We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.

We’ve almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.

  • TachyonTeleEnglish
    131·
    5 months ago

    They also now own all of the IP those studios created.

    • Mikelius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Sure, but what good is an IP if you can’t generate new products to attract and keep users?

      • TachyonTeleEnglish
        31·
        5 months ago

        What really gets me, and this touches on your comment, is that the execs said that they need to have the teams make what they specialize in. And then they turn around and force all the studios to make games that not at all anything they’ve ever made before.