It's a long running stereotype: Japanese gamers like role-playing games (RPGs), and Western gamers prefer first-person shooters (FPS). That doesn't mean hardcore FPS players don't exist in Japan. They do.
FPS games differ greatly from RPG games. In an FPS, action is gun-based and unfolds from a first-person point-of-view. The setting is often military, though it can also be sci-fi. In role-playing games, the focus is on "leveling-up" characters and action is often based around intricate battle systems. The setting is usually fantasy or sci-fi. FPS games have a lot in common with, say, a round of paintball, while RPGs are derived from tabletop board games.
"They want you to believe the devs under them are super stoked to work generative AI into their processes," continued Gaider, "but I assure you what they took as excitement was really a veiled wail of despair not unlike the time that team was informed of their new 'really cool' live service mandate.".
I think anyone with some common sense knew this, im glad i don't support their games anymore, what a sh!t company.
I said this yesterday. AI isn't what we want when it comes to crafting artistry. Alas, these soulless corporate morons don't care about their work, only about cutting corners as much as possible.
Has the rapid growth of Xbox made the ship too heavy? Following the closures of Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and Roundhouse, we explore what the future of Xbox could look like.
This ship was never meant to sail, this ship was made from the get go to sink as fast as possible. It almost feels that they want to lower the standards of quality in the industry so that they can fit in
Xbox has no soul and Phil has no confidence, and it's impossible to say either do when they killed Tango and Arkane Austin.
Everything they've said since has only made them look worse to a point that they're actually less competent than Embracer.
Whe you release something like the series S and expect it not to hurt your business model, and developers have to have parity with games. Then you know Microsoft don't care. Series s is the final nail that broke developers,
While on stage with Dina Bass at The Bloomberg Technology Summit the President of Xbox, Sarah Bond, was asked about the Xbox studio closures of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios
Of course she did. She's part of the problem and will just tow the company line.
I always wondered why xbox had multiple leaders with similar titles like Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, and Sarah Bond, like, how many heads do you actually need?
Seems to me it would be more cost efficient to cut 2 of them instead of all those studios.
Yoichi Wada has done too much damage to the FF series. Stop trying to westernise FF.
FF1-10 felt like FF games, but after he became the CEO of Square Enix on April 1 2003 (April fools day) the series did not feel EPIC anymore, story is not there. look what his direction & philosophy did to post FF10 games
Square Enix has turned to $hit. The CEO is an ass hat and decided that he could play with the long time fanbase in exchange for cash. We all see how well that worked out.
I will never purchase another Square Enix title while Wada is the CEO.
Fuck him.
Square Enix...has been is DEAD.....since merger and after FFX.(Last great games in the series)
Bring back Square-soft and Hironobu Sakaguchi..
Hmmm... dude said that because SE publishes Call of Duty in Japan...
Square Enix isnt all that good anymore, trying to push for cash from diehard fans