Microsoft is closing down Xbox studio The Initiative, with Perfect Dark killed as well (www.windowscentral.com)
from Hisnitch@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 07 Jul 11:56
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social on 07 Jul 11:57 next collapse

Has there ever been a gaming article that started with microsoft where the following words weren’t closing/shutting down? Hah

savvywolf@pawb.social on 07 Jul 12:07 next collapse

Probably only if the word “AI” is in the title…

TabbsTheBat@pawb.social on 07 Jul 12:07 collapse

Real :3

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 07 Jul 19:53 collapse

I can think of one, the one where they announced they were so proud of that new studio they had just created.

But they just closed that very studio and it couldn’t deliver even one game in between, so… Yeah.

Midnitte@beehaw.org on 07 Jul 12:20 next collapse

“What could go wrong with letting Microsoft buy up all the studios?”

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 08 Jul 01:03 collapse

Yeah it’s so sad seeing studio after studio being closed down. So many commenters thought Microsoft will revive old IPs after buying studio after studio.

Now it seems like those IPs will just rot at Microsoft in their intellectual property graveyard.

belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org on 07 Jul 14:46 next collapse

God i hate microsoft

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 07 Jul 15:05 next collapse

That’s the “Quadruple A” studio right? The one that was supposed to have “unlimited budget” so it could create “groundbreaking video game experiences”?

And they ended up not releasing anything before they’re shut down. A+ management there, Microsoft.

frank@sopuli.xyz on 07 Jul 16:48 collapse

Quadruple A+ management*

cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone on 07 Jul 15:12 next collapse

"we have copilot why do we need game studios?" - microsoft probably

lustyargonian@lemmy.zip on 07 Jul 18:00 next collapse

Classic case of how unrestricted money and a hotch potch of talent doesn’t make a studio. It needs to have strong leadership, vision and some constraints.

Microsoft will never learn that throwing money at the problem isn’t ever the solution.

Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org on 07 Jul 18:09 collapse

That was the ONE trailer from this Xbox announcement that I was actually looking forward to. It looked in a fairly playable state, too. I feel like a very broken record, but this is yet another reason why it feels like Microsoft is pulling out of gaming.