Phil Spencer Shuts Down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
- Microsoft has recently came out and decided to shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.
Arkane Austin did make Redfall which wasn't such a great hit but they had some amazing Games before and every developer in there deserved a second chance.
On the other hand Tango Gameworks was extremely talented and passionate Game Studio that delivered Hi-Fi Rush, a very successful AA Game and they had much more Games coming soon.
This meme that I made shows how the situation has been going on at Microsoft HQ before they decided to move on with this decision
I'm sad to see these studios shut down because Microsoft is spending all of their money getting bigger studios then doing some layoffs and shutdowns because they can't handle them all. What do you think? - Розваги
Microsoft and Sony trying to beat world record in decreasing PR as quickly as possible in one day:
What do you expect from AAA company btw, and xbox and PC fanboys who defend Microsoft are now reeling for this
To be devils advocate, they are just following the rest of the demonic industry. All publishers invested too much during the pandemic and now they are burning money. And because unregulated capitalism is pure evil, shareholders is all that matters and they need to close and fire people to keep line going up.
every big publisher has done it this year, and it will continue next year.
The buyout the past 5 years is the worst thing that has happened to the industry. The best thing that can happen is the EU and others finally regulating this amoral industry and limiting the powers of publishers, protecting consumers and breaking up monopolies. But our politicians are old boomers and don't understand how it all works, which is how the demon CEO's get away with everything.
When did those "PC fanboys" ever defended Microsoft?!
Delusional, Butthurt Snoy
It's crazy to think you need a degree to know how to turn these companies around... and it's plain as day if you lived through the good times. DO that again. Simple lol go back to the winning formula 🤷♂️
PC gaming exist because of Microsoft
We gave you more freedom
Microsoft: and this, is to go even further beyond!
I would rather trust Apple and Sony
Will switch to Mac
@@DowngradedBot companies aren't your friends
@@DowngradedBot
That’s the dumbest take on this
@@DowngradedBot You are cleary a dumb bot, here you go 👑
@@Nb_-ux3de it is, on purpose, given under a popular comment people are going to see on this video, so it will spark some drama here in the replies
So let me get this straight, Tango made one of the most highly acclaimed Xbox games of last year and Microsoft instead of giving them more projects and funds, decided to shut them down? Microsoft is indeed run by detached morons who don’t know what their fanbase wants. Modern Xbox is the definition of “money can’t buy class”. They can spend all the money they want but they are incapable of nurturing and supporting talented studios. All that billions went to the top execs of BGS and Activision-Blizzard. The game studios responsible for the publisher’s success, in return, got a big ol axe to the face. Phil Spencer is the second worst thing that happened to Microsoft after Don Matrick.
Taking L's since 2012 and can't stop mashing L on their keyboard
this is why u dont let a computer engineering company touch a gaming company.
@@wile123456true 😂 it’s not the Xbox its the Lbox
Phil Spencer is like a Jim Rayan from Sony - garbage
What about Apple
They don't even make games
Blaming Microsoft for no reason
Where are the Bozos that said "Microsoft will save gaming"
none, cus who tf said that. everyones been screaming indies and AA stduios will save gaming, which ive stood by for the past 10 years and will continue to do so
Valve is the only one who possibly can, it is time to not crumble under microsofts control
The anti Microsoft Linux guys from the 90's saw this a mile away. Microsoft has always been an evil company who gives zero fucks about humanity and ethics. They just want all the money in the world, and will sacrifice everything to get it.
@@zip3704lots of ppl said that. All journos said that, all twitter said that, all xbox refugees in pc said that, Reddit said that,
You're wrong
"Sony and Playstation have looked pretty bad on the news recently. Can't let them have all the spotlight."
Sony and PlayStation is still 10 times better than Xbox
They closed Tango Studios after one amazingly well received game, but kept 343 after over a decade of fck ups. Let that sink in...
Yeah, that's just stupid ... but it's sadly because despite of all that 343 makes them more money, because people continue to throw their money at their not even half backed games ... more people need to finally realize that they have to vote with their wallet, resisting the urge of short turn gratification in buying or even pre-ordering the newest games just because they are used to, because it's the right thing to do for the industry regarding its long term perspective.
The way he says "we don't wanna force them to remake the same game that they have for years." He was lying through his teeth
@@17-. But did he? Maybe his choice was to either force them to make a certain game or close them, because of pressure from the top or share holders (while giving them creative freedom wasn't an allowed option) ... if those were the only options (which actually is very likely looking at the reality of the industry), which he was allowed to choose between, he absolutely was acting true to his word and chose the least worse of two evils:
"Rather close them, to force them to do something they don't want to." That literally is true to his word.
@@sulac4ever170 perhaps, but actions speak louder than words. The creative studios get shut down and the ones who remake the same IP over and over again still remain. It's clear what the true intentions are. In all fairness, Redfall was pretty bad, but it's not like the developers even wanted to make that game, it was just Microsoft's "encouragement."
@@17-. Because they still make more money because loads of ignorant people still buy them. And then only monetary success dictates which survive and which don't. As long as people continue to buy the big brands more than actually creative games, we will continue to get them delivered alike. It's as simple as that. The ones to blame are the people who vote with their wallet against creativity.
People like Phil Spencer are effectively powerless to do the right thing even if they wanted to, if the wallet voting crowed are saying one thing with words and a completely different thing with their wallets. As you already said correctly: Actions speak louder than words. All this complaining of us is useless, as long as gamers continue to support toxic business practices with their spending power. That's the only thing which actually can change the course of this industry, where nearly everyone has to answer to their shareholders and thus follow where the money goes.
Steam isn't at the stock market. That's why they have the freedom moral authority they have. But nearly everyone else is and that's why blaming CEO's is absolutely piontless. If they disobey the money, they just get replaced by someone who is obedient and business continues as usual.
The ones to blame are the masses of brainrotted consumers.
EDIT: Oh and blame the people who actually buy and Invest in stocks. They and the entire concept/existence of the stock market is the reason this toxic enslavement like relationship (enslaved to the dictatorship of money) come to be in the first place. Stock market trading should be universally abolished There are morally and sustainably much better and still good enough performing alternatives. But people are greedy, and so they won't accept a morally good solution, if another one makes more profit. That's the root of all evil in our modern society regarding creative freedom vs "good" business.
If you continue to buy objectively anti consumer designed AAA games, buy microtransactions and invest in stocks, you are the one to blame. If you don't, I applaude you and I hope more people will do so too in the future.
My guy ate Activision and barely left crumbs for us gamers
Evil Within, Gohstwire Tokyo, and Hi-Fi Rush.
Gone, reduced to ashes.
Shame on you Phil.
Okay Sir
FFS Tango was really really good. HiFi Rush was one THE best games recently. Damn this is a massive loss
I wish Rare went instead
Sad and pathetic. M$ were rooting for projects like Hi-Fi Rush, saying "Oh gee, you got gaming awards, really good job Tango Gameworks!", and all of a sudden, this happens. At this point I feel like Phil is treating studios like toys, - just doing it to brag how much he spent money on and studios he has, until they have no value
Meanwhile to hammer home how evil he is, he increases his own salary an bonuses, despite a small reduction in his salary could singlehandedly fund both studios for over a year.
If a company lacks profits, CEO's should be forced by law to lower their pay, they cannot be trusted as tyrants managing their own income.
We deeply concern
Xbox being ea at this point 😅
Just what i was looking for
Always has been
buying*
You mean Apple
So there won't be any Evil within 3😢
I think no
Not from tango 💀
That cliffhanger at the end of 2 possibly not having a resolution will piss me off till the end of time if we don’t get 3.
You get to play Evil Within Microsoft Edition. Whether you like it or not.
Neither prey 2 :'(
I don’t understand how Xbox fans still believe Phil Spencer? He’s one of the biggest liars this industry have seen. Enjoy new controller I guess
You should've heard about a large number of Xbox fans are pretty furious about this.
And now these guys have control over cod but i doubt that cod could get much worse. Who knows, tho ive been proven wrong on this a ton@nafisarafat1044
The difference is that Sony fans would support this and come up with stone BS reason to make it look like the decision of the century. But Xbox fans actually criticize
hes better than executives at sony ea and ubisoft but hes still corpo at heart, shoulda saw it coming.
Well I'm sure the shareholders had a part in this, but yeah. He's the head. He's gonna get the blame. Idk how they come back from this in the immediate future
What was the point in buying all those studios only too shut them down year's after?
Billion dollar question
It was so they could look good to investors and bolster their Game Pass catalog. That's it.
Now, that would be fine, but the problem is we all know Microsoft's vision for their Xbox platform (or rather Game Pass because let's be honest with ourselves and say that Game Pass is the only thing carrying Xbox right now). They're going more towards the "Netflix route" which is buy up and fund as many projects as possible to have as many things in their service as possible, preferrably AAA productions with sizeable budgets.
This way, they would draw a lot of people to cheap access to many games and it gets eyes from big investors. Unfortunately, what this does is that it makes Games Pass just a glorified Walmart bargain bin for games. Instead of having a few very strong, high quality, generation-defining products in their lineup, they would rather have a large pool of mediocre slop bloating their catalog. They could do the former and fund a lot of experimental indie games. But gamers aren't largely demanding indie titles and that doesn't get as much attention from investors.
Add this on top of the fact that Microsoft can't publish games to save their lives, then you end up where we are today. I don't care if people disagree with me on this. I am a firm believer that Microsoft is one of the WORST gaming publishers in the entire industry. And that was way before this was happening. The only difference is they aren't as controversial as EA and Ubisoft. Microsoft/Xbox Games Studios is HILARIOUSLY incompetent. Seriously, this is the same studio that ran Halo and Gears of War into the ground, both of which used to be literal TITANS of the shooter genre. Yeah, lets give those same morons CoD. They totally won't make it worse than it already is.
To push them out of the game until there’s only one left
Shutting down studios doesn't mean they gonna end the franchise
@@thripnixe that makes more sense, instead of micromanaging a studio you bought who is trying to go a different direction why not get rid of that studio all together and steer the franchise to your direction. No more conflict. "Thank you for all your hard work, let us handle things from here."
This is the reign of Phil Spencer the 'savior' of Xbox, his legacy lies, deception and disappointment.
You know its bad when you cant decide wether or not Sony Microsoft or Nintendo is the worst
Nah, Nintendo is the worst. EASY choice. Nintendo is one of the most litigious companies in the world. They even go after small-time youtubers. That's why it's morally okay and even mandatory to pirate any and all of Nintendo's games.
@@zdspider6778 Lately Nintendo hadn't been shooting themselves in the foot, they might be a bad company but they're the only ones who know how to not immediately tarnish their reputation (I still pirate their games if you get the assumption I'm a meatrider)
@@zdspider6778as much as I agree with you, seems like Sony and MS are really trying to come close to nintendo when it comes to making shitty decisions to harm customers in general
They are all terrible in their own ways. I will say that, despite hating modern Nintendo myself, they seem to support their developers and not throw them under the bus. They also lead with confidence with their IP. Sony and MS seem to be struggling to try chase new business models and blow up profit margins whilst throwing their fans and legacy IP in the trash.
Right now they even buy shiver entertainment to port more game to switch also upcoming switch 2 too. No matter how you hated them their game are quality(Nintendo didn't develop pokmn just publish it since it's their franchise).
Im glad xbox swooped in to remind some people. That just because Sony does a bad think. That doesnt mean Xbox is any better. You tricked me Phill.
Based
I like how Snoys assume this somehow makes Sony look better or something. NOPE
@@Andriej69 definitely true
@@Andriej69 Sony reversed that decision, to be fair. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter anymore. Tango and Arkane Austin are gone forever. 😒 This can't be reversed. We'll never get games like Hi-Fi Rush 2 or The Evil Within 3. I loved most of those studios' games.
If Hellblade 2 doesn't do much better than Hi-Fi Rush, I'm worried that Microsoft is going to give a new meaning to Senua's Sacrifice. ☠️
God help Double Fine. Might let them live because of Grounded but I want another game like Psychonauts 2.
@@idakev Well, it's not like Sony gave up from the goodness of their hearts, they realised they're fiighting a losing battle with their own customers, Microsoft (not just Xbox) itself holds much more power over global clientele, they KNOW they can get away with much more
"We've cancelled gaming" - Microsoft 2024
“We are taking beloved Xbox games to other platforms.”
“We are closing studios making those beloved games.”
Big publisher doing big publisher things. A timeless classic that never fails to disappoint. It is really sad that gaming has become mainstream as a result of which you find the big players now prioritizing money over value. Sadly, the cycle must continue until developers & gamers realize that they need to find alternatives in order to preserve this piece of art from the endless corporate greed that is trying to completely consume it. The good thing is that we are already at the point where we are doing so.
It's really great to see how in recent years indie titles, small studios, niche genres, etc. have enjoyed more success to the point where some have even reached AAA heights of success whilst you find big publishers not enjoying that level of success with their newer titles thereby being forced to close down genuinely good studios. It will take time but hopefully we will eventually reach there. Events like the recent Helldivers debacle make me realize that all hope is not lost, that despite having an insane stranglehold over the market these companies still have to bend down on that one instance where we come together.
Remember guys, vote with your wallet! :)
Dark times for us gamers. Indie devs without a publisher are the only good ones left
No more , The evil within 3 😢😢
Yes
GIVE ME EVIL WITHIN 3
Can you please make meme on SweetBaby.?
niktek does not want to be cancelled
Sweet baby mostly worked with PlayStation studios
God of War Ragnarok, Spiderman 2, etc
@@Indie_Better_than_AAANow with Xbox Game Studios too fanboy... *Cough* Fable
@@creepstergaming1322yeah
But Hellblade 2 will be 2024 Goty
@@creepstergaming1322fable is not mainstream game
Xbox mostly known for halo, Forza, crackdown, Gears, series
This doesn't work as well if you don't have someone for Thor to be.
True
The regulators trying to stop the Activision acquisition
Could have been the anti competitive cases etc
daam i won the speed run
Can this Industry go without any controversy for 5 fukin Minutes!
Thanks for everything Arkane and Tango you gave me one of the best experiences.
And anyone wonders why the triple ayyy gaming has become an ungodly mess in recent years.
Anybody who hires the people at Tango Gameworks are sitting on a goldmine of great devs who understand what a good game is.
HiFi Rush was even recommended by Jacob Geller
Tango Gameworks: We have this golden goose...
Microsoft: ...kill it.
Xbox/Microsoft: We buy Dev studios
Fans: to make good games? Right?
Xbox/Microsoft: :) *fires staff, decreasing game quality, releasing the same game with a higher number and more selling cars from previous games with the same model from M4 or other M/H*
This is a I used the stone's to destroy the stone's moment
Damn, watch a Niktek, leave feelin' the sads : (
still feels like this is some misunderstanding or mistake , i am coping so hard rn
Pro tip, if you ever hear a person at the whim of shareholders say something you agree with, it's a lie.
I fully understand why Arkane was shutdown, but Tango was doing good. Like damn.
Remember they made Dishonor series. One fuck up with Redfall does not mean they're a bad studio.
@@CaptainMetallica80s They didn't make Dishonored, that's Arkane Lyon, which is currently working on that Marvels Blade Game.
Arkane Austin was making Prey and recently Redfall, they lost a lot of talented devs because of Redfall, so it was always hard to see them recover from that. Still i had some hope they might make it and go back to great singleplayer games, but i guess that hope is lost now...
Dude what, one bad project from a studio isn't a reason to shut down the studio
Arkane need another chance
@@GamePat96Arkane Austin wanted to cancel redfall, but Microsoft and Bethesda said no.
They didn't want to make redfall and prey 2017 is one of the best immwrsive sims, this sucks.
Please put the links for tweets and anything that you show in the description of the video, its easier to learn more about it than go out and trying to find that tweet among other garbage on that platform.
AND to think me, and all of the Mechwarrior fans, dreams about a return of Mechassault licence.
What a fucking joke.
Its not the studios they wanted. Its the IPs.
Now no more The Evil Within 3. Sad times.
So, basically Phil Spencer is worse than the previous CEO at this point...
Farewell Evil Within 3
This is the worst thing to happen since C&C Generals 2 getting cancelled 10 years ago
Lol, I can't compete with Niktek when it comes to memes...
Everyone: AAA gamikg crash
Whats really happening: theyre shutting down AA studios.
Damn..just when people are realizing that AA is replacing AAA games
Stupid to think that Microsoft buying ABK was a good thing. Now we will all pay the price
This big companies don't know what to do with their money. Seeing companies purely as number. Gaming is not a number
Hi fi rush was the only game in this console generation that made me want to buy an Xbox. Now I just want to break every xbox I see
I Can't Believe This Microsoft Killed All This Developer Fucking Hell
Im so fucking mad that they shut down Tango gameworks. The only game studio that made them a exclusive, until it wasant bc its on now playstaion and I can see why, that was amazing.
Thanks, Phil. Very cool of you.
Corporations speedrunning category "PR disaster". Now big question: Who are next? Big N, Apple, Tencent or someone else?
Seriously now. What has Microsoft produced in all the years they've been buying studios? I can barely think of a single game. Tens of studios and just... nothing?
Arkane Austin developed Prey 2017.
I think it's safe to say we're not getting a sequel...unless one of the other Arkane studios picks it up.
It's not a move from Spencer, is Satya Nadela's (Big Head of Microsoft).
Hypocrisy has no limits
Microsoft: „SONY hold my Beer!“ 😈
Now I hate them more
Tango puts out a genuinely fun game and *THIS* is how Microsoft treats them? Shameful!
Anyone that is not a shill and with an IQ of 100 could see this one for the conman he is from the get go.
"Xbots" are well deserving of such name.
do you know whats even funnier. we allways said that ea is doing wrong. and we show em hate. but now, every major game studio hq's starting to act like ea. i believe nearly every hq is goin' deaf atm
After Jim Ryan, Phil Spencer might be fucked off from his position, too.
He officially has time until the end of 2027 to save microsoft. If this doesn't happen, then Phil's career at xbox's done for.
Hey at least we get Call of Duty 36
Lmao
Every day we have a bad news from corpo world XD
F this, I want another Dishonored game!
imo sometimes its good to force someone do what he do best , some devs make a game soo good that becomes an insta classic and focusing on squeals is a good thing , once they stop and moves to a different IP they flop
So the upcoming BLADE game is cancelled too right?
Nah. Blade is developed by Arkane Lyon. The closed Arkane Austin only made Redfall and Prey
Blade will be better than Spiderwoke 2
@@Indie_Better_than_AAA We still don't have a gameplay do its to early to sat that. Remember what Microsoft said some weeks ago about "representation"
@@Indie_Better_than_AAAcry more bot. Reported
@@w12266 u talk like kid
So I guess there is no dishonored 3
They should have seen this miles away. They should have shut them down long time ago after the latest games except for HiFi rush
That's what happens when you hire in California
FEEL THE BURN!! 🔥🔥🎮💀
When I'm in a Fuck up competition and my opponents are Microsoft and Sony
Snapped out of existence
KNEWZ FLASH: "Kwaliti and Xcution!"
You sure executed them with quality, Phil.
NOOOO, MY CORVO ATTORNO IS GONE!!!!
Noooo, Arkane 😢😢😢😢
There isn't any reason to get an XBOX since the ONE which was a glorified set-top box. Sad, because i liked the first and 360 a lot.
Does that mean, No Evil Within 3 and No GhostWire Tokyo 2?
Yes.
WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO DISHONORED 3
_Hi-Fi Rush_ was Microsoft's best selling game of 2024, and at the beginning of MAY 2024 (a month after they said that), they decided to "reward" that studio by shutting it down. Scumbag Microsoft.
MICROSOFT is where iPs go to die. Didn’t you know this already?
Microsoft should be focusing in having a pipeline of good games instead of shutting studios down. Otherwise whats the value of GamePass? Just a bunch of old games which can be bought for cheap in a sale? Sorry but i already have a Steam account. The games they can put out don't have to be "AAAA" Blockbusters all the time, some of the most popular games are AA in recent time made by a few people on a low budget. Some people in those studios can make games like this and can make sure that there are more new game releases for Gamepass more often. Their IP harvesting with all their aquisitions means nothing if they don't have the studios to actually do something with them and it only means there are less games people would like to see if they just keep shutting them down and fire everyone or rush out the few games which they actually have somewhat ready for release.
Gotta close down studios because that Activision/CoD deal isn't making its money back yet.
I do not understand any of it yet im still watching
are you kidding me ? i played hi fi rush 2 months ago and hoping for the devs creating another banger.
hopefully they go indie rather than join microsoft other division.
Hi-Fi brought more players to Gamepass than Diablo IV did. It's just sad at this point...
nice try, but it is a lie. The game doesnt sell. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Every cloud has a silver lining.
People are finally realizing not only how Microsoft buying other companies is bad for us, even if you play on Xbox and subscribe to Game Pass, this can screw you, but it doesn't even need to be Microsoft, billion-dollar or trillion-dollar companies buying other companies is almost never good for the customer.
Support your local indie! Shop at GOG if (while) you can! Else take to the high seas 🏴☠
If they shut down Activision and Blizzard that would be awesome :D
Does this mean we will not get a evil within 3
I was really hoping for a sequel to The Evil Within after waiting for 7 years and counting, But looks like we aren't getting one.
I am a huge The evil Within fan, and it's what introduced me to the granddaddy of horror games "Resident Evil". But after seeing the news that Tango gameworks is shutting down, I felt the pain in a really deep level within my soul.
This is an absolutely disgusting move by Xbox.
upeople use our Operating system
@@Indie_Better_than_AAAshutup abt microsoft+ linux better
@@Indie_Better_than_AAAwho the fuck cares? We're talking about GAMES AND GAME STUDIOS not systems.
Arkane Austin deserves it, but what on Earth happened to Tango?
Do people even know that Arkane real devs left and it was only name that they bought
That's why a few years I left behind Xbox. And I'm a happy gamer (PC) so F Xbox and PS
I get Arkane Austin, but why Tango?
avg viewer of niktek loves this stuff
Do you not? : )
@@w12266 lmao yes i am an avg viewer of niktek
The Persona of tango games but withouth the studio.
Arkane Lyon still exist right?
Yep