Xbox is a Disaster
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Xbox. Every time we think they have turned a corner and are ready to fight their way back to greatness they remind us that they will find new and exciting ways to disappoint us with poor choices that lead to failure. Studio closures are their latest move. Let's talk about why this came to be...
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Many ppl saw this coming but we quickly shut by those who wanted those acquisitions, xbox never tried to grow their studios organically by supporting them, they just bought a bunch of studios because the only thing they know what to do do is spending money and hope to solve everything with it, well these are the consequences.
how can Phil still be standing after this debacle?? ... he should have been the 1st to go!
Because it's no longer him making decisions. It's microsofts shareholders 😊
If you can’t beat them, buy them…..
and then shut them down apparently
And then still not be beating them (pause)
This is honestly hands down the best coverage on the matter, straight to the point, well sourced, and not afraid to have a well informed opinion. So underrated with regards to the number of followers this channel has so far.
“Disaster” Is an understatement. It was a disaster five years ago. It’s since swelled to cataclysm levels.
Hearing that they want to prioritize "block buster games" sounds to me like if your game is making CoD $$$ your time is limited.
If Hi-Fi wasnt enough to save Tango, My prayers go to Ninja Theory...
Microtransactions games... See all the Unfinished games from Xbox on Gamepass, it goes with this shema... Sea of thieves ended up having content after 3 years on GP, same principe for Grounded... and so they lied on trailers and killed Halo Infinite and Forza Motorsport, Redfall... Starfield ! But now they will only care about the franchises already secured : Minecraft, Roblox, COD...
Microsoft didn't purchase other publishers to compete with Playstation
They wanted to eliminate the competition. Being the biggest publisher is now their main goal
Fortunately for their competition, they keep shooting themselves in the foot.
This is exactly what I was saying during the acquisition. They didn't just buy out a bunch of game developers. They purchased and removed two competing publishers from the industry.
Phil, Sarah, and Matt and any xbox games leadership needs to go, I'm tired of the lies and just bad decision after bad decision, poor communication with the consumer base, I'm tired of phil and company slowly destroying xbox
Unfortunately I think the real pressure comes above them. Nadella opening the MS wallet had it's price. He regretted killing the Windows Phone but I'm afraid the dood never learn.
All they had to do was focus on games. Instead its strategy after strategy that doesnt pan out
When will XBOX Leadership Take Accountability For Their Mistake If EVER?????
They Are In This Mess Because Of Them
In any other Company That is what happens when the Leadership is there that long. They get shipped OUT.
Quit Pretending That They are your Friends People
Phil HAS gone on a APOLOGY TOUR EVERY YEAR of his tenure
YUP. Xbox seems to always get in their own way. I really hope they come with another Ghostwire Tokyo sequel, but I feel it would be shelved forever. Just like Banjo Kazooie...
Hell, I think Crash and Spyro are getting shelved, too.
What I'm afraid is the next ones will be ninja theory, compulsion, undead labs and The initiative (a.k.a. the fugitive)
Shoot I think the xbox itself is been shelved by thousands of people
I'm so glad that Ghostwire doesn't have a cliff hanger ending. Those leaked court docs showed a sequel for Ghostwire and I was definitely interested but thank God that the story is all tied up already. Such a good game, got the platinum at launch and started a new save last night, still just as fun. 10/10 for me.
Sony should’ve bought the rights for Crash, and Spyro smh
i cant believe that hifi rush was johanas dream game, only to be stolen from him and the people that worked on it, along with all of the amazing titles from the other studios as well
Because ms took the ip for the sake of having them
The question is would these studios have closed IF Microsoft hadn't bought them? I think we all know the answer to that.
The same people who cheer on these acquisitions are the same people who down talk third party exclusives.
Much better to just buy them out and bring them dry then support them through one or two games I guess lol.
Im just waiting for the day Lono went on a mental breakdown if Ninja Theory get shutdown if a studio like Tango did
Nice vid btw
I feel like this begs the question of what if this is just good management? During covid many studios expanded and pushed for big triple A games with budgets exceeding movies. So with this being acknowledged, isn’t the issue Bethesda over hiring versus Microsoft being weird? The industry as a whole tried to jump on the wave of new players during lockdowns and many failed and have downsized. It’s correcting for overcompensating. So with these points, I also want to argue that no studio needs more than 50-100 employees. Most of the best games were made with smaller teams. I would also say that it’s so easy to fall into certain narratives, maybe we should evaluate what makes good games and makes common sense? Wasn’t games better before with smaller teams.
I am expecting more "less performing" developers to be shut down, now that MS has hoarded the IPs and started asking Xbox to show results for the gargantuan investments made the last 5 or 6 years...
Xbox couldn’t manage their own studios before all the acquisitions, whoever thought they could manage 3x as many studios was absolutely delusional. The only question is, who’s next?
This right here!!!
This guy gets it! Xbox thought that by buying publishers, they could just be hands off. Well they clearly didn't take into account all the new mouths to feed!
They literally bought Zenimax cause of a timed exclusive deal... Just let that sit in before you defend them. They are such cowards, That just happen to have a huge piggy bank.
Hurray for Phil, lord and savior of Xbox!!! That dirty 30fps Ninja Theory next, pretty please Papa Phil! Take all them fired employee salaries and just shove em in your golden parachute!!! K?? Three cheers Daddy Phil!
At the end of the day it"s all about money.
It sucks because there are examples of another company buying another and it's going well and becoming very good for both companies involved
Look at Nintendo for example they bought monoliths soft in 2007, Back then a lot people said it was a mistake and Nintendo was wasting money. Fast forward to the day and it's a completely different story now. You have monolith soft helping make games like the legend of Zelda, animal crossing, and splatoon, All of which have sold so many units and has made a lot of money for Nintendo. Plus they're making their own games with the xenoblade franchise which's not as big as the titles mentioned before are still highly regarded, beloved by fans, and are very impressive for the switch and are use as showcases for what their current system is capable of. And now you hear Rumors of them having a brand new IP that is supposedly going to be part of the Lanch year line up for the next Nintendo console
If Microsoft and xbox handled the studios they've gotten in their recent buy outs then they probably could have had something similar to what nintendo has with monolith but they don't seem to know what to do or aren't interested in pursuing that, Which is just a waste of talent money and effort in my view
I really hope some great smaller studios can come out of the ashes of these shutdowns.
Why did Microsoft bought the studios???
Because they have stupid people running the company. It's not that hard to figure out.
Buy and shut them down 🫢
So they've been buying individual games, putting 1st party, and buying up whole publishers to put into gamepass for what 7 years now? And they still don't know how to measure the value of the games? No wonder things are the way they are.
This sure looks like a pivot away from Game Pass. Hi-Fi Rush was perfect Game Pass fodder, and Redfall expected to be on Game Pass for the next decade. All those smaller studios aren't needed if the focus is shifting to AAA titles.
#firephilspencer
Microsoft just has too much money to be irresponsible with. It appears they just wanted these developer’s IPs to throw in Game Pass, and didn’t care about the talent.
Exactly what a waste of money and resources
but that new controller design is so hot though! Surely that makes up for this
Xbox needs to put at least one good game out
Truly disappointed in Microsoft for the closures of Tango Gameworks. Finally a studio that they have that gave them a ton of great reviews and awards last year from both the media and gamer audience for which they haven't gotten for such a long time and they dicided to close that studio down. It's like committing business suicide over greedy. Hifi Rush got better reviews scores and won more awards than their competitor Sony Playstation biggest exclusive game for last year which is Marvel Spiderman 2. Also Hifi Rush also beat their own Xbox biggest exclusive for last year which is Starfield in both review scores and awards. How can they close that type of game studio, how is it even possible for Tango Gameworks to even get cut after receiving so much praise. Finally a Xbox owned Japanese studio with quality and they close it down, what Microsoft even thinking. Over 400 or more video games released last year and Hifi Rush was in the top five or ten of must play for 2023 and they closed that game studio are you kiddy me. As an strictly only Xbox gamer words can't describe how disappointed I am.
Time to sell my Xbox and get me an PS5.😅
It is unfortunate that the ongoing situation has resulted in a lack of progress and unfulfilled commitments. This has had a negative impact on individuals who are enthusiasts of the Xbox platform. Personally, I share the sentiment of disappointment regarding the acquisition of studios without any substantial outcomes. The absence of future game releases and a clear roadmap for the platform raises concerns about its long-term viability. It is regrettable that Bethesda, a respected game developer, has been affected by this situation.
I recommend prey moon crash for most of you that are upset....its one of the best rouge like experiences ever made.
But the studio is gone because it was slept on amongst other things.
End of story really, the sales prove the fake outrage.
Xbox is just allergic to collecting W´s
Why they would make arkane make a game they dont want to make like redfall instead of making a new dishonored or something is crazy to me
Xbots need to apologize to Lina Khan.
They'll make a comeback when they figure out why Stellar Blade is going to outsell Hellblade 2.
"We're sorry for disappointing you & ruining Gaming. But next year will surely be our year, don't worry!"
-Xbox liars since 2011🤡🌎
So much for that foothold into the Japanese market
How can Phil Spencer still have a job when he has brought Xbox from last place to a much worse last place?!🤡🌎
You know. I noticed Hellblade2 is days away and not one piece of marketing🤔🫤
Why does no one own an Xbox in Pennsylvania?
Because it's always Sony in Philadelphia!
I live in Pa. I own XSX me sad
Microsoft the IP graveyard
But you're not supposed to ask "why do people like X" you're supposed to ask, what do we like? what is X to us?
Xbox desperately needs to stop talking. My gosh the volume of articles and tweets that are now burning them, lol. If they shred Fable, I'll be really P.O.
im not confident in anything coming down the road from them
Not a single soul involved in making the originals good has anything to do with the new “Fable” game. It’s some random game wearing a skin suit of a dead IP whose developer no longer exists… there’s no reason to have any hype for it until reviews come out or it releases. Increasingly, Microsoft is just buying the names of good franchises and hiring random developers to make them. I can’t wait for Hi-Fi Rush 2 made by The Initiative or the Shadow Collective or whoever the hell!
Lol lono you gonna make some enemies with this one 😂 It shouldn't but we all know the type who take their stance in console wars seriously
I'm making friends - I'm telling them how it is instead of lying to them
How will the regulators allow yet another stupid acquisition to pass?
Activision needs to be the last one. That should never have even passed.
Xbox is destroying Gaming!🤬
So zenimax mandated arkane austin make redfall, a live service game which is not in what they do.... it predictably failed and now they close the studio. They made one of my favorite games of all time in dishonored... so sick of microsofts crap probably gonna sell my series x to game stop and load up on steam cards. Bought a pc last year, a steam deck last month. I dont need this crap box.
Excuses, lol. Sony has many studios without experience on different fields and still bring out hits after hits
@@ivaniniguez2553 they didnt want to make the game. You must be unfamiliar with creatives, if you dont have passion for what your creating the product will show it. Redfall showed it.
@@Afroman792 well that’s Xbox to you lol once again Xbox sucks
@@ivaniniguez2553 i am not a console warrior... i own a ps5 and switch as well. I see no reason to own an xbox. I only bought it as a bethesda box
If xbox switches to pc
Evil within 3 🥲
Lonstradamus
I don't have any doubt that all Xbox games are coming to Playstation
Ladies and Gents, shall we take bets on how long it will be until Microsoft shuts down Bethesda?
Which, in my books, would be absolutely justified at this point.
What hacks me off is they'd do something like that but retain the I.Ps.
@@pixeljauntvr7774 Yeah... MS keeping the Elder Scrolls IP (and then probably never doing anything with it) - that would hurt.
Segaaaaaaaa!!!!!
🥔😂⚰️
It's time for Phil to retire.
Phil and xbox lol
@@ivaniniguez2553 Why you want xbox to retire? So Sony can screw you over even more?
@@mgpdevilWould like Xbox to retire because they are corrosive to the games industry. Honestly I think Sony in a position of Monopoly would be significantly less evil than these loathsome as**oles.
@@mgpdevil So that maybe, with the space left in the marketplace, another company can get in the ring--a company that will contribute positively (on net) to the industry, instead of raping it.
@@genjiharvester1876 Any company can still do that as we speak. You think it has a bigger chance against Sony without Microsoft?? Google failed. Can't see Amazon or Facebook bring real competition to Sony. Then there is Apple but they aren't know to drive pricing down. Just look at iPhone and Samsung prices.
I don’t blame Phil. Phil is the best thing that happened to gaming. He gave us all free games on gamepass and the cloud power.
Its dark times now, but we see the seeds of a very bright future
What? Lmao 🤦🏻♂️
How can xbox survive when it has bad management, has obsolete joypad , NO VR gaming , no exclusives /everything is on pc and soon on ps5/ :) Playstation wins as always.
Hit the like button 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Microsoft seem like big bullies.It's sad watching all this play out & I'm gutted for all the hard working people in the game industry who've been cast aside.Good luck to all those looking for jobs.
Im not sure how much longer until sony goes to pc with all this being said and sony not having any competition of consoles
Xbox fan but I mostly play on PC recently. Not interested in Gamepass and haven't bought a Xbox Series because I'm just not convinced.
All the fake tears from Sony fanboys who daily celebrate declining xbox sales and would be dancing in the streets if Xbox closed down tomorrow. Honestly don't give 2c about your 'sad' state over Xbox studios closing and devs losing jobs.
i said all last year i wanted xbox to change course, and make my series x better, u dont know me or what i think
@@ReforgeGaming I'm not necessarily talking about you. But the comments I see everyday in chats and comments sections on this and many other channels. People who aren't the slightest interested in Xbox success or well being.
@@mgpdevil The tears aren't for Xbox. MS can crash and burn for all care. It'd just be nice if they didn't sink half the western games industry and beloved IPs with them.
@@pixeljauntvr7774 I know the tears aren't for Xbox. Fake tears for the closing studios.
@@mgpdevil Competition is good. But if this is how it's gonna be, then the juice ain't worth the squeeze. What's happening with MS isn't good for anyone. I'm sure you can point me to a forum or comments section where some people are speaking in bad faith and being immature about all this -- but if you're letting those people set the frame for your own sense of things, then you're not any better, really.
Remember PlayStation closed 4 studios
Over the course of many years. And they let them bring their games to market, over multiple projects. Literally MS bought more teams in 4 years than almost all large publishers combined. Sony's closure of studios is not the same Scenario. Most of their studios they close they had for a long time, and made multiple titles under them that didn't perform. Microsoft literally bought bethesda, and got 1 new game from each studio, and closed 4 of these studios.
They also layed off over 1900 people, and closed toys 4 bob who was given an option to be spun off. But their physical studio is gone. Sony's layoff's are from studios not being able to recoup costs over multiple games over long periods of time. We are talking multiple gen.
I will say the recent layoffs are accelerated by Sony pushing too many GAAS titles, and trying to also have VR titles being made. It sucks. But so far they have not laid off any legacy studios. They closed Japan studio which to me was a mistake. But a lot of talent moved around to xdev, Atstro bot dev.
False equivalency. Gotta love blind, ignorant "whataboutisms."
@@cheeks3211 Indeed.
The thing is sony produces games and Microsoft not lol
Sony closed the beloved Japan Studio, a couple of VR devs, and a small studio that made two games in 10 years. The closures were mourned and protested. The Xbox closures are higher profile and include two studios with recent releases. If anything, remembering the Sony closures makes the Xbox action look even worse.
if Phil doesn't see monetization potential from a franchise / studio, it gets axed?? (or if it's no woke enough??), .. otherwise hard to explain this madness..
woke isnt playing role here, profit is the only thing that matters to microsoft
@ReforgeGaming
hope it's not cause of anti-wokeness (but that's something we wouldn't be able to judge yet, it would come out later, if the case at all)
... but it could have been a factor (they are more difficult to work with, if not on the same page... and Japanese & European studios are likely less woke)
...
... that said, were employees already leaving those studios (jumping ship), so they ended up just closing them entirely?
Meh
These two stufios made meh games
I could have played either of them and did I ? Nope
Xbox will be fine
Lonstradamus