What was even the point of all these acquisition? You'd think the 3 trillion dollars corporation was rich enough to sustain all these studios to stay afloat. I'm pretty sure that's why they sold out to Xbox Microsoft as a guarantee to keep their jobs given that they could fund all these studios because they have FU money 💵.

This is insane man, thanks alex. You, Gamestuh, and Fritangaplay sometimes, Don be fanboying certain companies, you a true warrior my man. 🔥

I thought the idea behind Game Pass was to get Day 1 exclusive games. A lot of people cheering for the ABK acquisition did so because they wanted Call of Duty to be available day 1 on Game Pass and not have to actually buy the game. Keep in mind too that they promised not to increase Game Pass in order to get the acquisition of ABK to go through in court. So they lied under oath, that's actually a criminal offense if they are to increase Game Pass in the future. They also lied about keeping all of ABK by getting rid of Toys for Bob earlier this year, which is another breach of contract of the conditions of the ABK acquisition that it could be spin-off later in the future. How many breach of contract of the ABK acquisition will they do? Is there anything they have ever said actually true?

You think MS is overwatching Xbox when you don't understand what even happened at Tango? Tango Gameworks was a Zenimax studio before the buy out. Xbox has no connections in Japan and Zenimax had the one. The founder / CEO and brain child of Tango, Shinji Mikami quit. Threw his team under the bus because he wants to work with young devs just getting started. He also doesn't want to do Horror anymore so no Evil Within. You do not just find a replacement for Shinji and if you have no connections in the region to start with... Arkane Austin was a failure from the start. Arkane Studios was not big enough or making enough money to justify having that subsidiary. Dishonored was an idea pitched to Arkane by BETHESDA! It was not an Arkane idea. Then when they made Redfall, well... I do not own a console and will not. You could gift me one and i would give it to a poor kid. I wish MS was watching over Phil Spencer. Something may get done and he would not be so "hands off".

Every single thing you said about ABK, it is 100% true. PHIL SPENCER DIDN'T DO IT! See the problem now? "Hands off" is overlooked opportunity. MS is only guilty of paying Phil to not run Xbox.

What bangers have these studios given us? Hi Fi Rush was a flop, only 7% of people completed it 🤣 evil within was so so, Prey not bad, dishonoured bored me ..what else?

​@@NordicMeatShieldYou not liking Dishonoured doesn't disprove it's success. One and two sold around 8 million copies combined (no information on digital purchases on Xbox) and earned another 121mil on Steam combined. For a AA game that is a success but companies want all games to be AAA competitive successes.

@@NordicMeatShield It is the perfect game for Gamepass though, small budget and highly rated. As for completion rate, a huge amount of games do not get completed, more a state of modern gamers attention span lol.

​@NordicMeatShield Dishonored wasn't made by Arkane Austin. Lyon made those and they're not the ones shut down.

@@NordicMeatShield your point is already stupid, just because "only 7% of people completed it" doesn't make it a bad game. if someone makes a hard game (take a look at most souls games) and only 1% of the people beat it does that make it inherently a "bad game". no it just means it's a hard game. it makes no impact on whether the game is good or bad. Hi-Fi Rush was a niche passion project that for older sega gamers love it because guess what, IT LOOKS LIKE COMIX ZONE ON THE GENESIS! and that's not including when prey 2017 was made and the leadership left for whatever reasons some of the better staff went with him. only 96 dev's were let go so while a tragic loss for sure in multiple ways for xbox, that doesn't also in fact make prey 2017 hi-fi rush or evil within a "bad game". do not equate difficulty of a game to success of a game. going back to hi-fi rush one last time to prove my point , it made 3 million players and grossed revenue of approx. $23,500,000, which for a $30 game is pretty amazing, but the game had an estimated net revenue of almost $7 million, which means my dimwitted small minded friend, is the game costed around $14ish million to make. so even if not a MASSIVE cash cow making multiple millions of dollars it did in fact STILL make money more than was expected because there was no marketing, there was almost no notice for the PS5 port later (and lets face it how many people bought and played it on PS), and it was shadow dropped which means that's ton of money saved on all those fronts. you also seemed to forget ghostwire: tokyo was made in parallel with hi-fi rush and hi-fi rush won several awards. so you tell me by what stretch of the imagination constitutes as a "banger" for you. maybe the game and the ones this studio produced weren't for you. fine there's nothing wrong with that. but don't equate YOUR tastes to the general populace because if some games were never taken a chance on and made such as bloodborne, we might never have had sequels that later came. (IE: Elden Ring and the birth of the soulslike genre) so yes the studio didn't make money hand over fist to "keep the lights on" as it were. but every game they made was in fact a success i don't think anyone can argue that fact.

And the problem that comes with an economic collapse is that it won’t just be a couple hundred people losing their jobs, it would be 10s of thousands of people. That’s why I find the people saying that the industry needs to crash because of the layoff both stupid and funny. I can agree though that some part of the gaming industry, and at this point I would even say culture, need to change.

WEF: The Great Reset is coming by 2030. You will own nothing, and we will tell you that you're happy.

@@ToastBOMB There does need to be a collapse honestly. The ones who are smart and respect those who pay their bills will survive, like Steam. Those like Sony who actively seek to attack and demonize those who pay their bills will crumble. Plus, you act like all video games will just cease to exist and die like they did the first time after the collapse from ET for Atari. But reality is we have so many video games that we have a backlog that can get us through it and we'd not even be 1% finished with the backlog.

This is the end result with Central Banking and fractional reserve banking. They will not allow DEFLATION to occur, otherwise their system falls apart. Yet inflation increasing year by year is clearly not sustainable.

@@ToastBOMB That's true, but this system where inflation must always increase year by year (which is cumulative btw) just isn't sustainable whatsoever. The FED/Central Banks are trying to basically nullify the business cycle. Ultimately I don't think that is possible in the long run.

right there with you bud.

Exactly

Just sit back, relax, pop on some old game titles and enjoy the current gaming industry burn. It’s about to start.

@@oscarmejia1632 Guess what? I'm doing that right now!!

I can't wait.

Agreed, I will happily go back to the old way and just buy the games I want

Same, Gamepass is great but putting up the price isn't the right move.

I'm always willing to go the "yarr harr" route

​@@HinokasArabfan1Aye matey!

@@HinokasArabfan1 HOIST THE COLORS

Damn it sucks . No wonder Xbox is bad these days

Ah, so he's a baffoon and an asshole. I hope he gets canned for this braindead choice.

Damn, I feel bad for you for taking the blame for Matt, That dude should've gotten the warning, not you

Holy shit you worked for xbox amd met Matt!? Wow! You must have been earning lots of money!

@@lonewulfmo9128 Not really, I was doing ok just a passionate slave *LOL*

Yeah lol I bought the PS5 I don't think I'll buy a console though Idk what's going on in these studios

I agree, I think after the Series X, I'm not buying a new console and I'm just gonna straight up either emulate or just get games on Steam

They was nothing exciting the last 3 console generations. Consoles peaked in 2000

@@tomeydev9152steam is quite good

I'm right there with you. So far this has been the most disappointing generation of video games. There's been 1 game I was excited for that turned out to be a good game to me. Neither Sony or Xbox has any games I want to play, need to buy, or that I'm excited for. It's all bland boring garbage and no Stellar Blade didn't look good to me and no Hell Divers doesn't look good to me. They both look like absolutely boring games and they're the best thing Sony has put out. Killing bugs and some hair sword having woman is just boring to me. I tend not to buy games with a female protagonist because I'm not a female there for the game isn't for me.

Yeah, Tango was there one and only foothold into Japan. They could give them a budget to grow, open multiple Tango studios which would only increase their sales in Japan, even if its just on PC or PS because thats the market. This feels like its from above the gaming division

Tango has had issues before they were acquired.

Wild what happens when it takes close to 100 people 5 years to make a game that doesn't sell and has no engagement on any platform its released on. Also didn't help that Ghostwire didn't do well commercially or critically and the studio's founder left. According to Shinji, Zenimax wanted to shut Tango down for a while and only kept it open to give him a studio.

Their head dev and a bunch of other devs left the studio makes plenty of sense

The soul of tengo is gone. It has no value now. ☮️

That's deep.

@@Padawan333 lol pirating games is the only best way to own a product One: you keep the games Files you can install whenever you want Two: you don't pay money for corpo lol

@@Padawan333No Diddy

Yes diddy

@@fdnfdnasd7714 😳🤯🤢🤮

Pay more for less is the new norm.

especially now that netflix raises their price right now

I only subscribe to one if at all and then unsubscribe immediately so I have a month. A couple of months later I go to the next one and watch 1 or 2 series. More often than not I'll get an email giving me a discount, too. Easy farm.

that's why i never subscribe to anything. i only pay for the standalone product, and only if its on steam or GOG. otherwise i pirate it, or buy it on second hand, if its available for legacy consoles. (PS3 and under).

Atleast Netflix has better content and quality than gamepass. Literally there's no reason to have gamepass.

This!

🧢

So you're like "fk Microsoft.... let's just give our money to Microsoft...." you guy's are thick as S*it.

Didn't he say he doesn't want console players on the PC, because he doesn't want their bullshit spilling over to the PC player's?

@@ShiftNova possibly but aren’t like 30% of pc players used to be console players so it happens anyway.

Inflation is the reason, not just in gaming either.

Same

As a pc player. Same here

Just say u r poor man

As a xbox player, same here too

I cancelled last week sick and tired of all this bs.

I'm seriously thinking of getting a gaming rig, but my country / location doesn't make it easy (I'm looking into getting a Steam Deck). PS games are now coming to PC (Helldivers 2 is a good example). Xbox games are already there. Switch games run better there. Emulation is king there. It's the best place to be playing tbh.

@@NervousNoodles Bro. You can build a PC for less than 2k, which will allow you to play all current and future games. And you won't have to upgrade too often, unless our tech jumps for like 1000 years, but that's yet remain to be seen. You won't have to pay for battlepass, just your internet service, since online games will most likely be free. Instead of having to pay both battlepass and your internet.

I was a lifelong console person until 2016 when I built my first PC. There's just no way you can go back after being on PC

@@NervousNoodles listen bro if u need help jus ask dude I got u bruh shit I don’t even touch my ps5 unless I’m on KZfaq lmao 😂 everything else I used my pc like can explain how amazing it is go ahead n make that switch bro

It’s worth it

It’s not Xbox, It’s MICROSOFT!

Cutting wages is a business mentality in general. Not sure why people are ever surprised when it happens. If it didn't happen from Microsoft, it would have happened from Activision or whoever else acquired them.

Too late for that, that $70+billion investment wasn't free, it's Satya's show now.

@@Captain-America92 which is bad

That's what I been saying

@@BlackRengokuYT Yup, I bet Microsoft saw all the past mistakes Phil and his team made like Redfall and said "HELL NO! We're changing this shit RIGHT ABOUT NOW". We are seeing a more aggresive consolidation inside Microsoft gaming, that's all.

So, you mean that phil had better plans for xbox and Microsoft ruined them?

@@abcdefgh6121 Oh there were plans in place but those have change now that the shareholders and inverstors are looking more closely at the brand. I still believe Spencer wanted to keep the studios open but it just happened.

@@omarpaucar7580 he probably wanted to do that but the men in suits came and told him otherwise!

Yet, the man has been quiet like a ghost since all this craziness began.

Why do you expect him to do anything? He doesn’t run the show, he’s just a figurehead for the BOD

@@triple3507 He is the one who thought Xbox could handle these studio buyouts, that he/Xbox couldn't handle at all. I want to hear what went wrong from his mouth. Why no one from upper management didn't stop him from spending a shit tone of money on something they couldn't hold onto assuredly. I don't expect him to do anything. I expected to hear from the man who began this studio buyout crusade, and why Xbox had to back paddle on moves he made.

@@ShiftNova your right, he should issue an apology to Xbox gamers.

You buy too many digital games

Same here. ☮️

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 I appreciate your concern , of How I spend MY money .

@@DaleALMono77 I'm stating a fact, not my opinion.

I got 18+ months of game pass because of Microsoft rewards points.

All those names don’t run the show they’re just figureheads.

Don't resist. Join us!

Do it, you'll get games from any generation without needing to worry about those corp BS.

Starforge systems, it sponsors the channel.

Steam pilled, PC is microsoft as well. Cant wait for dedicated steam machines, running steam OS.

@@SWOTHDRA ahh, my mistake u right. I built a PC in 2018, but Im droppin out the console game in 2024.

I don't know about the bringing down Fallout 76. That game has jumped in players and is pretty healthy right now. If anything, they are going to start ramping that game up again.

When the fuck are we getting a new Elder Scrolls?!

​@@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 It's about 4 years away.

I play on Xbox and about 2 months ago got my first pc and it’s really good. That being said I still play on my Xbox for halo and the Xbox ecosystem but everyday feels like there’s less and less of a reason to play on it :(

@@ashtondillard6906 I dont see the problem with your Xbox, I have a PC as well, but I only play on Xbox for its easy UI and features. Everyone is freaking about studio closures its just two of them.

Not really. Installed Diablo 4 five times on my pc and it crashed every time and was not playable. Gamepass /battle net don't work together without errors. Installed it on my series x and I never had any issues. ☮️

​@ninetendopesaitama2107 that's just a problem with your PC and the way you have it set up. I have Game Pass and battlenet on my PC and never had a problem with it. Is Diablo IV is crashing on your PC then there is something corrupted in your system files or your game install

@@kenshinhimura9387 And now i spend 2 hours to find out why? Lol. You are proving my point. Thanks for your help. ;)

This is exactly what I was thinking of it just would not make sense business wise if they still had all their talent

Lol yup

Nah dog...this shits wack all day all month all year

Last year I kept my xbox and kept playing because of the promise of the future as of 3 days ago I have no xbox sitting in my living room and 300$ in my pocket

Of course. Next week nobody talks about it. ☮️

@@chrislewis6030 Well good for you. I have never bought an Xbox or a PS in my entire life. Should I give you a medal for being less special?

Games were never corporate. It's time to stop caring about corporate product

​@fillerbunnyninjashark271 yup

no

No

just cause they haven't released games doesn't mean they don't have 4 or more 1st party games coming out this year alone .. ur point is dumb ... If you were saying this to Sony then yh

@@Animeop-1519 your the dumb one you have gotten like 4 games this year and you keep trying to anticipate new games which won’t come.

Tf are you on about? Hi-Fi Rush? Redfall? Heard of those games?

Maybe they were working on those ideas that were pitched thanks to that year of work? Maybe even with early builds?

Not defending them, but I would be curious to see just how many people were actually let go. I’d like to think many of them were shuffled to other teams or studios within MS where they were more needed. Who knows though.

@@tentinquarantino876 Hi-Fi Rush came out over a year ago, half the team left after the game released and haven't done any work since. Arkane Austin totally botched Redfall. The other 2 studios I know nothing about. And mostly all the devs from the 4 studios are being put to work at other studios to prioritize games already in development...maybe even to help speed along the creation of Fall Out 5

For all this talk about Xbox having games it’s funny Microsoft is shutting down more Companies then it’s releasing games, now yall realize the real console war is pointless and there is no ponies or xbots just idiots defending multibillion dollar companies

I’m thinking they’re gonna follow what a lot of streaming services do and add a new tier that adds only Activision stuff, but it’s not going to be day one

@@daRealB-Rexif they make gamepass like the ps plus then I’m not renewing it.

Stop meat riding Microsoft fanboy. trillion dollar company

@@mxxicvnphxnk understandable. I had PS Plus for a little bit but played all the games I wanted to play and cancelled it. Same with Game Pass.

@@daRealB-Rex the only thing that sucks is that without gamepass now I can’t play online anymore smfh.

Shut up dummy.

Same

People never learn their lessons do they

Maybe Nintendo and Sony should do the same thing.

@@tencents6 All three of them should, especially sony.

@@tencents6 I don't think it will help them that much since they are still doing well, maybe just focus on their strategies. However, Xbox has just not been improving at all, especially with everything they have, they seem to not know what the consumers or now the devs want. They desperately need a reset to reinvent themselves and their identity in the gaming industry

​@@ethanskinner6146ok Sony Pony

But for how long?

@@alokrates3959 For as long as Gamepass is available. All Xbox studios games go in there and there's new monthly content also. It's not always big AAA games but it's content for those that like smaller titles. Star Wars Jedi Survivor is in there for this month. Gonna get Hellblade II in a couple of weeks.

@@alokrates3959 For as long as the subscription is still available. There's monthly content that goes in there.

@@alokrates3959 For as long as it exists I reckon. There's always new monthly content

@@alokrates3959 I don't know why KZfaq keeps taking my reply down. For as long as it's still available. New monthly content each and every month.

Dont forfet aaron greenburg

Multiple devs from Microsoft's own studios are mad about this. Yet i see xbox fanboys defend Microsoft's decision more than the people who actually get paid by Microsoft... how pathetic is that...

​@@Final_Dawnalmost as pathetic as the people saying "just get a pc" in a very very unstable economy

Because they're not gaming companies. They're massive multinational corporations

Yupp

Aren’t you the sperg that freaked out at Griffin for crapping on Redfall leading up to its launch?

Xbox fanboy salt ahhh yes miss it

@@mistaJ. mista j, more like mista gay

Because Microsoft literally told journalists that they weren't just gonna close these studios if they failed to meet expectations. They were supposed to be given more chances. Also, Microsoft forced to release redfall, which, as we can see, made them meet their end... also, releasing Hi-fi rush on GP and then getting disappointed in the sales results is the biggest wtf moment out of all of this. Microsoft has themselves to blame for that.

​​​@@Final_Dawnexcept Arkane Austin and Tango had issues before they were acquired. I find it odd that you guys want to gloss over that fact. Then again, maybe I shouldn't as look at those facts would not fall in line with the narrative.