The Times is running a new opinion piece today from Giles Whittell.
"This is not because of anything wrong or bad about video games or heroin or teenage parents. It's not even because of game-induced homicide or web-grooming of little girls by perverts - serious problems, but statistically low-risk. It's because, compared with everything else on offer in a kid's life, video games and heroin and teenage pregnancy are a colossal waste of time."
"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.
This is one of the most disgustingly offensive posts I have ever read. It's not the sort of thing I would expect from a "quality" newspaper like The Times and it really shows that Byron was indeed right about one thing - parents are completely ignorant.
Comparing video games to heroin is offensive to everyone who plays and makes these products. I think that Mr Whittell would find that if he actually researched video games, he'd find many products which are supportive of a child's learning (those Nintendo consoles you speak of feature many games with objectives set firmly in maths and reading) along with many more which provide some of the finest entertainment around.
I think it is time that Giles Whittell apologised to the millions of people who play games in the UK (yes, the Byron review did NOT solely focus on England as he so mistakenly tries to convince us) and accepted that he does not have the parenting skills required to allow his children to enjoy games in moderation.
another case of the media feeding off the people's misery. it's sad its like video games are like drugs nowdays the way alot of people see it, but yet there's senseless war but its normal for society the media says
... for many MANY people, it's a very valuable way of spending their spare time, either alone or with friends/family.
Plus, it's a billion-dollar industry, providing work for many MANY thousands of people (probably millions), and thus also making lots of money for the country, and thus the people.
Kinda sad that a newspaper singles out videogames as waste of time, cause TBH the same could be said about pretty much every hobby, using those same arguments. It also bypasses/neglects all the positive influences of games on people, while stating some very rare negatve ones...
Dumb article. Probably written by a clueless, bitter old guy...
And soap operas and mindless television enjoyed by billions every day contributes to society in what way?
Games are just more addictive cause they are a hell of a lot more fun than tv.
It's all good for those who can control their addiction.
<What really is wasting time?)