Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024

Twisted Voxel writes: "We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far."

[KicksnSnares]

Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Avowed, Towerborne, and Call of Duty are still to be released this year. Marcus Fenix collection to be added to the list with the Xbox showcase, hopefully.

[anast]

Those are all coming to PS5 too.

[Tech5]

"Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024"

they kept the IPs though. they'll be making them under the MS brand i'm guessing. like minecraft all those years ago.

[solideagle]

the keyword is so Far...

on topic: Ouch!

[Hedstrom]

Kinda missing the forest for all the trees statement!

[shinoff2183]

Bet all those don't make it though this year

[romulus23]

If we're going to talk in "still to be's" there still could be more studio closures from Microsoft this year as well.

[DOMination-]

How much confidence do people have in these games being good though? I hope they will be (especially Avowed) but from what we know of them so far, it's hardly a guarantee, is it?

And even if they do turn out to be good, how much of that will be down to Xbox and its leadership? Most of these games were either sequels to games made before being acquired or started development before being acquired.

And just a note on Hellblade II - it is out in two weeks and unless I'm missing something, I don't see much in the way of previews or advertising from Microsoft. Not ideal for a niche game that looks like it probably cost a lot of money to make. It genuinely feels like another game being sent out to die and then have the studio shut down.

[Elda]

To me...Avowed graphics look cheap, the game looks generic as well as boring.

[anast]

Popcorn is good. Anyone want some?

[dumahim]

Only if it's caramel corn

[anast]

I wouldn't mind a caramel and cinnamon mix actually.

[dumahim]

That does sound good. I have trouble just finding caramel corn.

[Shane Kim]

You yanks are weird.

[anast]

I find it interesting that people have to resort to praising how they were randomly born in a certain location to say they're not weird. But, I'm not sure this kind of stupidity can be generalized over an entire group of people, at least, I'm being optimistic here.

[Eonjay]

Sony doesn't have to bother fighting the next Microsoft acquisition. The massive layoff by themselves should be enough to get the next big buy blocked.

[Hofstaderman]

Vindicates Jim Ryan. Don't know who didnt see this coming except those frothing pro acquisition fanboys who are not commenting here for some reason....

[Tacoboto]

What did happen to Obscure?

[RNTody]

Obscure is working on his thesis on how to spin this.

[Elda]

Exactly. Where is the mayor & spokesperson of XB?

[badz149]

Obsecure where are you? Don't tell us Phil fired you too

[MatrixxGT]

Let’s not pretend Sony is setting the world on fire with its first party either….it’s been crickets from them as well. In fact they even said not to expect any at all this year.
MS is a dumpster fire and Sony isn’t fighting anymore and it shows. I fail to see how this is a good thing.

[Skuletor]

Wasn't it no new existing IP entries? That would still leave room for new IPs, maybe we'll see one or more of those this year.

[Sonic1881]

I was actually thinking about that. You beat me to it

[MrDead]

So if MS hadn't spent $80 billion consolidating the industry just think of all the games and jobs that would have saved.

MS is a drain on gaming and have been nothing but a negative.

[MrCrimson]

not exactly like the studios were putting out good games anyway. Industry needs to restart from the ground up; if games like battlebit or manor lords can be made by teams with 10 people - then there's something fundamentally wrong with having 500 man teams put out glitchy overmonetized crap.

[shinoff2183]

Interesting. Prey was a good game, evil within was dope, and hi fi was the best Xbox game that Xbox has had in so many years. That's according to the base.

[romulus23]

HiFi Rush was a really good game actually so that's hardly the reason for shutting down Tango.

[Gamingsince1981]

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[jwillj2k4]

Rejoice xbots, you finally have a real stat to add to your useless stack of KPI’s

[RNTody]

Don't worry, we'll hear how many bullets were fired across how many hours from Call of Duty players who downloaded the game on Games Pass next year. Hashtag "success"

[Skuletor]

Phil going for the K/D high score for how many jobs he can end, before Microsoft end his.

[Rikimaru-00]

as an accountant, stuff like this happened all that time. Alot of companies always look for a high return in anything they purchase. If a company is doing great a buyer comes along, and hoping that by purchasing this company they can increase their revenue. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't (lay offs).

[jznrpg]

If it was any other company than MS they could have potentially increased revenue. But the Gamepass model decreases revenue automatically

[hiroyukisanada]

Myself and plenty others have been telling you guys for YEARS that Microsoft is not the "GOOD GUYS" they make themselves out to be. They have constantly stuck Phil out in front of the cameras to say one thing, then immediately do the opposite. Kinda Funny actually had a real good piece on the constant quotes they've put out that are coming back to bite them in the ass.
Instead of making excuses for them about "be patient. Games take years to develop." While they have cancelled, laid off more than 2,000 employees, shut down studios and somehow we still haven't seen consistent quality from XGS and we are in Year 4 of the life cycle.
Where is State of Decay, Fable, Perfect Dark? Those games will be 2025 at the earliest and that's a damn shame.
They have spent $80 billion in acquisitions because they don't know what they are doing. How much more evidence do you need? How many more studios do they need to close? How many more employees need to be laid off? This is why so many are sick and tired of Phil "Double-Speak" Spencer.

[badz149]

Just look at the decisions they are making with Win 11 and Office, you'll see they are trying their best to try to bring gaming in that direction too. Scum

[Relientk77]

That's actually insane. Like you buy Bethesda, and Activision/Blizzard and have next to nothing to show for it. Just crazy

[Elda]

Where is the mayor/spokesperson of XB??

[ROCKY28]

The balance of the force is not right in games !

[S2Killinit]

LOOL you can’t make this stuff up ladies and gentlemen.

MS acquisitions put all these studios in good hands. $:

[Jigga69]

Wrong ! They realease 4 games... on PS5.

[InUrFoxHole]

That title is hilarious 😂

[Michiel1989]

what first party games did Sony release? and they also closed a studio not that long ago, I think this article applies for sony as well, no first party games released yet.