Braid and The Witness creator Jon Blow has been criticising Microsoft’s approach to PC gaming, saying they have a “weird idea” about what players want.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
The full Skewedcast crew back for this episode and Gareth, Justin, Michael, and JoeyZ at Skewed and Reviewed break down the latest entertainment news qith a focus at 40:00 on the Microsoft Studio Closures and how it impacts the game community and what can be done to help offset this negative trend.
M$ sucks.. I would like to see amd & nvidia make an os for gamers..
w8 is looking like ios(iphone).
Jonathan Blow and every single pc gamer that has ever had the "pleasure" of dealing with GFWL
MS only recently got back to pc gaming after exclusive titles on x360 ran out...Plus w8 is looking just like the iOS.....they will not change until another stronger OS comes....i have my fingers crossed for Google or a joint effort from Amd and Nvidia.
gfwl absolutely and completely and undoubtedly sucks. Nobody want a game to come with gfwl because it is a nightmare for pc gamers. Steam ftw!
I would like to see Adobe make a OS. I get a Acrobat patch every day (it seems), so you know they are working!