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Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024 (twistedvoxel.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The sad part is this might actually end up being a net positive in the long run. Their two biggest acquisitions were Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard, one company that has started their decline and another that is deep into it.

Microsoft pissing away $100B to buy these companies only to turn around and kill them 5-10 years later will end up breaking up the gaming conglomerates that have killed the western games industry. The only sad part is all the people that will lose their jobs and all the classic IP that will be squandered.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

In a way, in Activision/Blizzard's case, it seems more like it slightly postponed their death.

Tango Gameworks, however, was murdered.