They don’t care about being a platform holder
Comment on Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024
paraphrand@lemmy.world 7 months agoIt seems weird for a platform holder to do this.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
paraphrand@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I guess you can do that when you own Windows.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 months ago
They also now own all of the IP those studios created.
Mikelius@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, but what good is an IP if you can’t generate new products to attract and keep users?
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What really gets me, and this touches on your comment, is that the execs said that they need to have the teams make what they specialize in. And then they turn around and force all the studios to make games that not at all anything they’ve ever made before.