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Ballmer: Take every one of their good ideas and make it one of our good ideas

Firstly an apology for the lengthy article and the strange content *tie-in*.

Some fascinating facts that adds further proof that Microsoft prefer to take ideas/concepts from other people and make it *theirs*, Ballmer even said so himself.

Please read through the whole article and see if you can make any connections as to future names for future consoles/devices from the information provided and let us know.

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creeping judas5517d ago

Wow simply WOW!!!
Interesting read to say the least.
A little bit like something you would expect from one of the members of the smoking guns from X-Files.

Still a good read.

komp5517d ago

If you google around for the information the story is massive. Even talk about how the news was suppressed by interested parties. And much more to do with hendrix / Microsoft / Space schinanigans.

Have a search, you would be amazed.

komp5485d ago

This news slipped under folks noses...

You should read it.

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The Games Industry Continues To Wonder What Is The Point Of Its Own Existence

While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.

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Psychonaut857h ago

Good read. I think the point is important. Cuz the message it sends is, make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down. How the fuck are you supposed to feel any sense of job security under those conditions. The level of core incompetence at play in the upper levels of this industry is staggering. This is common sense shit. You can’t chase trends on a 2 year cycle when games take fucking 6-8 years to make. Just let artists fucking art for gods sake. They don’t understand the basic principle that they’re all haggling for the same slice of fucking pie and the market will not bear it. Find a different fucking pie.

TiredGamer4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Might be a great game but it clearly did not make enough money to justify having the team make another game (under the MS umbrella).

It's never been just about whether your game is good or bad. The industry is full of great/underrated games that have a cult following or critical acclaim, but that fail to make great sales. Sad but true. It's a high stakes game, and at the end of the day, companies have to be profitable and make profitable investments. At the very least, there has to be the expectation of a long-term profit even if not profitable today. That goes for anything, no matter if the company is gigantic or a tiny mom-and-pop. We don't have to like it, but our buying habits played a hand in creating this monster.

I will keep harping that the industry has overreached its actual market and that it will implode. That implosion is already starting.

P_Bomb1h ago

“…make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down.”

I got chills. It shouldn’t have come to this.

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