SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. announced the departure of several executives Thursday, among them a Silicon Valley veteran recruited to help fix its unprofitable Web business and one in charge of marketing Windows Vista, and the promotion of more than a dozen others across the company.
New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.
It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Jump out ahh it never gets old
Lets hope they got rid of the person incharge of Marketing in the game division. Too much to ask for I guess has nothing to do with gaming.
"Jump Ship", you SIMPLETONS!
How does it feel, PIGS, to watch your beloved empire dissolve into NOTHING?
MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!
Odd....
On Amazon, nearly every Xbox 360 SKU reports that it's been discontinued...
Anybody know why?
nearly every Xbox 360 SKU reports that it's been discontinued...