here like roaches when PlayStation has closed more studios in the last 4 years than anyone else.

Studios that made games like hi-fi rush.

Tbh I'm shocked it took this long to start closing studios and consolidating internally, and I suspect this is just the beginning.

The fukk is you talking about?
Ain't nobody said nothing about stanning in here.
Stop playing the net hero.
You the roach always trying to start shyt then end up falling in a pot of rice when the shyt heats the ceiling.

 

[Canon]

Sony Stans really in here like roaches when PlayStation has closed more studios in the last 4 years than anyone else.

Studios that made games like hi-fi rush.

Tbh I'm shocked it took this long to start closing studios and consolidating internally, and I suspect this is just the beginning.

sony closed an acclaimed studio with a goty contender the previous year?

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

damn

all that hoopla around HiFi Rush just to get closed

Shinji knew what was coming.

 

[rdj]

Only Evil Within 1 sold like 4 million copies and every other game they released sold way less than that.

 

[daze23]

has there been any talk about what Tango was working on?

 

[D1renegade]

This and Roll7 getting closed is awful… Everybody gets excited about a game’s Metacritic, but it’s obvious those scores mean very little to these publishers. It’s sales or nothing.

 

[Canon]

Only Evil Within 1 sold like 4 million copies and every other game they released sold way less than that.

MS Lied

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

people kinda downplaying Arkane Austin a bit because of Redfall but they also made Prey which is like a cult classic

 

[Kingshango]

Not surprised. People don’t buy games anymore. Just the same old rehashed franchises. No point investing in studios like this, they are seen as a waste of money nowz


You can be sad about tango, you can think hifi rush was as dope as you want, at the end of the day…. No one bought the shyt.

As a collective, gamers have themselves to blame. We buy the same 8 franchises over and over again. Everything else is sent to die.

We are not as willing to try new things as we think.

And we get weekly threads on “Insert game series should come back”, there’s a reason these franchises died.