Michael Futter writes: With E3 right around the corner, it seems the perfect time to think about what might be revealed and what the next generation of consoles may hold. There has already been much speculation with some pundits crying about the sky falling due to the rapid growth of mobile gaming, the warning/hopefulness of a used game lockouts and even consoles reliant solely on downloadable software. Let’s be realistic; most of this is just guesswork. What we do know is that the industry is changing.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".
"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
I've been saying this for years! Graphics are important, but they aren't enough to differentiate anymore. We're at a point where gaming needs to evolve (and no, I don't think the Wii is the answer)
I want SEGA to make consoles again... :-\
As much as I hate to admit it, mobile tech is the way to go.
I'm very disappointed with Microsoft. They are holding out on us with a new console. That's why we need to boycot them. Do not purchase an Xbox. We need to give them a reason to release there next console sooner than 2014
microsoft is differentiating itself, they seem to be going the kinect route, havnt you noticed that they arent releasing controller based games much anymore?