How many times are established studios gunna stop chasing GaaS pipe dreams and failing before this nonsense stops (Anthem, Avengers, Redfall, Babylon’s Fall, most likely Suicide Squad). Any games currently in development with this kind of plan need to pivot now before it’s too late. Hopefully Arkane learned and will go back to what they do best with this next one.

What a waste of time , resources and effort that game ended up being. Heres to another

So they just... pretty much gave up on the dumbsterfire already ?

What about all that support Phil said the game was going to get after launch?

They haven't even put out the 60FPS patch that was on the back of the box and they are already talking about making another game?

I feel like this announcement only further highlights the problems with Phil and Microsoft.

This isn’t really news. People are freaking out for no reason. Do y’all understand how games are made? There’s usually a smaller team working on concepts or pre production for the next game months before whatever game they’re currently working on releases. That’s how games get made.

Y'know that meme about having a backlog and buying new games.....yeah

Yeah, maybe they shouldn't be in the game making business, especially if they thought it was a good idea to make this game in the first place. And how about refunding your customers for purposely releasing sh%&?

The most overrated dev atm.

If it's Arkane Lyon then there's hope for a better title.

Beating, dead and horse words spring to mind.

Say whatever you want about NMS. Hello Games stood behind their product and pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in gaming history while not charging a dime over the admission price of the game. Then you got games like Anthem and Redfall where the devs just cut their losses and move on.

Funny, some might say they never finished work on their last game. :D

Is it Redfall 2?

Damn! They really just dropped this game in bad shape then moved right on to building the next one. I'm sure they will keep a small team to polish som le bugs but they should be all hands on deck to get it working properly, then move on. They must have already decreased or cancelled any dlc support.

So much for support. Let's face it. Microsoft moved support for the title way before launch and now they're just moving on after playing dumb.

The "we need to do better" is the same excuse used by MS for over a decade.

This just feels like they were forced into some sort of games as a service online shit show by Zenimax/Bethesda. Phil is right, Xbox should take the blame because the game should of been thrown in the fucking bin, but I feel sorry for Xbox in a way, this clearly is a Bethesda fuck up that Xbox has been left to mop up, which really isn't what they needed when they released no big games in about 18 months.

Instead of insulting the customers how about refunding and or taking down the game in general. Sure a few people worked very hard on it and all but this cannot be allowed to make any greedy corporation anymore money.

For the best, Red Fall has progress bugs and matchmaking issues, no point playing.

How's about you finish the last one first.

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