If you grew up in the 70s or 80s, chances are really high that you spent some quality time in an arcade. You see, kids. Long ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we used to spend time outside our homes at a place called “the mall.” At the mall (whether indoors or outdoor strip mall) we could roam around aimlessly –OR– assuming we had some cash, we could spend an afternoon basking in the glow of our favorite arcade.
"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.
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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
I disagree, Xbox from the get go innovated and changed the industry. They did a lot of firsts and standardized a lot of others. It wasn’t till the beginning of the Xbox1 era that things started to go south.
Yep, although I’d argue it started going to shit when they tried to hock Kinect on their audience instead of continuing to invest in their studios and IPs. 2001-2010 Xbox was peak gaming, though.
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I agree they never should have focused on it after the 360 era. But you do have to remember they were faked out by the huge volumes of Kinects sold. To quote info on Wikipedia, “Project Natal, It was first released on November 4, 2010, and would go on to sell eight million units in its first 60 days of availability.” So if your Xbox and see these huge sales on a peripheral where are you going to put some money? Criticism in hindsight is worthless…..if only we could all see our future. In other wards they had no way of knowing. Plus they had engagement numbers and a lot of signs pointed to people wanting it.
Their biggest mistake wasn’t the Kinect, but unlike Sony after the PS3 debacle. They didn’t double on down on exclusive good games. The other huge mistake was letting Call of Duty go to Sony.
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,
They're all on Steam Greenlight. Retro madness in there.
I miss arcades... I miss the sound of screaming loud machines and blinking lights. I miss asking the meth-head employee for change for a $20. I don't like the fact that my kids (which I will have one day) will never be able to experience a lock-in at an arcade where you can game from midnight to 6am. One of the worst things about modern gaming is the death of the arcades... but I think the trade-offs are worth it. When I was a kid, we could only dream of arcade quality at home.
i have an arcade that's close to me 15 bucks for unlimted play. every old school arcade, and ps3,360,wii
They are on your favorite PC emulator right now! OR you can sit and pray they are revived for PSN or LIVE.
Aladdins Castle has crumbled friends and will never return :(
I don't believe arcades will COMPLETELY go away, because if you think about it. No one will have a place to party such as places like Dave & Busters, Chuck E. Chesses for the kids and other various arcade places where people can hang out