Totally unrelated note:
2 weeks ago, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot reportedly attended a private meeting with European Commission officials in Brussels.
Nothing to see here!
Nothing at all!
> buy studio that makes AA/indie games. they are niche with a small but loyal following
> expect them to sell like a AAA studio and when that obviously doesn't happen, close down studio, ruining the devs lives and taking all the ip people love hostage
XBOX LADIES AND GENTLEMAN
I’m not blurring his name because he said this with his full chest on a public forum…
“Video games are a male hobby”
There are no male hobbies and no female hobbies. There’s just hobbies and people who enjoy them. You are a misogynist so I can see why you might get confused.
Just when we think that Xbox might be back they pulled this shit with closing down studios that they spend $80B acquiring only to just close them down like the higher ups at Xbox are really stupid
Bloomberg: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion Games, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory, are negotiating with XBOX as they try to avoid closure.
"The studios may still have the opportunity to buy themselves back [...] although many employees will likely lose their jobs as a result."
Full details: https://t.co/bFwyjn2UHp
Phil Spencer spent all that time and money purchasing a variety of smaller game studios just for the next leadership group to kick them to the curb.
That whole ABK deal might have been the worst decision that XBOX ever made.
🚨Reminder: Two years ago games analyst Christopher Dring described Xbox's business strategy as "American Embracer Group" and warned about the studio future of Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory and... Double Fine.