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RE: General Game Chat - Moonface - May 7th, 2024 (May 6th, 2024, 07:14 PM)Maniakkid25 Wrote:I'm under the impression that Steam were the ones to remove Helldivers 2 from sale in those affected countries. As for recommending people break ToS, Sony already encourage that by selling PlayStation consoles in those countries that lack PSN which forces people there to either have no account or make one that is set to a different region. If Sony sells their systems in a region, that region should have PSN with no excuses, especially if Sony have the gall to be selling PS5 Digital consoles in those regions. If nothing else, I'm glad so many people realized the fault wasn't so much with Arrowhead but with Sony and went after Sony accordingly. Too often the developers are the ones thrown under the bus for stupid shit the publisher decides on. PSN should have been optional with rewards for people who do connect their accounts as an incentive, that way nobody gets shut out in regions without PSN and those with PSN access aren't forced to get an account. It's like recently there was a game that has a physical art book that if you get a copy for PlayStation, the artbook is censored but the Switch copy does not come with a censored artbook. There's no good reason for doing that either and if you're censoring stuff that Nintendo isn't then you're definitely doing something wrong. All this stuff just tells me that even with Jim Ryan out the door Sony still have their heads shoved firmly up their own arses from overconfidence due to the PS4. RE: General Game Chat - Moonface - May 7th, 2024 Microsoft Closes Multiple Bethesda Studios Microsoft has closed a number of Bethesda studios, with Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, saying the "changes are grounded in prioritizing high-impact titles and further investing in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster games and beloved worlds which you have nurtured over many decades." Matt Booty also shared what will happen to each studio, its games, and employees, in regards to its closure:
Microsoft also announced layoffs for 1900 staff from its video game work force just over three months ago. Source: IGN UPDATE! Xbox is apparently planning more studio closures and layoffs, according to a new report: Bloomberg | Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings Arkane Austin doesn't surprise me, but to see Tango go under after they shadow dropped one of the sleeper hit games of last year is ridiculous. All that says to me is it doesn't matter if you make a great game if it's doomed to generate no independent revenue by being mostly consumed through Game Pass. Edit: Wow, and now they're possibly going to do even more cuts. If this is because of the money spent on buying Activision Blizzard, the deal should have never been allowed to happen. I also saw someone point out on Twitter that Xbox have shut down more studios this year than they've released games, which is just sad. RE: General Game Chat - Moonface - May 19th, 2024 I had no clue this was being made, but I saw that someone made a level builder for Mario 64 and it looks so cool! I love how easy it seems to be to just put a level together even though it's 3D, and I'm a little tempted to try making something in it but I know nothing about Mario 64's mechanics whatsoever. |