During Sony's E3 press conference when it was unveiled via a trailer that Insomniac Games was making...
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".
"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)
I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.
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
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
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
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."
Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.
HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.
It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
I love exclusive games. Devs only having to worry about working with one system and trying to make it the very best it can for said system.
I remember a certain fanbase last gen that thought only call of duty and other dude bro games mattered and that exclusives didn't. It really happened all last gen, and especially toward the end going into this gen.
Then all of a sudden that same fanbase now says exclusives matter. Lol? They've always mattered and there's only two systems that have pushed for them since the early 90s. Having a few exclusives coming out during the last three months of each year is nothing close to the competition.
Can't wait for all of the successful indie devs (being heavily supported this gen by the leading company) to make big budget exclusive games! That's how devs like NaughtyDog, who lead this gen in all gameplay aspects, were formed.
Edit: grammatical error
"Everything on a case-by-case basis." That's my motto.
For some third party games, it might not be a good idea due to upsetting a lot of fans.
I imagine Battlefield going exclusive for a game or two would leave a lot of people put out.
However, in cases like Bayonetta 2, where there were good reasons for it to happen and enough support was offered to make the game a reality in the first place, it's a different story.
I feel, however, that the ones most likely to be upset by third party games receiving some exclusive action, are those that are either too broke to afford a second console, or let loyalty to, or hatred against, any certain console prevent them from showing support towards the games, which are what should matter most, through purchasing the console they appear on.
Now, the first type, who are too broke, I can sympathize with.
But the second, are the ones most likely to let their emotions turn them towards port begging, which you can see happening whenever someone cries for Nintendo to drop consoles.
And port beggars, lately, due to the idiocy of many of their arguments, get me more ruffled than any cat who's ever had its tail stepped on..
Really just depends what game it is
If Gears of War wasn't bought by Microsoft and it was going to be a timed exclusive to the PS4 then I wouldn't like that....it's a Microsoft thing, always has been
Same when it's the other way round like when Tomb Raider was a timed Microsoft exclusive
Obviously Sony has more of an advantage since they have more franchises more assoicated with the PS brand but it's just a thing.
For me Tomb Raider, GTA, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Kingdom Hearts and so on need to be played on a PS
Where when you have something like a timed exclusive Dead Rising 4...it's fine because it's always been more of an Xbox thing.