Is the "microstudio" approach key to winning the next gen indie battle?
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
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.
Very smart move by Microsoft, they need to attract different types of developers, games and gamer's. I cannot wait to see the new approach they will be taking with the next Xbox.
Getting rid of MS Points is also another step in the right direction. May 21st is going to be a very telling day indeed.
Focusing on a few indie projects should improve quality, but I'd prefer the scale of an App Store personally.
so their following Sony's steps, thats a win for indie devs
MS is still very much invested in making games for it's system and they are also hoping for it's machine do to much more.
Can this machine truly do everything?
It will definitely try.
Indie or low budget games I feel will be the focus for this upcoming gen. Making low costing games that have focus on gameplay rather than overblown graphics and hour long drawn out CG cut scenes.
There will still be those types of games but I expect them to be treated like summer blockbuster movies and not the main focus like the current devs are doing.
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That Max and the Brotherhood game looks fantastic. Will definitely support and pick it up.
Well I think they first need to work on stop restricting them a ton and scaring them away