Square Enix will be focusing this year on Mobile games rather than on console 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.
It's official this might be my last console generation. All the Japanese companies are slowly bowing out if they haven't already
Edit: o I know square,atlus and to an extent capcom are delivering this gen it's just with the way things are heading especially in their homeland they might not see a reason to really stay which is quite a terrible thought
There's still Star Ocean, Kingdom Hearts and FF XV coming.
What year is this? 2010? Good luck SE. We'll see you back focusing on consoles in a year or two when you see mobile's hit it's plateau.
Mobile gaming will burst the bubble next year, so yeah good luck with that. Im sure we, the "basement dwellers and couch potatoes" that made you what you are today are surely going to support your mobile freemium games.
Welp. RIP Square Enix!