>that Xbox could close several studios and will be like “the meteor that took out the dinosaurs.”>I believe this is a classic example of the “canary in the coal mine.”The Western gaming industry is currently extremely bloated. The main cause stems from the excessive optimism triggered by the pandemic lockdowns in 2020, which led to a surge in industry profits.At the time, the entire “Western” gaming industry believed the market would grow indefinitely, and capitalizing on this, major game companies went on a frenzied hiring spree.The reality, however, is that the economic crisis has left people’s wallets increasingly empty, with less and less disposable income available for entertainment products like games.>When ordinary people can barely afford to put food on the table, they stop wasting money on a range of entertainment activities,such as clothes, travel, movies, and games.Now that people are completely out of money, the gaming industry’s endless growth has come to a halt. Mass layoffs in the gaming industry have begun.>The entertainment industry is the first to collapse during an economic crisis, followed by the service sector, manufacturing, real estate, and finally energy and agriculture.
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>>538135867Microslop might be looting Xbox for more AI funding. This could be a canary in the coal mine for AI instead of gaming.
god I hope this shit starts a series of mass layoffs across the board
I went back to my reteo library. Fuck this fags. All online PVP is cancer these days.
>>538135867People are just now realizing that Asha Sharma was brought in to shut down the Xbox division, not to resuscitate it
>>538136012Stop using that fucking word.
>>538135867Oh no not all the legacy developers who haven't made a single good game in 10-15 years that fired or pushed out all the actual developers and replaced them with gay faggots and women anything but that :0
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Thank god, maybe Bethesda will be dissolved and someone that isn't compromised will get their IPs.
>>538136155Sorry to hurt your feeling CEO Sloppy Nutella SAAR
>>538135867Whenever I wonder to myself why xbox cloud gaming is so unbelievably shitty, I remember that it's run by a Pajeeta and staffed by Pajeets and then it all makes sense.
>>538135867If Ai can use tools then small teams can make big games.There is about to be AAA game gameflation. Prepare for the diamond age of gaming. There's only so many hours in a day bros.
>>538136051To be honest, the Xbox division has essentially been a charity for the past 10 years.Infinite moneyInfinite timeInfinite creative freedomInfinite garbage gamesNow, the charity event is over.
>>538135867gaming is thriving broi feel like i'm back in the PS1 eraaaa studios getting bloated dying was the shot in the arm we needed, i cant even keep up with stuff i want to play anymore
Good riddance.
>>538136290Huh? It's perfect. No noticeable latency and it looks sharp. I think it might your setup or something, ive never had any issues at all except for an occasional 20 second startup time.
>>538136354It would have been easy to make profitable if they hadn't blown the budget on pointlessly acquiring Activision. That's the acquisition that finally got management's attention and forced Nadella to start micro-managing Xbox.And the whole thing was predicated on Xbox getting COD exclusive, which never ended up happening anyway. Phil Spencer is one of the dumbest execs in all of corporate America.
>>538136155Make me, saarya Nutella>Microslop Microslop MicroslopNigger
>>538135867Odd that the article would say XBOX will be unpopular for doing this. I know there's a bunch of us that yearn to see most western devs fired out of a cannon.
Microsoft has canceled its investment plan for ioi's fantasy RPG game
>>538135867Cool fanfiction. Where can I subscribe to your blog?
>>538136459>Phil Spencer is one of the dumbest execs in all of corporate America.I can’t forgive Phil for doing absolutely nothing after Microsoft acquired Bethesda.No new Fallout (not even a remaster), no The Elder Scrolls VI,nothing at all.Just Todd and his terrible game, Starfield.Phil’s laziness is beyond comprehension; he’s just wasting Microsoft’s money and doing nothing. Ultimately, this led to the collapse of the Xbox division.
>>538135867>People too poor for gamesNah this is the same cope the movie industry rolled out. The plebs are desperate for their escapism - but the product is so corporate sanitized and shit now (except some indie gems) no one is wasting their money on AAA slop that wants to pontificate to them and propagandize their kids. The distraction has become so bad people would rather watch the theater burn than what's on stage.
>>538135867Nah, AAA gaming collapsed because they were all sucking the ESG teet from BlackRock and polluting their games with wokeslop and hiring retarded activists to work in all the studios, so when their shit failed to launch they had no choice but to shutter their crap to save money and keep feeding the AI spending monster. Plus they had a massive cockup with gamepass where that little bitch needs infinite content to keep it up and going. Absolutely retarded to piss in the gaming pool with all those studios you bought to make infinite content. Oh, we're "investing!" more like poisoning and they were all too retarded to see it. Doesn't matter, the collapse is good, indies will get more attention and all the monies while Xshart will die on the vine, getting triple spit roasted from no RAM/SSD, no games, and no audience. The ONLY bad thing for consumers is this leaves us with Sony and Nintindoh, and Sony is floundering like a dead fish too. Leaving Nintindoh to fuck about and release some remakes trying to get Switch 2 off the ground and going. Even GTA 6 getting wokeslop FTP faggotry added to it where they are paywalling shit to get more money from retards, and of course it worked. >>538136051Nah, they just brought a female in to take the blame while it goes tits up. That way it makes gamers more "sexist" so they can argue that for all their failures to the retards investing in them when they lose just all the money.
>>538136719Also they released the Oblivion remaster in terrible shape then just abandoned it. No updates in a year. And their biggest innovations have been full-screen ads for any Xbox owner, even those on the top Game Pass plan. Xbox is the disgrace of the game industry.>>538136815True, there's even a name for bringing in women to do unpopular work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff
>>538135867>person says he has heard>if the information is true>If it's even close to truewhy is there a random picture of an indian lady the article is quoting a man?
>>538136890>Also they released the Oblivion remaster in terrible shape then just abandoned it. No updates in a year.Fun fact.The reason the Oblivion remaster is so bad is that Todd “I’m sort of anti-remake.” .Todd hates “remakes”he doesn’t like re-releasing old games he’s played countless times, nor does he like any modifications.He wants the game to remain exactly as it was over a decade ago, even retaining all its design flaws and bugs.He truly wouldn’t allow the developers to “fix” the game, because that would ruin its original style.Another reason no other studio has made a new Fallout game is that Todd believes Fallout is *his* game.Even though he doesn’t have any time at all to make a new game.Microsoft really should fire Todd.
The biggest mistake the gaming industry made was too much too fast. They were constantly scrambling to release the next gen, new graphics, the next sequel, etc. games from ten and twenty years ago are still good. We could still be playing Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360. They shoveled shit too fast, and then doubled down on loot boxes and microtransactions instead of making fun interesting games. I stopped caring about new games around 2013.
>>538135867Awesome. Now we can get back to real games without the corporate shackle.
>>538136774>Nah this is the same cope the movie industry rolled out. The plebs are desperate for their escapism - but the product is so corporate sanitized and shit now (except some indie gems) no one is wasting their money on AAA slop that wants to pontificate to them and propagandize their kids.this. modern games are shit.and they're not just shit because they're woke and because you can't call people niggers on multiplayer anymore, they're also shit on a technical level, because tech companies stopped hiring white male devs, aka the only people who can code well. so, as a result, not only are modern games just not fun to play, you also need a very powerful computer to play them at all. and, at the same time, first crypto and now AI have made powerful computers unobtainium. it used to be that 2k got you an absolute top of the line system that could play any modern (at the time) game easily. now, you need 3-4k just for a top of the line gpu, and another 700-800 for the ram, lol. and this also has trickled down to console prices too, not that anyone with an iq above 70 would buy a console nowadays. a long time ago, consoles were a very decent deal for people who didnt need a computer of their own, and were even pretty competitive value for people who did. nowadays, the cost of a console is much higher than adding a gpu with equivalent power to a desktop (or of getting a laptop with a dedicated gpu instead of one without one)so, we have games that aren't fun, that need beastly computers to be played, which nowadays cost as much as a fucking carno shit games aren't selling.
>>538135867Good, stop making games we got enough. Do not redeem!!!
>>538137219>Another reason no other studio has made a new Fallout game is that Todd believes Fallout is *his* game.They are still really upset to this day that Fallout New Vegas is widely considered better than Fallout 3 and are determined to never let that happen again
>>538135867Xbox died after halo 3
People making these games should be quietly hung! By the Military, very low key and quietly.
>>538135867good, fuck them forever. There will be even better games now. We won.
>>538137432Todd's seethe over New Vegas will never not brighten my day. New Vegas could rape Fallout 3, 4, and 76 and still have enough of an erection to violate Todd's gaping anus.
>>538137432Funny how that works, I always suspected Todd Howard of being a jew, he even has a rat like appearance
I mean the guy who squandered his fortune and 15 years to make Duke Nukem Forever is hardly a reliable source
>>538135867This is a product of weary consumers, not a lack of funds. The pigs are sick of the slop of steadily-decreasing quality. Indie devs are the ones making actually innovative games as opposed to western AAA 're-hashed ip but now female protagonist that mocks the original core audience with snarky henpecking'. Shit, even bullshit gacha horsegirl game did fine compared to neo-bungie crap. Consumers expect hundreds of hours of playability for their $70, but what does that $70 give them? Well, they're bombarded by in-game ads to buy a 'season pass' like fortnite (which is a free to play game btw), they get shittier core gear than the people who shelled out another $30 for the 'premium edition', are constantly shit on by cheaters that the devs can't figure out how to defeat, and their campaign modes went from ~4 hours in a $40 game that is timeless and replayable to ~1 hour in an $80 game and not worth thinking about ever again. Game devs need to actually like playing games, lest they just be out of touch retards essentially rolling dice while trying to divine what a consumer might enjoy. Hint: none of the stupid shit they're peddling.
>>538137432>>538137579Just imagine how angry Todd would be if Xbox announced they were making New Vegas 2.
>>538138248I'd be mad because neo-obsidian would turn it into wokeslop dogshit.
>>538135867Pretty sure the dogshit gaming industry caused itself to collapse.
>>538138326>neo-obsidianNo, choose inXile. They have better taste.
>>538135867>Buy up all the competition>Fire everyone>Refuse to elaborateWhat did microslop mean by this?
>>538138607>What did microslop mean by this?EA
Hardly anyone buys microsoft's games like they used to they were going to fail even if the government printed $1000 dollars yearly for every gamer to buy games for the rest of their lives.
>>538138353It did lol but they'll probably try to gaslight us into believing it was the other way around
>>538136012>>538136155
>>538136012This. Microsoft was always the underdog , most shittiest, console system. That's why they didn't release halo on other systems: they needed sway to get new users to try their USA brand console. The controllers sucking in geometry is why I avoided it. Then the console was also larger, and died more easily. To be expected. I really really really wanted an excuse to get it.... But I couldn't find one ever. The only reasons I ever considered xbox was : halo1, escape from butcher bay, and saints row1... I made this opinion when Microsoft was still doing winodws7. Shit maybe even xpOh well another dead company
So their offering will be Gears, Halo remakes and COD ? or are they actually going to sell everything?
>>538141201And then there’s The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.Even id Software, the makers of Doom, have had staff made redundant.
>>538135867She do the neeedfull saaar.Now buy the pajeet simulator Saar.
>>538135867>When ordinary people can barely afford to put food on the table, they stop wasting money on a range of entertainment activities,such as clothes, travel, movies, and games.Don't give me this bullshit.People just had enough of the endless slops and cheap cash grabs.
>>538135992It would be fun a squid games but with pajeet participants.
>>538135867>leftist/woke stupidity has been worse than a meteor for civilizationAt least they finally admitted it.
>>538136155Calm your tits Bill
>>538135867uhhh xbox firing retarded shit devs isnt something nobody will be happy with.it will actually make people happier. only the retards being fired will be upset, and nobody will care.
>>538135867Remember the TV entertainment TV console TV? Always online? No used games?The other guy in charge had fucked things up for a long time.They barely put out games and gave up oversight of the studios they bought.
>>538136774>corporate sanitized and shit nowDing*Ding*Ding
>>538136012>>538140912The way Xbox has been run, it doesn't seem like there is much to loot. They lost goodwill after trying to double the price of Gold two or three years ago. Then they nearly doubled the price of GamePass, only to cut the price 30% or so.
>>538143305The neat part is only devs will be fired. The people that injected all the gay race communism will be kept around.
>>538135867For me it was niggers in games. No thanks.
>>538135867Nothing ever happens
>>538135867This is retarded because everytime they present some project to xbox these ones asked them to make the mc ugly
>>538135867will this take microtransactions with it
>>538143576BASED
>>538143493>only to cut the price 30% or so.This is because they discovered that Xbox and PC players were simply purchasing a one-month Xbox Game Pass subscription to play Call of Duty.Xbox players who spend $70 on Call of Duty are unable to play the multiplayer mode.They have to spend extra money to purchase an Xbox Live membership.In that case, they might as well just buy a one-month Xbox Game Pass subscription. That way, they can play all modes of Call of Duty, and it’s cheaper too.This has led to a significant drop in Call of Duty’s sales profits.
>>538135867The US corporate/administration apparatus is full of hardcore marxists/feminists/etc that graduated US universities from 2000 to 2025. These people are completely untenable and impossible to use to produce products of value. It's better to hire a jeet or chink even with the shitty output, because you're at least still getting salable output. US educated "professionals" are lobotomized retards due to the university system. These people are getting fired en masse from the corporate world because they are completely dysfunctional. Especially anyone involved in art, programming, or any form of management.Turns out you can't run a company using trannies, communists, and women.These people are completely useless. They are not salvageable. They're dead weight. They need to be exterminated.
>>538138248Why can't he just accept that new vegas was way better than fallout 3?
>>538135867Im sure glad the governments are subsidizing AI to take away all jobs.
>>538136354This would be more accurate and explanative if instead of bald guys the devs were trannies
>>538143493Microsoft has therefore decided to remove the latest Call of Duty title from the Xbox Game Pass launch line-up, as it was effectively costing the company money.The vast majority of Call of Duty Xbox Game Pass players leave after a month, ceasing to make any in-game purchases.
>>538137219They probably also rushed development because of skyblivion
>>538138541Their new steampunk game also looks like nigger dyke shit with reddit writing masquerading as fallout new vegas, literally the same as The Outer Worlds.
>>538143895>Why can't he just accept that new vegas was way better than fallout 3?Todd is an extremely narcissistic individual who refuses to admit that he is hopelessly out of touch.When PC gamers complained that Starfield’s graphics were outdated, yet the performance requirements were exorbitant and the optimisation was appalling,Todd replied, ‘You may need to upgrade your PC for this game.’He simply refuses to admit he was wrong.https://x.com/i/status/1987233887253098797
>>538136774>The plebs are desperate for their escapismWhat they need and want is not escapism, but a good surrogate for the power process according to real world pressure points and chud morality.Take for example Citizen Vigilante.Games will start selling again when AAA will start producing a factorio-style holocaust simulator, ethnic balkanization fantasy rpgs, and adventures culminating into the physical dethronement of women.
>>538144115>steampunkIt’s actually clockwork punk.The combination of time travel and the clockwork punk art style looks really cool.But I’ll wait until the game is actually released before I judge it.
>>538137346No free speech so you cannot talk shit in multiplayer which is at least half the fun. No optimization. Last big game I heard actually bother to optimize their shit was Warframe and that game is over 10 years old. No bug testing during development, in fact the BUYER pays THEM top dollar to bug test their shit for free as games always release in Beta IF your lucky. Took ESG bucks and fired everyone who knew how to make good games to replace them with blatant propagandists who don't know what fun is and deeply hate their audience. Consoles and PCs costs prices are also skyrocketing so GG for finding any new gamers because nobody cannot afford it. Meanwhile your old gamers are hunkering down for a long winter of no upgrading or good new releases and playing their fatass game libraries they are finally getting around playing. Over half of gamers don't even play new games. They just play old shit which is going to be compounded because most of them cannot even afford to play new games at all.No shit the crash is happening. New games are shit and unplayable literally because who can afford to buy new consoles and PCs just to play trash? That isn't even getting into how shitty new games for over a decade. Gamers are finally crashing out from over a decade of abuse and gigantic price hike. So they'll keep playing games...just old ones or indie titles that won't murder their wallet or computer that plays well.
>>538135867Shes an actual attractive jeet, id fuck the shit out of her
>>538135867>The economic crisis caused the gaming industry to be the first to collapseIt's been in decline, along with software since 2011. Everything is buggy, bloated, paywalled and full of spyware.
>>538138248He'll do everything in possible to sabotage it. Of course nobody is even left who can even make a proper new vegas 2. Todd was already creaming himself with how the TV show destroyed all the canon and lore.>>538138353They first blame gamers when that doesn't work, they blame how expensive games are to make until backed into corner thanks to Indies cockslapping them in the face with tiny ass budgets then they'll point the finger at AI in a last ditch effort blaming the fact that its too expensive a hobby to get into. While desperately praying that nobody notices gamers are just playing old or indie games instead.
>>538136354I really wanted to like Senua's saga but it was just too much of a walking simulation for women. And women that play games hate that shit once they realize what they can actually do in something like Skyrim.
Figured out they're going to nuke Manhattan in the fourth of July. Nuclear warhead was placed by a team of 7 men under Manhattan. It's all here BOARD IS LIVE. GLOWIES AND JEWS ALLOVER IT LOSING THEIR SHIT GET THE WORD OUT!!!>>538120980
>>538135867>the entire “Western” gaming industry believed the market would grow indefinitely (because of COVID lockdowns)they truly believed that Americans were content to stay home and play AAA garbage instead of starting another rebellion
How do you make anything?Aaron Carr and Mark Zuckerberg started the idea of creating a website called Facebook in a old tobacco barn in Davidsonvlle Md before Zuckerberg ever went to Harvard.I am thinking about making a movie one battle after another. Fuck what do I have to do live under a rock and write everything in poop on the wall not to be spied on.
>>538145221>Todd was already creaming himself with how the TV show destroyed all the canon and lore.In order to destroy the New California Republic,he blew up the entire city with a nuclear bomb.Todd was very jealous.
>>538145312>SenuaI’ve played the first one; I didn’t like the game, but I can see they were trying to do something a bit different.But bringing out a third instalment of a game featuring ugly women is a bit much.Who the fuck would buy this?
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>>538145526>Mark Zuckerberg started the idea of creating a website called Facebook in a old tobacco barn in Davidsonvlle Md before Zuckerberg ever went to HarvardI thought he stole the idea from those nepo-twin faggots he had to pay that huge settlement to. You know, the ones he met at harvard,
