After criticizing top microsoft game studio bungie of being "irresponsible", disgruntled developer doak has now turned his focus to the british government accusingg them of being detrimental to the british games industry.
Though he seems to be the only one complaining.
While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.
"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."
"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.
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.
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.
"While the 20 year anniversary edition of Nordic Game, NG24 Spring's homepage on 21-24 May in Malmö, Sweden, is getting closer, the organizers announced that more than 150 speakers are now lined up for the show." - Nordic Game.
Nice he's from Nottingham :) like me. And no Nottingham isn't like British Columbia. :(
theres so much developing talent in the UK, hopefully eventually we can take some of the limelight off the americans.
Though we're already half way there with developers like doak, molyneux, the stampers ect.
that it is - but it doesnt stop the fact that this guy was talented in his prime
Yup, a classic Sony troll develops, baby-step by step. In sequence:
-He trashes Bungie.
-He announces PS3 is the lead development platform for Haze.
-He says they're able to do wonderful things with PS3 that they can do with no other console, making the choice to go to PS3 only natural.
-BUT he didn't want to partner with French developer Ubisoft and develop on the PS3 at all! He was forced into it by the evil British Empire!
Doak is far, FAR past his prime, i think the next big game devloper meca is going to be Canada, Bioware, Silicon Knight, the good ubisoft, Rockstar Toronto, Rockstar Vancover.
But thats just me.