sculd@beehaw.org 2 days ago
For more context, Bloomberg also reported on this:
Xbox Executives Were Blown Away by an Upcoming Game. Then They Canceled It.
bloomberg.com/…/microsoft-s-xbox-cancels-blackbir…
No paywall version: archive.ph/daYYd
But Blackbird’s cancellation was particularly shocking because it had blown away executives at Xbox just a few months ago. During the demonstration in March, Spencer was enjoying the game so much that Matt Booty, the head of Xbox Game Studios, had to pull the controller away so they could keep the meeting going, according to two people who were in the room.
This is a game that even Spencer was enjoying and then they just cancelled it. I have no word.
Manapany@jlai.lu 2 days ago
I will play the devil advocate here, but a mmo in this economy ? Very little chance to succeed event if it’s good. I’m not saying canceling it was a good call, we will never know. But I can understand that being blow away is maybe not even enough for a live service to be good.
Nighed@feddit.uk 2 days ago
We don’t even know it’s business model, they all want live service games right?
Feels strange, especially for a dev that has actually made a modern and (apparently) profitable MMO.
Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 days ago
I mean, WoW still chugging along - it makes so much money from cosmetics they could probably ditch the subscription fee…
Manapany@jlai.lu 2 days ago
Yeah and good job trying to compete with that !
Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Well Microsoft owns Blizzard, so I guess they don’t really need to compete
sculd@beehaw.org 2 days ago
The MMO market is still big, just not as big as its used to. A MMO by a successful team has a much better chance than most games.