So the "oppressive" studio is forcing its employees to work on something they haven't done before and if they don't revolutionize the genre they will be broken. Good people.

We love you Moon Studios

Question why are the comments going back and forth about Xbox? Wasnt that just partnership for that game Isn't. Isn't the article just saying most independent developers are entrusted by the hits they make and business wise who gives money to a company without a good track record? So to them going a different genre tackling it and trying something in that area in a very critical marketplace can seem like a make or break thing and could well be. Why does every article have to be about MS and Sony and whose ruining what? Oh thats right the super critical ppl who buy the games and has to shame what they don't like.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau