Ethisphere has rated Microsoft among the most ethical companies in the world, a distinction not granted to tech giants Apple, Facebook or even "don't be evil" Google.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
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
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
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
Wow, thanks for the laugh. Oh, the irony of it all. MS is among the "Most Ethical" while Google and Apple are not. One of the primary reasons I won't ever buy a 360 is because of MS's reputation of unethical behavior and anti-competitive business practices. Guess they just decided to buy themselves a new reputation: MS "has since donated millions to non-profits, invested in programs for economic development, and tightened up its internal reporting processes. All of this was apparently enough to get the company on the list this year," writes Business Insider. Presto, chango. All of those previous years no longer matter....we're a respectable company now. LOL.
"Microsoft started to make a big 'corporate citizenship' push in the early 2000s following the negative fallout from its antitrust trials, and has since donated millions to non- profits, invested in programs for economic development, and tightened up its internal reporting processes. All of this was apparently enough to get the company on the list this year," writes Business Insider. Oh no, microsoft have changed their ways and done a complete 180 and for some CRAZY reason they've been awarded an ethical company award. What has the world come to when a company can change its spots and years later is no longer penalised for 10 year old mistakes?? Yep, thats how retarded you sound. You really hate microsoft so much that you want them to pay forever??
I am in shock. They probably won most ethical because they gave them money.
How do you make the most ethical list when you don't even let people remove there credit card from their accounts without having to go through all the trouble of phoning up to cancel it.
That's regarding XBLA... ridiculous scam they have going on there. Just because they invest in 'programs for economical development' for instance, doesn't mean it's okay to intentionally screw over consumers elsewhere.
But if Microsoft does then good for the company.