It's a free update, so the price (if you don't have the game yet) is gonna be the same as it is now.
Totally could have. Profits have only been going up. Lin Tao has been milking the cash cow dry as much as she possibly can.
People blame Hermen Hulst, or Phil Spencer, or whatever middleman for the woes of Sony and Xbox.
The truth is that the true corporate harpies behind this kind of shit (and the layoffs, and the studio closures) are the Chief Financial Officers. Lin Tao is relatively new, and she has only dealt damage to PlayStation in the attempt to suck every possible drop of profit from the cash cow, like Amy Hood has done before her on the other side
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Keep in mind that these "proclamations" are usually third-hand bad translations from somedude who was at the investor conference, posted on Twitter, and picked up by press and youtubers like they were gold, and then when the official translation comes out, they're much softer statements, but at that point, the damage is done.
But... but... the garbage-mongers always tell us that Square Enix is in trouble! 😂
I'm not sure why you think Pearl Abyss gets such a pass compared to EA or Ubisoft. 99% of people out there don't know who Pearl Abyss is, considering that its only claim to fame is Black Desert.
The truth is that this game does a lot of things that 99% of the games out there don't, so people are very willing to forgive some rough edges. It isn't "coping." It's appreciating a game that does something original with a lot of personality in an indu...
People in this industry move around. People's reaction to this kind of (usually irrelevant) article is always hilarious.
Of course, it's a weekend, so you can't expect the "contributors" at Eurogamer to contribute anything relevant. Finding real gaming news is hard for some 😂
I just tried it today at an event, and it does work like a charm. Very impressive implementation. Will post gameplay tomorrow.
Yeah, what some of the best game developers on the market think of her and what she intends to do after meeting her is totally irrelevant. 😂
Leadership was changed to someone who has plenty of ideas (and plenty of success under her belt) about *business*, supported by someone who has one of the most extensive careers in the gaming industry.
You don't waste a very successful young executive (who Asha Sharma is; her career is spotless) to babysit a business you want to spin down. This is how business works.
Absolutely, let's reconvene in a couple of years. I have absolutely zero doubt about being right. Xbox will still be there, likely bigger than it is now.
"Bulldozing" doesn't fit today's Microsoft's MO at all, nor that of 99% of companies. Companies may choose to lose revenue, but that happens on dead weight businesses, which gaming is not.
And even when they do, they don't park a very successful young executive with a spotle...
Glad you understand my view on the press. It's good that at least someone here does.
That being said, placing Matt Booty as Sharma's vice conflicts with that view. Hiring a young CEO with a background of success and supporting them with a veteran vice president is a completely different scenario then one you describe.
The sole idea that Microsoft would be willing to throw away circa 8% of its revenue because of AI is pretty ridiculous.
And if you listen to ...
His response is incredibly vague and drifts into the factually incorrect, for example, when he says "It would have been shocking if they had somebody in there in a meaningful role who was passionate about games, passionate about the creator-driven business of games."
Matt Booty is the second-in-command, which is definitely a "meaningful role," and he's very obviously passionate about games and the creator-driver business of games. As a matter of fact, much mor...
He's not in *any* loop, and he has not been for 2 decades.
How do we know? His responses tell us that. Unless you're unable to read between the lines, you can easily see that he's spitballing without any direct knowledge. The fact that he completely ignores the presence of Matt Booty tells us that he didn't even really read the news, let alone have any real knowledge about it.
Who in the world told you that an opinion can't be misleading informa...
@Christopher: his opinion is not the problem, besides the fact that it's nonsensical and based on nothing.
The problem is that it has been presented as a take from someone with authority by professionally bankrupt media that fills up the fact that they have nothing relevant to say with fluff for clicks, regardless of the fact that such a presentation ends up misinforming people.
It's from someone who has not worked at Microsoft or anywhere close to Microsoft or even in the gaming industry for over 20 years, and has worked at Microsoft for less than 4 years in total. He doesn't know a single one of the people involed and his experience of the topic is so diluted that he has no more authority than any rando on Reddit.
And almost none of the articles citing this silliness do the bare minimum due diligence to mention that essential context.
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Same here. And they seem to have their eyes firmly on the prize this time. 👀
Tell me you don't understand what you're reading without telling me.
Edit: for goodness' sake, is it always the same person who keeps making new accounts to write the most inane stuff, or it's a general trend?
Well, folks, with this, it's farewell.
It's been real. 😌
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Abriael