Comment on Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024

deus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s by design. Force your opposition to sell, bankrupt them and write off the loses. Shrink the industry and force players to sign up for your subscription services.

  I’m not a fan, but it’s hard to see this wasn’t their plan from the get go

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The industry historically hasn’t shrunk when studios close like this. There just ends up being more bespoke studios all over the world with former developers from those studios.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It seems weird for a platform holder to do this.

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    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They also now own all of the IP those studios created.

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      • Mikelius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sure, but what good is an IP if you can’t generate new products to attract and keep users?

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    • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They don’t care about being a platform holder

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I guess you can do that when you own Windows.

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  • shinratdr@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The sad part is this might actually end up being a net positive in the long run. Their two biggest acquisitions were Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard, one company that has started their decline and another that is deep into it.

    Microsoft pissing away $100B to buy these companies only to turn around and kill them 5-10 years later will end up breaking up the gaming conglomerates that have killed the western games industry. The only sad part is all the people that will lose their jobs and all the classic IP that will be squandered.

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    • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In a way, in Activision/Blizzard’s case, it seems more like it slightly postponed their death.

      Tango Gameworks, however, was murdered.

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  • Defaced@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Enhance, embrace, extinguish. That’s the Microsoft way, their success has always and will always be built off the backs of others they’ve fucked over.

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