Apparently Microsoft views success as Quarterly Profits, and long term planning for the future has taken a backseat.
They’ve been floundering for a while. Eliminating 9,000 jobs only guarantees they’ll flounder even longer.
Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well
Submitted 16 hours ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to games@lemmy.world
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kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Long term planning in general has been on a steep decline for a long time now.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
They know they’ve destroyed the planet, so why bother planning for a future they’ve already prevented.
AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
~1,900 jobs today, even. :/
gotta make sure phil spencer gets his bonus.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Sounds like he’s on the way out too
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Day’s not over…
afaix@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Even when people were saying that MS turned a new leaf and that they are better at managing all the studios that they buy, and that they’ll make more better games for Game Pass to be a success, I knew that this was coming. Microsoft has been nothing but consistent in this one thing: it’ll pivot hard in one direction, pour tons of green into it, hire the best people, and then fire everyone and abandon the idea forever.
Zune, Windows Phones, Kinect, and now I guess XBOX. Well, looks like it lived long enough.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Eliminating 9,000 jobs only guarantees they’ll flounder even longer.
Maybe. Microsoft’s biggest revenue stream has historically been government contracts. I don’t see that failing them anytime in the next decade.
But retail consumer spending? That’s something that could seriously take a few hits in the next big downturn. I can see a company putting its finger to the wind and betting a '08 style recession will kill the market for console gaming in another two or three years.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Maybe the game just sucks?
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
It feels like they just announced it? Why did they even bother?
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
I hate to tell you this, but they announced it at TGA in 2020…which was 5 years ago.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Time has been repealed. Everything took place 16 years ago earlier this afternoon.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I’m sorry but perfect dark will always just be “that game that got made cause Rare couldn’t make a sequel to goldeneye” it was a good game but didn’t age super well and the character and world just seems a bit cheese for 2025
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Dude, after goldeneye it hit the spot hard. Loved perfect dark.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Good game, and I liked the revolutionary bots you could add to multiplayer to beef up a death match. I like the game but the characters and story never did anything for me
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah, Perfect Dark was awesome!
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 9 hours ago
I completely disagree. Perfect Dark holds up extremely well. I still play it occasionally. Of course the framerate is atrocious at times.
SARGE@startrek.website 12 hours ago
Well, you’re certainly entitled to your (wrong) opinion!
Lol it’s not for everyone, especially if you started out with goldeneye. A lot of people I play with don’t have the same appreciation for it, and that’s okay.
And yeah, it’s so cheesy, it makes people spontaneously develop lactose intolerance.
But much like the movie Evolution, I don’t love it because it’s groundbreaking and iconic to its genre. It’s fun for me.
Wilmo@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s cheesy because they hid cheese 🧀 in the levels
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You bring up i played goldeneye first and that’s true, it’s why I wanted a sequel. It’s also why I will always pick Wcw vs Nwo : revenge, over no mercy, it has a better nostalgia factor for me
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Honestly, its probably a good thing they canceled it. They were going to butcher that perfect game.
ceenote@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
The best way to play it is with mouse & KB using the 1964 emulator, imo.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Is it a good port? I really enjoy turok 2 on PS4, would love to play perfect dark on something better than an N64.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Sorry. Im not sure what would make it a good or bad port. Im not familiar with what the differences would be.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I’m sorry…can we take a minute here to point out that the head of XBOX is named “Matt Booty”? No? Just me?
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
My niece giggled at that during the Minecraft credits
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Well, they are very successful at canceling things!
xkbx@startrek.website 14 hours ago
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world I WON’T LET THEM CANCEL YOU
PerfectDark@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Well now my name has some baggage
misophonium@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Microsoft: "We can’t compete with such great content. Shut it all down.’