BengaBenga of VGChartz writes:
"Tokyo Game Show came and went, but no big news from Square-Enix. That raises the question: is the RPG giant losing it?"
EA Sports is teasing the announcement of a new college basketball game. This would mark the publisher’s return to the sport since 2009.
Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era
I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.
Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.
That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.
they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since
In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.
@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.
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Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.
The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.
That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.
Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.
That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.
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Level-5 is AWESOME!!!!!
Its all Microsofts fault !!! I loved it when they were Squaresoft
They changed my life and the world around me !
I know all about Squares past and how Final Fantasy got to be made. Let me tell you that with Square Enix steering the Final Fantasy Boat. the series is going downhill !
into an ocean with a tsunami following them from behind, with nothing to look forward to, but a thunderstorm that leads them to a whirpool. One day they may go, BANG !whirlppool.
Agreed.
Take freaking forever to release their top game and delayed for a port job is even worst.
Another grip: Wtf is with all the dam closed showing all these years and no gameplay footage? People expected gameplay footage TGS. All they got is closed showings.
4 years and still nothing.
mother f***ers.
Opinion submission = fail.
They just need a good ass swooping. Hopefully Level-5 blowing up will cause them to shape up. For the next few years Level-5 will kick Squares ass, maybe this will show them that catering to your fans is actually a profitable venture. Square has some incredibly creative people working for them, and I'd really like to see those minds put to work on new innovative projects, not just FF games.