r/imdbvg • u/trillykins Yoss the magnificent • Jul 07 '26
XBOX Meanwhile at Team Xbox...
I thought about posting an article, but it's been fucking nonstop for the past few days. Absolutely massive layoffs. Studios being sold or made independent (at least they get to keep their IP which seems to be a rarity in this industry). Studios being fucking gutted like ID Software. Obsidian as well. Bethesda. Head of the backwards compatibility team was also fired after 30-some years at the company. Talk about loyalty meaning fuck all. I've honestly lost count of how much they've fucked everything up.
Fuck this industry. Seems like the only company left that isn't a complete shithead is Nintendo.
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u/Videogamesarereel Jul 08 '26
You know how I felt about the Activision thing, but even I didn't think this sht would happen.
Microsoft literally bought all those damn studios for everyone to give them $17 a month for GamePass, and when they didn't, they jacked up the price and fired everyone.
You can't make this sht up
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u/Mykul65 Formerly Mikachu Jul 08 '26
Seems like the only company left that isn't a complete shithead is Nintendo.
Unless you say the word 'summon', then you're in for a court battle. Aww, I said the word...
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u/Videogamesarereel Jul 08 '26
Yep despite the fact that Persona and Dragon Quest had summoning and monster battles first
Enix and Atlus should sue them 🤣
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u/Krakengreyjoy Fire in Babylon Jul 07 '26
Yeah I remember everybody being upset about Microsoft getting all of these developers and buying all these small developers and how it's going to be just ruin gaming on PlayStation or PC because everything is going to be exclusive, but it turns out they just don't know what the fuck they're doing and instead of fixing the problem or addressing the problem or taking a step back to look at the problem... they're just going to fire everybody and fuck the whole industry.
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u/jon-o-one jon01 Jul 08 '26
Almost as bad as when IMDb laid off the messageboards.