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Xbox president: Studio closures will ensure 'business is healthy for the long term' (www.gamedeveloper.com)

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[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

they got the IP, that's all they wanted.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Don't forget removing competitors! Gotta remove those competitors. That's what healthy businesses do. /s

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Can't you buy the rights to an IP without the attached studio ?

[-] summerof69@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can try, but people won't be as thrilled for TES or Fallout without Bethesda, for example.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I would be.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I can understand that, yea. But I know I would be! It's high time something changes in that regard

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

FO5 is going to be a FO76 tier disaster. With the show there has to be a ton of pressure to crank something out the door. Microsoft’s folks are probably beating down Todd’s door. Bethesda has never really understood the series anyways.

If TES6 comes out, it’ll have 3 skills and ignore all established lore to turn an interesting and nuanced character into Bad Guy who wants to destroy the world for no reason. Admittedly normies really like this version of the series, so maybe it’ll still be wildly successful.