I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs.
My “Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand” statement isn’t aging well, and this is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month.
I’m saddened, but I can’t muster anger or outrage over it. I don’t have access to the books, but I suspect that Id Software was a marginal business from Microsoft’s perspective. I believe the reports that Minecraft revenues have been carrying several other studios.
To continue being produced long term, games need to succeed, not just be beloved.
Games are competing with every other option for spending your leisure time and money, and the competition is brutal.
You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games.
Could they have gotten more with a different pricing strategy?
Could they have created more things for fans to buy?
Could they have cost effectively marketed in a way that reached more players that would have loved and bought the games?
Could they have changed the game designs and broadened the appeal to more players without alienating existing ones?
Could they have produced the games at a lower cost, faster or cheaper?
I really don’t know.
The game isn’t over yet, and I hope the studio rallies through.
Roughly $8 at my local retailer.
Game is delisted and I never got a chance to play it until now.
This option will not exist in the future.
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A new report has revealed what id Software was working on before Microsoft’s latest Xbox layoffs.
According to GamesBeat, the studio had several ideas in development, including
>DOOM: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC
>A new multiplayer/co-op DOOM game
>Perfect Dark reboot support after The Initiative’s closure
>Fury – a new IP inspired by John Wick, featuring sci-fi, noir, cyberpunk, and “Gun Fu” combat
>Ironwood – a robot-themed Western survival game inspired by Westworld
According to GamesBeat, the future of these projects is now uncertain following Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs at id Software.
This is nonsense. If you don’t wanna go into emulator/piracy territory steam is even worse than psn with it geolock and delisting. Unfortunately Nintendo will be the best choice especially if those key cards would finally die
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I kinda doubt sony will back down from the decision. In Japan the ps5 becomes more and more irrelevant, in Europe a lot of games already are digital only and Murica (and the rest)will be silenced once GTA6 hit and will break all records.
PS Store終了で幻のソフトになってしまう
『THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD4/1000円』
アーケードの移植作だが、
そのアーケード版本編の後日談『スペシャルモード』も収録。
パッケージ版が存在しないかつPS3専用タイトルなので、
PS Storeが終了するともう入手する方法は無くなる...
@PlayStation A fight stick huh? I bought almost every fighting game on ps3/ps4 and ps5 …..on a physical disc. I wonder why i feel nothing right now with this announcement.