Bethesda has joined the ranks of Ubisoft and Activision as a developer that has nuked its goodwill with the Bethesda Fallout 76 controversy.
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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.
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After this so called nuke of PR, Bethesda will have to whether through the fallout of their actions
Yes, I saw this on Reddit. I was thinking of buying Fallout 76 but not anymore.
I heard something on the Angry Joe Fallout 76 extended review video something that rings true
Bethesda, because of this shit storm, are going to be under a microscope with their next games making the job 50 times harder. Things which might have passed people will be more openly criticised now they've let the flood gates open.
I don't understand the context of the spongebob image here.
People let them get away with broken games for years and Bethesda got arrogant and thought they would eat this garbage up