Hajime Tabata-led studio JP Games, in collaboration with artificial intelligence development and sales company Quantum Solutions, has announced SHALLAH, a tentatively titled “cutting-edge RPG
UK indie outfit Roll7 is reportedly facing closure, along with Bethesda’s Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin – but if making award-running, profitable games doesn’t guarantee safety, what will?
Idk. Great games have still been releasing. Mcsft is still no different than after the 360 era. PS, you just have to wait many years for. Nintendo is readying next gen and will definitely have many games. 3rd party and indies have been the highlight so far this year.
Xbox employees are bracing for what follows more layoffs.
Tom Warren: "I understand Hellblade II is another game that Microsoft has been considering for the PS5."
"Microsoft has also had internal debates about whether to put new releases of Call of Duty into Game Pass. I understand this is a debate that has been ongoing internally for quite some time, with concerns from some that the revenue that Call of Duty typically generates for Activision Blizzard will be undermined by Game Pass.
I’m told that Microsoft has also considered increasing the price of Game Pass Ultimate again."
Further down
"While Xbox hardware sales are a cause for concern, Microsoft has been beating the Xbox Game Pass drum in recent years, telling us, “The [Xbox] business isn’t how many consoles you sell.” But Microsoft’s latest earnings showed that Xbox content and services, which includes Game Pass, would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard, and overall gaming revenue would have declined without this giant acquisition. Microsoft CFO Amy Hood is now expecting Xbox hardware revenues to decline again next quarter. "
"Even if they ever bring it to PS5 it's not sure that it could be considered a success"
Who the f*** would think like this before the main release even happens...Jesus.
" Strategy has shifted from bringing more games to Game Pass to bringing more games to other platforms "
Gee. Can't imagine why
It's almost like Gamepass hasn't worked out the way they wanted and they keep lying to us that it's exceeded expectations.
People need to cancel their GP and buy games like Hellblade 2 in full. It's not going to magically solve everything, might not even make a dent but it's something.
Yeah there's cuts going on all over the industry but Sony didn't buy a massive publisher for $7.5 Billion and then decided to buy another big publisher for $75.4 Billion did they?
Microsoft trying to cut costs when they spent billions on buying publishers to, what was in that leaked email again by Matt Booty? Oh yeah try and "spend Sony out of business", is not a good look.
So yeah, we are talking about "that", the industry is suffering but the deal with Microsoft takes the cake. They don't seem to have any plan and lack any direction.
Also lets not forget Tango Games being closed is insane within its self
1) Microsoft has been going on for years saying they want to grow their relationship with Japan yet killed the best Japanese studio they have under them.
2) Hi-Fi Rush was critically acclaimed and gained them positive buzz
So there's your FACTS...but no hide behind another newly created duplicate account
Microsoft:
- HW sales down
- No 1st party games
- Studios closed
- Mass layoffs
Sony:
- HW sales down
- No 1st party games
- Studios closed
- Mass layoffs
No difference in sight.
"Today, developer Owlcat Games is excited to reveal the sixth and final DLC expansion for its critically acclaimed cRPG, "Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous".
"A Dance of Masks" will take players back to where it all began in a final love letter to the Knight Commander and their loyal companions. Get ready for one last ride when A Dance of Masks releases for PC and consoles on June 13, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Interesting ideas and a cool premise but it has to come together and that’s a tall task. The AI they are talking about in this game is for in game AI and it to react to you which we have heard from a Sony patent as well. Have to see it in practice to know if it’s just cool sounding marketing or actually adding to game design and gameplay.
it probably wont make it to playstation...
Interesting
Ai development and sales?
Talk about a recipe for disaster
Red flags, the videogame. Pump and dump, the videogame. JP Games' first game was a F2P Metaverse-like pos (Paralympics-themed, which is cool, but lasted 6 months because JP Games Paralympics license expired - so much for that), and they've got some other game in development called "Gemina Games", which also uses Metaverse-like / Web 3.0 technology, and is basically just gamified NFT speculating. This new one is being developed in partnership with a "sales company", and uses AI - it's almost certainly another attempt at getting rich quick with another doomed technology. Makes me glad that Hajime Tabata left Square Enix - not that they're immune to the temptation of all this garbage. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up being another Yuji Naka.
Art's nice, though. Whoever made it should go work for someone else. Unless of course they generated it with AI.