Peter Moore’s time as the head of Sega of America turned sour with the death of the Dreamcast, but it wasn’t until a later meeting with the company’s Japanese brain trust — and a heated argument with Sonic the Hedgehog developer Yuji Naka — that he realized the gaming industry was leaving Sega behind.
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
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
this highlights how different western and eastern cultures clash. japan is very proud but stuck in tradition, which is what nearly sunk sony after the ps3 was released and other non-gaming sectors like tv's. this is still a problem to this day why nintendo continues to remain in its own bubble. on the flipside western don't seem to at times have the finess and test things as much and want to rush a product more.
"So I said to the translator, ‘Tell him to fuck off.’ "
Didn't know Peter was a savage
How frustrating that must have been for Peter Moore, especially since he ended up being right.
The company I work for is going through a similar thing. We aren't adapting or evolving to stay relevant, so smaller more modern companies are overtaking us. Do the big-wigs care? Nope, they stick their heads in the sand and try to convince us all that everything's ok. >_>
Sonic pinball?
The thing is sega didnt have to really make mature games, just good ones. Most of segas games in the last 10 years have not been good so it hurt their brand. Just throw a mature game here and there and don't say somebody is lying because they don't agree.