Comment on 'We Need to Change Course' — Bethesda Boss Tells Staff the Company Must Focus on 'Our Strongest Franchises' as Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard

• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The Bethesda-id software-ZeniMax shit is so confusing, especially since Microsoft acquired Zenimax, and by extension Bethesda and id, in 2021.

  They are “technically” separate but Bethesda is still the primary publisher of id software’s games, and thus they do fall under their umbrella.

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  • addie@feddit.uk ⁨15⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Asha Sharma had this statement, in amongst the rest of it. As per Ars Technica:

    Some decisions in the gaming division currently pass through “14 layers” of decision-makers, Sharma said, before promising that the new Xbox will be a “flatter organization” with “no more than 5, and where possible, 3” layers of management involved in any decision.

    You’d have to think that it’s this shit that she’s pointing at. Massively excessive management certainly helps with all the design-by-committee cookie-cutter crap that’s filled with monetisation. Alas, they’ve just got rid of the really interesting studios that I’d like to see spread their wings a little.

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