Re:Microsoft closes several large Bethesda affiliated game s...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:24PM
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“Influential art” vs “soulless products” tends to map pretty well to “niche products that return poorly compared to costs to produce while earning critical accolades” vs. “reliable cookie-cutter moneymakers”, and Microsoft isn't in the business to win critical awards for stockholders, but to make money for them.
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Re:Microsoft closes several large Bethesda affiliated game s...
by willis936 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:28PM
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I'm not arguing philanthropy. Bethesda makes a bad product that that costs a fortune to generate. It's shrunk the size of its market and its time is limited. Tango's business model is sustainable, Bethesda's is not.
Re:Microsoft closes several large Bethesda affiliated game s...
by johnnyanmac on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @09:15PM
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ehh, the correlation is off. MS apparently lied that Hi-Fi Rush "succeeded on all metrics" and meanwhille, Redfall couldn't have been more cookie cutter if you try. It all feels like a crapshoot at this point.
I will remember this closure very well in a year or two when MS tries for the dozenth time to "expand our reach to the Asian market". Because they pulled out. Again.