Scott Rohde talks to IGN about the departure of one of Naughty Dog's most prolific employees.
Companies, particularly public companies like Microsoft, need to grow.
i mean its pretty simple, they spent close to 30 billion in acquiring activision, they thought they'd make it bk no problem, and that didnt happen.
its just shit that because of MS's miscalculation alot of people lost their jobs.
They are going to use AI for a large portion of the game development process. Upper management need bonuses and the shareholders need more money. So, people will lose their jobs.
They shouldn't have bought any studios. Some is okay...but they went on a shopping spree...stupid
The better question is why did Microsoft buy publishers for a service they were subsidizing they knew couldn't support.
And why are so many websites trying to make people feel sorry for Microsoft instead of truly criticizing the fact they are closing studios and killing jobs that would have been fine if Microsoft themselves hadn't gotten involved.
Quit feeling sorry for Microsoft and start feeling sorry for the industry and the all the gamers who are actually losing out.
THIS IS MICROSOFTS FAULT.
The first thing that happens after any major acquisition or merger is a consolidation of the whole new portfolio, which includes cutting any excess, bloat or portfolios that don't fit the larger MO of the big boy. So far, it's been par for the course with Microsoft and that's why gamers have been so against this acquisition. Tango Gameworks is the beginning. You think Microsoft wants to pay to keep small timers like Ninja Theory in business?
There is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that Microsoft will improve any of these studios, but plenty to suggest that they will get rid of what they don't need and hold onto the IP. The real agenda of the acquisition was always to acquire The Elder Scrolls, Diablo, Fallout, Call of Duty, Candy Crush etc. that will create millions in passive revenue stream for Microsoft regardless of where the games release. Microsoft simply wants their cut.
Because of Games Pass Microsoft has no interest in investing in new IP which is risky and requires creative talent they can neither nurture nor manage. Game Pass has also not grown in the way Microsoft expected it to, even post acquisitions. Therefore the logical thing to do, without serious money makers to release, is to cut as much cost as possible.
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
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that's life.
You know this really isn't cool. First Sony lays off employees from SSM & cancel a new IP, then Amy Hennig leaves Naughty Dog & then Jack Tretton resigns. What the hell is going on???
The whole thing just seems off with me, NaughtyDog, Sony, hell even Amy herself can out and say things like "Oh no no...nothing happened, everything is fine and dandy" yet she left during development. As I said in another comment if it was near the end of development or when the game went gold I'd understand but NOW....Amy wouldn't just leave a franchise she help create behind and leave during early development, she would of wanted to stay to finish it off or get as much as she could finished.
Hell they are probably still doing mo-cap for this and she's always present during those shoots, so now what...she just drops her script and goes "...DONE" then walks out.
Sorry but it doesn't seem like something she would do....
Then you had NaughtyDog defending Neil and Bruce in another article, why didn't they just come out straight away and defend themselves on their own twitter accounts....why a very well thought out PR speech from the heads of ND if they didn't do anything wrong. Let them tell us. If you were getting slated by some horrible rumors the first thing you would do would be to tell people STRAIGHT AWAY that they are not true, they know if they post something on Twitter gaming sites will report on it and get the world out even more. It's common sense.
I also find funny how Neil is allowed to write the script for the Last of Us film but for Uncharted they couldn't...or maybe didn't want Amy Hennig to write it. Look how many people they have went through with the Uncharted film....why not just ask Amy. I thought it was because they didn't want to hire or couldn't hire people from the studio but since they got the creative director from the Last of Us game why did they not do the same with Uncharted.
I just feel like things aren't what they seem....it's nice to keep an open mind about all this and not just buy in to what you read on the web.
Was she pushed...or was she not? Who knows...
We'll probably never know
War has changed...
Yea its sad,but change is constant in life. We can only hope this change if for the best