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How Can Rockstar Regain Our Trust?

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "While Rockstar is in a rut now, they have shown time and time again that they can deliver world-class experiences. So how can they bounce back this time? How can Rockstar regain our trust?"

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isarai897d ago

Release a good game 🤷‍♂️

fr0sty897d ago

a good NEW game... not the 100th port of a 10+ year old game.

Eonjay896d ago

Its a trick question because the developer doesn't have to earn our trust here. Its the publisher and even then its futile because you aren't supposed to 'trust' large corporations. Ever. So, if they make a good game, acknolwedge it. The end.

porkChop897d ago

Obviously release GTA VI, and have it be a great game. But also, up until GTA V Rockstar released at least 1 game every year. They need to step it up and get back on track.

And don't just focus on GTA and Red Dead. Bring back Midnight Club, Manhunt, Bully, or even just make some new IP. With how many full studios and devs Rockstar have their output is unacceptable.

isarai897d ago

It's crazy to think that on the PS2 they released like over 20 games. Then two generations later....we get one

XbladeTeddy897d ago

But what they're doing is clearly working financially for them, so the shareholders won't care. To them it's a case of why focus on a few games when they can just create one masterpiece and milk it for a decade.

jBlakeeper897d ago

It’s becoming that way for a lot of game developers and it’s really unfortunate. Standards and expenses have increased tremendously. Gaming and technology in general have moved forward at a very fast rate. It’s crazy to think that this Earth is as old as it is and technology has only recently advanced in a VERY short time frame.

Marcello897d ago

The old R* are gone, They became victims of their own success.

senorfartcushion897d ago

The founders, main writers of the games and talent behind the games have all left.

galgor897d ago

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

BrettAwesome897d ago

Oh, boo fucking hoo. So what? Rockstar are crying in the Batcave because of alt the money all you dumbasses give them?

jonny897897d ago

Just a screenshot of GTA VI will be enough for the masses to go crazy

Christopher897d ago (Edited 897d ago )

Remaster the remasters out of their own pockets.

Remaster RDR game without messing it up.

Put out a new game that is in line with GTAV and RDR2.

Then the player base will at least not feel cheated or unheard.

Edit: the epitome of laziness in these remasters https://www.reddit.com/r/GT...

Christopher897d ago

To those who disagree, I'm not sure why, but remember that Mafia: Definitive Edition was released at $40 and that's exactly where we should be aiming with remasters in this day and age. Anything below that from a company like R* seems not enough, IMHO. They have the money, they will get the sales, their fans deserve better.

jivah896d ago

Because we want new games. Not remasters. Go play your old shit somewhere else. Give us new games. And possibly new IPs

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long29m ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

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Report Claims Xbox Is Planning More Cuts Following Studio Closures

"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.

This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.

Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.

Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."

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just_looken2h ago

Sense it seems very few remember that human's were around before 2020 the next studio to close will be bethesda based no doubt on the history of.

Fallout 76
Elder scrolls online
elder scrolls blades mobile
fallout mobile
The vr versions of old games

Then you got starfield pissing out cash nothing to cover it.

I doubt tod's team or any sub team is making m$ cash they are no doubt on the chopping block for job cuts

If you can remember before 2020 even fallout 76 was made with over 4 studios.

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"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"

So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.

Jesus.

Inverno3h ago

Spread thin after firing over 2000 employees a few months prior. So basically they created the problem and their solution was to just fire more people. Absolute geniuses over at Xbox, of course can we even believe this to be the reason for the closures?

just_looken2h ago

9 agrees of course pro sony site

Oh look knowledge
https://www.pcgamer.com/aft...

They left them do there "magic" for 3 years lost alot of money redfall is what made them take charge.

This is right now m$ in charge

Profchaos2h ago

Leaders can't run them hire more management create new roles don't shutter entire studios cause you can't figure out how to run them.

Unless the reality is this whole consolidation thing was really an excuse for IP harvesting

Eonjay3h ago

Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.

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NotoriousWhiz2h ago

And out of the ashes something even better than Xbox will be born.

Eonjay2h ago

Honestly as long as is not a situation where the industry has to contract in order focus wealth on a few people who are already trillionaires..

Tacoboto1h ago

I think 2022 killed the Series X.

2021 was a good year for Xbox though and maybe the best in a long long time, hardware and software and as a publisher. Halo Infinite launched to popularity, Forza Horizon 5 blew everyone away, Psychonauts 2 was so well received, Flight Simulator on console, Deathloop even on PS5 & PC.

But they followed that up with next to nothing. Then 2023 with Redfall, a disappointing Forza, Starfield, and 2024 leads with closures and layoffs. And some tweets reminding us Hellblade is days away.

The only disappointment with the PS5 is not enough Sony games. Xbox followed up no games with disappointing ones.

Scissorman3h ago

For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.

shinoff21833h ago

There's not many of of us clamoring for Sony to do this because most of us understand it would kill Playstation. I'm sure there's a few but I've not seen alot of it myself.

just_looken2h ago

I will give you a like sense this site is pro sony even the mods will delete this comment like my last asap as they defend sony 24/7.

Those with brains knows microsoft a trillion dollar company cares little about devs and is all about making cash so they will lease out ips gamepass is not a loss like amazon/netflix the overall ms make billions a week.

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Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024

Twisted Voxel writes: "We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far."

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KicksnSnares18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Avowed, Towerborne, and Call of Duty are still to be released this year. Marcus Fenix collection to be added to the list with the Xbox showcase, hopefully.

anast15h ago

Those are all coming to PS5 too.

Tech510h ago

"Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024"

they kept the IPs though. they'll be making them under the MS brand i'm guessing. like minecraft all those years ago.

solideagle14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

the keyword is so Far...

on topic: Ouch!

Hedstrom12h ago

Kinda missing the forest for all the trees statement!

shinoff218312h ago(Edited 12h ago)

Bet all those don't make it though this year

romulus2311h ago(Edited 11h ago)

If we're going to talk in "still to be's" there still could be more studio closures from Microsoft this year as well.

DOMination-8h ago

How much confidence do people have in these games being good though? I hope they will be (especially Avowed) but from what we know of them so far, it's hardly a guarantee, is it?

And even if they do turn out to be good, how much of that will be down to Xbox and its leadership? Most of these games were either sequels to games made before being acquired or started development before being acquired.

And just a note on Hellblade II - it is out in two weeks and unless I'm missing something, I don't see much in the way of previews or advertising from Microsoft. Not ideal for a niche game that looks like it probably cost a lot of money to make. It genuinely feels like another game being sent out to die and then have the studio shut down.

Elda7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

To me...Avowed graphics look cheap, the game looks generic as well as boring.

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anast15h ago

Popcorn is good. Anyone want some?

anast11h ago

I wouldn't mind a caramel and cinnamon mix actually.

dumahim11h ago

That does sound good. I have trouble just finding caramel corn.

anast6h ago

I find it interesting that people have to resort to praising how they were randomly born in a certain location to say they're not weird. But, I'm not sure this kind of stupidity can be generalized over an entire group of people, at least, I'm being optimistic here.

Eonjay15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Sony doesn't have to bother fighting the next Microsoft acquisition. The massive layoff by themselves should be enough to get the next big buy blocked.

Hofstaderman13h ago

Vindicates Jim Ryan. Don't know who didnt see this coming except those frothing pro acquisition fanboys who are not commenting here for some reason....

Tacoboto12h ago

What did happen to Obscure?

Tody_ZA12h ago

Obscure is working on his thesis on how to spin this.

Elda12h ago

Exactly. Where is the mayor & spokesperson of XB?

badz14911h ago

Obsecure where are you? Don't tell us Phil fired you too

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MatrixxGT10h ago

Let’s not pretend Sony is setting the world on fire with its first party either….it’s been crickets from them as well. In fact they even said not to expect any at all this year.
MS is a dumpster fire and Sony isn’t fighting anymore and it shows. I fail to see how this is a good thing.

Skuletor5h ago

Wasn't it no new existing IP entries? That would still leave room for new IPs, maybe we'll see one or more of those this year.

Sonic188110h ago

I was actually thinking about that. You beat me to it

MrDead14h ago

So if MS hadn't spent $80 billion consolidating the industry just think of all the games and jobs that would have saved.

MS is a drain on gaming and have been nothing but a negative.

MrCrimson12h ago

not exactly like the studios were putting out good games anyway. Industry needs to restart from the ground up; if games like battlebit or manor lords can be made by teams with 10 people - then there's something fundamentally wrong with having 500 man teams put out glitchy overmonetized crap.

shinoff218312h ago

Interesting. Prey was a good game, evil within was dope, and hi fi was the best Xbox game that Xbox has had in so many years. That's according to the base.

romulus2311h ago

HiFi Rush was a really good game actually so that's hardly the reason for shutting down Tango.

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