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The Verge: "Source suggest Xbox could close a Studio on June 30 after the layoffs"
SEGAvangelist
Member
People saying Rare must not be aware of their successful live service game. It's gotta be DoubleFine or Compulsion. Hopefully Compulsion.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
It can't be Double Fine. (if they care about optics, legacy or "the return of XBOX)
Durin
Gold Member
Yeah, post-360 era I haven't really care about any of their games barring it was nice to see Psychonauts back...which is really the best thing they've ever made.
Too many of their quirky games never have enough meat to the gameplay, and focus way too much on presentation.
Hari Seldon
Member
Obsidian is likely safe as they actually release games, even if they don't do too hot. Rare and Double Fine though are probably not long for this world.
dead monkey uk
Member
Blade cancelled and the studio shut down would be my guess.
Compulsion and Rare could be in trouble too.
Compulsion and Rare could be in trouble too.
Plague Doctor
Member
Well, Double Fine is safe with that viral money making hit of
<checks notes>
Pottery GaaS Brawler
<checks notes>
Pottery GaaS Brawler
llLeonhart
Member
I would expect Obsidian, Double Fine and Ninja Theory to be on the chopping block.
BigBeauford
Member
Is there a studio from XBOX that shouldn't be considered to close?
Hari Seldon
Member
Probably Blizzard and King as they are both successful live service entities.
diffusionx
Gold Member
1. Double Fine - makes games nobody cares about
2. Arkane - likely years away and hundreds of millions of dollars from delivering blade
3. Compulsion - just shipped a game nobody cared about, shut them down before they get too deep in the next
that's my guess in order of likelihood
2. Arkane - likely years away and hundreds of millions of dollars from delivering blade
3. Compulsion - just shipped a game nobody cared about, shut them down before they get too deep in the next
that's my guess in order of likelihood
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Knucklepux
Member
I for one don't give a shit
The tardation is strong
aw yes…. I'm sure they made the decision to lay off people because of one fucking game being exclusive
The tardation is strong
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Knucklepux
Member
Why? You a big fan of Keeper or Kiln lol
kaizenkko
My predictions age like milk
Worse than knowing you're going to be fired is having to wait for days wondering whether you'll still have a job by the end of the month.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Why the fuck would ninja theory be? Did you watch the Xbox show?
diffusionx
Gold Member
we used to be a country
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Better times.
The world went down the toilet after Robin Williams died.
You can trace it all back to that specific moment when it all began to unravel.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Double Fine is in trouble. No way they can survive 2 flops in a row.
Zamana
Member
MS is not touching any Activision-Blizzard studio. The only reason Xbox is alive is literally because of the Activision-Blizzard purchase.
Double Fine will never be shut down because it's a PR headache as the whole "game journalist" cartel will push hard against this.
This is obviously just a guess but I think it's Compulsion or Turn 10 and cuts across all studios.
Double Fine will never be shut down because it's a PR headache as the whole "game journalist" cartel will push hard against this.
This is obviously just a guess but I think it's Compulsion or Turn 10 and cuts across all studios.
Giallo Corsa
Gold Member
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
It's more than 2 in a row. Try their entire career in a row.
Double Fine is in trouble. No way they can survive 2 flops in a row.
diffusionx
Gold Member
turn 10 is a good guess. clearly horizon is the main franchise and fartza motorsport was a total bomba
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Bro they literally showed a trailer for Senua a few days ago. They are safe.
https://www.metacritic.com/company/ninja-theory/
Elginer
Member
You think they just unionized for shits and giggles, they knew their days of spending money making weird shit were close at hand.Double Fine after pottery game
Varteras
Member
Double Fine is in trouble. No way they can survive 2 flops in a row.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but big companies need to stop subsidizing these smaller budget developers who don't produce. Too many Indie or Indie-esque developers who are putting out bangers to make excuses like, "It's for diverse content". It's already been proven that doesn't have to be synonymous with "commercial failure".
Arkane would have been my guess too but they posted a "let us cook" tweet suggesting Blade isn't cancelled. Maybe they meant they're cooked.
March Climber
Member
If anyone is shut down in the future, they might shut down Sledgehammer Games and have some of them absorbed into Infinity Ward and Treyarch.
Sledgehammer, as much as I hate to admit it because I like CoD WW2, is a redundant studio who has done more assist-jobs for CoD than solo ones, and their solo works have had a spotty reception, which is not good enough for the millions spent and that also slowly decays the CoD brand itself.
Sledgehammer, as much as I hate to admit it because I like CoD WW2, is a redundant studio who has done more assist-jobs for CoD than solo ones, and their solo works have had a spotty reception, which is not good enough for the millions spent and that also slowly decays the CoD brand itself.
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
5 million copies of their $50 cut from Sony is $250,000,000. That would pay 500 employees $100,000 per year for 5 years or 1000 employees $100,000 per year for 2.5 years.
Please don't simp for billion dollar corporations. It's cringe.
Sebastian1295
Member
Rare are an embarrassment. The day Microsoft bought them was one of the worst days in gaming history. They were one of the best devs in the industry and now they're a disgusting mess that should change there name and rebrand instead of tarnishing there legacy even more than they already have.
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StreetsofBeige
Member
Logically DF should be dead in the water.
But somehow they'll survive. Just watch.
But somehow they'll survive. Just watch.
SEGAvangelist
Member
You're stuck in a time long long ago. Sea of Thieves is good and successful. Sorry it isn't what you wanted.
Sebastian1295
Member
Sea of thieves isn't even close to anything rare put out at their peak. It's garbage compared to anything they made in the snes and n64 days is my overall point.
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deleting double fine wouldnt do anything to dig Xbox out of the hole it's in.
For that studio? Yeah it would probably come down to that.
They decided to make Keeper and Kiln exclusive too. It certainly would have helped Double Fine to have more sales. Same with any studios really. If you're making a game for some low installbase already it would probably help a fair bit. Certainly doesn't guarantee it though.
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SEGAvangelist
Member
Old Rare sucked. That's my hot take.
This is why I feel exclusives can be horrible if studios end up shutting down over having games released on one platform. Bluepoint studios might have been saved had they launched demon souls remake on other platforms.