GameFront: "By now, you’ve heard that Microsoft has relented on the absurd prohibition against Indie developers who lack a major publisher. After a growing number of complaints about the restriction that led more than one high profile indie developer to angrily denounce Xbox One (never mind constantly looking bad compared to Sony, its chief console rival), the company has finally seen reason. Xbox One will be a home for indie developers after all."
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.
I love the changes. I also love the tears from the n4g experts here. Bitter, but delicious.
Loving these changes. But more importantly, these changes will benefit gamers the most. Gotta love competition.
There is also a rumor going on that the original family share plan with up to 10 people will return with digital game purchase. We will find out more at Gamescon.
Its great that the X1 can actually handle all these changes as a system, but Microsoft has to get their act together to be honest.
Separate the machine from the company for a moment and you realize that Microsoft isn't sure what to focus on with it, despite all its capabilites. Sure it can do X, Y, and Z, but Microsoft approaches it like this:
"The X1 can do X!"
(A few months and upset gamers later) "And Y!"
"Did we mention that it can also do Z?"
Its just sloppy from such a big company. I'll admit its hard to please gamers when our wants are so diverse, and our expectations are through the roof, but they should be unified on their approach to this console.
Didn't know that it needed saving... ya know considering it's not even out yet.
Its an exciting time in the industry for sure. MS whether you hate them or love them have been so entertaining to watch. The entire history of the Xbox One so far is like a crazy 'gaming' version of Inception. I hope to God someone writes a book on this time period in MS and the Xbox team.
More importantly the direction of Microsoft is one on the right course. Yes they stumbled badly out of the gates... but they have shown an ability to change course quickly in a way we have never seen before from a company their size on a product not released yet. It truly is amazing to watch them right now.