The new study released Monday tabulates survey data from more than 13,000 Internet users in the U.S., France, the U.K, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. According to the findings, digital distribution is rapidly becoming a serious contender for retail outlets both domestically and abroad
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
While on stage with Dina Bass at The Bloomberg Technology Summit the President of Xbox, Sarah Bond, was asked about the Xbox studio closures of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios
Of course she did. She's part of the problem and will just tow the company line.
I always wondered why xbox had multiple leaders with similar titles like Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sarah Bond, like, how many heads do you actually need?
Seems to me it would be more cost efficient to cut 2 of them instead of all those studios.
While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.
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.
If this trend continues then I'm pretty sure console makers like Sony, MS and Nintendo will have to accommodate this by creating consoles with just Digital downloads in mind. Probably in 2020 we might see "PS5's", "Xbox its over 9000's" and "It prints money" with just digital downloads.
As a gamer and American I'm one of those that prefer physical media but you have to come to the realization that its inevitable that DD is the future. The music and movie industry are starting to lean towards this and pretty soon, you'll see full fledged games on PSN, Xbox Live and w/e online store Nintendo has.
wow, what a surprise.