Goozernation takes the time to breakdown the $99 360 deal and give gamers several other options from other retailers which may or may not be better deals on 360s. The big question on every gamer's mind, will Sony follow suit with some sort of $150 console?
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.
as many times as this question will be asked, if this deal works as many suspect, the answer wont be known for months after the fact. If not years.
And the fun thing is if said answer turns out to be bad many will not only not accept it, but take a pro-MS stance even as the negative effects get worse, or the positive ones get better.
I wonder who the $99 system is marketed at. Families?
A good deal? No, it's not a good deal. Why? Because you've turned the 360 into a monthly bill.
That sums it up in some ways
I would hate to be one of these people who do this because if the next gen does arrive in 2013 or early 2014, who would want to be paying for current gen tech when next-gen has released.