| barneystinson69 said: http://n4g.com/news/1874086/8-studios-removed-from-microsoftstudios-com-today
7 of these studio's produced kinect games, which haven't done anything in years. Don't see why people are calling it the end of xbox. Yes, I feel sad for the people who work for them, but this is chopping fat. Doesn't make me any happier, but I hope that we can see more games from the result of this.
Edit: Did a bit more research, turns out they're shifting them to other parts of the company (at least some of them anyway). So they're being repurposed. |
I agree with the chopping the fat analogy, it's true. These studios were Kinect-Focused studios, and they should have been shut down. There are staff being moved to other parts of the company, and I think, just as an aside, Microsoft has a new studio or two on the rise as well, or they would have never shut down these teams. The other thought that I had is this: When these studio shut downs happen, and teams disassemble, what usually happens? The teams break off and make NEW studios! I'm pretty confident that we will hear of the cast offs opening up new shops in the next few months, it's inevitable. So while Microsoft may have lost current studios, it could be just an effort at re-branding and giving these guys and gals a real shake at first-party game creation. Spencer is too smart a guy to just shut them down, and I think they may have been shut down to rise as other names, as their current studios probably had negative public perception - even Lionhead.
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