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.
That’s by design. Force your opposition to sell, bankrupt them and write off the loses. Shrink the industry and force players to sign up for your subscription services.
I’m not a fan, but it’s hard to see this wasn’t their plan from the get go
The industry historically hasn’t shrunk when studios close like this. There just ends up being more bespoke studios all over the world with former developers from those studios.
It seems weird for a platform holder to do this.
They also now own all of the IP those studios created.
They don’t care about being a platform holder
I guess you can do that when you own Windows.