Laura Miele writes:
"[Re: Respawn] ... we have decided to pivot away from early development on a Star Wars FPS Action game to focus our efforts on new projects based on our owned brands while providing support for existing games."
"[Re: Battlefield Studios] ... we immediately appointed leadership at Criterion to oversee our single-player work. As part of this change, we'll be winding down Ridgeline as a standalone studio in Seattle, with some team members joining Ripple Effect. They'll continue to work with teams across DICE, Ripple, and Criterion as they build the next Battlefield experience."
"[Re Mobile] ... we have brought together the mobile and HD franchise teams under singular leadership across EA SPORTS FC, Madden NFL, and The Sims. The next step is setting up our standalone mobile portfolio for growth. Over the past few weeks, we have announced we are sunsetting Kim Kardashian Hollywood, Lord of the Rings, Tap Sports Baseball, and F1 Mobile."
Hideo Kojima and PlayStation go together like hobbits and breakfasts. That is to say, they're meant to be together, but they're also happy to serve up a PC port or afternoon tea if the time is right. Kojima's long-time collaboration with Sony means it always feels odd to see his name next to an Xbox logo, like Master Chief appearing on your PS5 or glimpsing your teacher in the big Tesco doing her weekly shop.
Lighthouse Games, the AAA Leamington Spa-based studio formed in 2022 by Playground Games co-founder and former studio head Gavin Raeburn, has revealed it's developing a "disruptive" driving game and secured additional investment from Tencent to make it happen.
I feel sorry for this guy and his newly formed studio.
He left XGS and Playground to pursue his multi platform dreams just to find out next that Xbox will be making games for every single platform. Smh.
I don't think it's any of that. Im sure hes heard of Xbox multiplat approach but wanted to do their own thing anyway. He has complete freedom and direction. This game could be a break out hit and join Larian Studios Baldurs Gate and Clair Obscure Expedition 33 a more independent studios.
"I would say we're not building Horizon. If I wanted to build Horizon 6, 7 and 8, I would have stayed at Playground"
He didn't want to keep making Horizon. Try reading any article before giving a nod to Microsoft.
I'm glad studios are breaking off from big pubs and doing their own thing.
Making games that are player lead and games that devs want to make and play themselves. This is how it was in the 90's 2000's even early 2010's. That's part of the reason why gaming was better back then. With more independency in the industry we'll have more creative games. Not this formulaic dopamine reward driven systems. But engaging, dynamic and most importantly organically fun to play. Not manufactured fake fun like how it is these days.
Rant over it'll be probably be awhile till we see their game but here's hoping it's good.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang reveals how the Nintendo Switch 2 custom processor was built for power, portability, and real-time AI enhancements.
"Most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device" well.. probably not all that true. Maybe because of DLSS.
I have a feeling Nintendo has put themselves in an awkward spot though, I think Deck 2 could well be out by the end of next year and it will likely be a big upgrade. Nintendo has released late, very late. It reminds me of the Wii U in some sense.
Nintendo have the position of having first party games, but they need to bring them.. without long droughts, I can't see it but they should have some quality games anyway. Third party stuff I think they'll be eclipsed quickly hardware wise, especially when next gen consoles release and another new gen of GPUs.
The deck and none of the other handheld PCs are a threat to Nintendo due to their abysmal market share. Combined the 3 major handheld PCs have sold less than 10 million units. From a performance standpoint the Z2 Extreme devices are more powerful than the switch offering up to 2x the performance in games, but that’s not enough to make the Switch 2 irrelevant. It’s just the difference between 30fps Switch 2 vs 60fps Z2 Extreme, but that doesn’t matter to Nintendo gamers.
Nintendo has a monopoly and more importantly Pokémon. Nintendo could not release any games the entire generation, except a mainline Pokémon and the hardware would still sell 30m units, lol.
I really believe I live in some parallel universe. I’ve been gaming since the 80’s, I’ve lived through the invention of Pokémon. I’ve got a kid of my own, I’ve got nieces and nephews, Yet I’ve never met a single person even slightly interested in Pokémon. Cartoon or game… I genuinely have no idea how it appears to be so popular or why people find it interesting.
…I mean I lived through the “POG” generation and yes I collected them and they were great… but there’s only so much interest it can peak in you surely.
@1nsomniac,
That's been the opposite situation for me, Pokemon is popular with quite a few woman I've met, one ex-coworker, and one of my co-workers and his girlfriend are big Pokemon fans, I also know of another Co-worker who is also a Pokemon fan.
The more I think about it, I've actually come across quite a few of them, I lost interest at Gen 2, I've played Pokemon Violet, and that was enjoyable enough for me (even if I don't know half of the Pokemon anymore).
Not sure that you understand what a monopoly is. What has nintendo monopolized exactly? Being successful and having a monopoly isn't the same thing. The thing is that their competition chooses a different market for their product and nintendo focuses mostly on a younger demographic. you're literally only comparing the power of devices. Does Ford also have a monopoly because Lamborghini doesn't sell as many cars even though they're better and faster? if you're a fan of sony games and you can get a console that plays games at 200 fps but doesn't have the games you want to play, sony 1st party games for this example, would you buy it? When you think of a nintendo fan, what do you think they care more about, having the highest end devices or playing their favorite franchises? You have absolutely 0 idea about nintendo's strengths and why they're successful because you're only talking about the raw power of a device.
Seem you rather play a game you likes less in 120 fps than a game you enjoy more in 60 fps, weird shit.
Agree with @Abizzel. Somehow Nintendo transcends power via great exclusives and name recogniton. They'll do just fine again I think
Deck 1 had no noticeable impact on switch 1s sales, can’t see any reason why deck 2 would have any significant impact on switch 2.
And despite that, some of us will still be primarily using the Deck from here on out and primarily buying digital games on Steam. I have a massive Switch physical library, but I personally don’t see Switch 2 even coming close to what made Switch 1 a commodity item for the average gamer especially now that devices like Deck exist, and also now that $80 Nintendo games are here and game-key card are becoming the norm. A lot has changed this time. No doubt games sell hardware, but I don’t for a minute think Switch 2 will come anywhere near Switch 1 in sales. Having said that I Love Nintendo and obviously can’t wait for Thursday to get my hands on MK World…
@UltimateOwnage - here you are complaining about game-key cards, but propping up a Steam Deck which is entirely digital.
how cute.
Nintendo has enough 1st party support to outlast the toughest generations. If the situation worsens, they can just buy another 3rd party studio
Haha, why would a successor to a device that merely sold 4 million units be a threat to a successor of 150+ million units?
Nintendo consoles are all about quality & fine gaming. SW1 sold that much despite being equivalent to PS3/360 in terms of raw power.
And Switch 2 sales will immediately surpass the Steam deck lifetime sales upon its launch.
You think Valve cares? Steam eclipses Nintendo in raw game sales and number of devices where it is the primary sales platform. Deck is one of many handhelds Steam exists on, and SteamOS is only going to broaden the market for them. Some gamers are still stuck thinking in terms of console wars. Microsoft figured this out with XBox a while ago and now we’re seeing the fruits of that same realization on every platform.
Nah, I can't see Steam pushing out another Steam Deck for a few years, I don't feel like the hardware has advanced enough yet, definitely not enough to be a huge upgrade over the Switch 2. maybe in another APU generation or two, but I think it will be longer, plus battery life is an issue as it is, the APUs need to get more efficient or batteries need to get better (or maybe Valve will find a way to shove a bigger battery in that form factor).
I strongly suspect that the Steam Deck will stick around a lot longer than people expect before we get a successor.
Who cares what this money-grubbing jackass has to say. He sucks harder than anyone else I can think of right now. What he's doing to the PC market is disgusting.
Gamers want double performance at any cost every few years, and he delivers. I’m not sure how that makes him the bad guy. AMD exists for budget gamers who don’t mind waiting for the future. Nvidia has no problem charging you to have it now.
Yea every few year he total the darn price of his newest graphics card from $1500 for the 4000 series to $2000 for the 5000 series! It’s going to be $2500 for 6000 series no thanks!
I can't wait for the AI bubble to burst and see prices come down to something more sensible, I don't think this euphoria will last, and in the end, only a few worthwhile AI companies or products will be left standing. I wonder if we'll eventually see an Intel-lite situation for Nvidia in the future, where AMD finally wallops them, while Nvidia briefly stagnates.
this guy is a fucking liar... rtx 5070 better than 4090 for 1/3 the price. He thinks people are foolish. Switch is way less powerful than Z1 extreme
I don't know about 1st party games because Nintendo usually squeeze every bit of performance out of their consoles with their games, but more demanding 3rd party games,.like cyberpunk for example, will have to rely much on dlss and Frame generation tech to perform ok visually and Frame time wise.
lol I knew he would not get far without spewing ai buzzword nonsense. Get wrecked Nvidia and take your embarrassing AI shill Huang with you.
AI to beneficial gaming processes is a thing but in the wrong hands and mouth, it’s pure snake oil.
If true, then VERY smart move by EA. No one wanted this game. No one at all. I mean, a possibly First Person Titanfall like game starting the Mandalorian??? PFFT!!! As if...MID!!!
EA Sports - There is no Game!
And just a week ago we were excited for a Mandalorian FPS. And more job losses - 1500 industry workers in just Sony and EA alone this week so far. Terrible news after terrible news.
WTF?!?!
They cancelled the most anticipated EA game from Respawn devs?
Are you ******* kidding me ?!
Addendum, with all these changes (not mistakes) that resulted in over 1k layoffs since last March, the Executive team will not be receiving a 40% salary bonus in 2024. That is now reduced to 38%.
EA: We were making a game that ppl wanted and realized we could make a worse game and make more money.