Corporate rivalries have pushed the industry forward since the Sega Genesis. These rivalries are needed more than ever for the future of console innovation. This is part one of a three part series, All is Fair in Love and Console Wars.
In a town hall that took place on Monday, Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu reportedly confirmed imminent layoffs in the U.S. and Europe.
What did NA and EU did anyways? Just translate or something? I would say it might help them get back to there roots but DK.
The gaming world is still reeling from the announcement that Microsoft is shuttering Tango Gameworks, the studio behind last year’s big Xbox hit, Hi-Fi Rush.
There's no logical or good reason to give for closing Tango Gameworks. They make great games consistently and Hi-Fi Rush was the highest rated Xbox game in literal YEARS. Closing the studio was just plain stupid and nonsensical.
It’s quite strange to not see Phil Spencer in any talkshow or podcast… usually the dude would talk almost daily when there’s even a bit of news from xbox.
Perhaps they think they can sweep this one under the rug, gamers will forget about it,
We will not
They made a good game and you put the whole studio in the bin, this couldn’t be clearer, ms don’t care, everyone suspected it, but now we KNOW it
She's kinda got the verbal communication of 3-years-ago Biden trying to say something he knows nothing about.
What she meant to say is: "We wasted our budget for the next couple years buying Call of Duty, and we're moving all our chips to that one series"
It's starting to seem quite obvious that XBox is going to be shutting down most of their studios or selling them off, then focusing on some sort of PC/Console hybrid OS for the next XBox where they can collect royalties Valve style.
Square Enix is shifting its strategy to aggressively pursue multiplatform releases and focus on quality over quantity.
Yup, it's official. FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth didn't sell as much as they expected.
Hopefully the next Nintendo system isn't a potato and it can contribute to FF sales in future as well, in addition to PC releases. If this ensures the long term health for SE and franchises than like FF and KH then I'm all for it.
Please tell me the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is still coming. I feel like I've been waiting forever for that game.
Another sign that dedicated consoles market is in trouble, while PC seems more and more attractive to big publishers.
Having a good gaming PC and a PS5 myself, given current trend form both Sony and MS I am less and less playing on PS5, waiting for exclusives to release on PC, so I understand the logic behind the new strategy.
At various times during these console wars, Sega was fighting amongst themselves just as much if not more than they were fighting their competitors.
https://www.theguardian.com...
Also why no mention of Sega's handhelds in this article?
Am I the only one sick and tired of console wars?
It'd be so much more peaceful if there were more people out there just as willing to save up for two consoles as they were for their first one, and more gamers who could appreciate each individual console for what it is, software and all, rather than console war soldiers looking down on all but one system due to comparisons to competitors, or judging the relevancy/maturity/quality of the fanbases off of a few select games each system hosts...
Nintendont is proof that puns are awesome no matter what
Competition is a wonderful thing and thats why exclusives are important, great exclusive games help to sell a console, its not rocket science.
Except the console wars actually started with Atari 2600 vs Intellivision...