Mnementh said:
Yes, come to the dark side... we will embrace you! Anyways, no reason to be so serious. While these news are disappointing it isn't good to be so strongly attached to any company or platform or ecosystem. I started playing in the 90s on DOS, and the transition to Windows let me slowly fall off, until Wii and DS pulled me back into gaming. Things change all the time, just change yourself with times. I lived in times when PC gaming was the king, then in times it was declared dead, and now it looks like PC gaming is king again. Change is the only constant. |
I am in the same boat. I started playing during the 90s as well and my first console was a Commadore 64 so that should age me. My first PC was the first PC from IBM which mind you was also the same plant that my mom and dad worked at in Boca Raton FL. My years of gaming has led me to never really get invested with these corporations as they will always operate towards their best interest.
The thing is, a lot of people are making assumptions that Tango is being closed because Hi Fi Rush was not successful, but I actually highly doubt that is the reason. I believe the studio is being closed because it does not have any strong leadership. Once Mikami left, is it the same studio without the person who built it. If anything, all Tango was is a division of Bethesda. So once Mikami left who is to say that he did not take with him key personnel that could lead the company. If those people are not there then it would really not be in the best interest to keep the company but just absorb the developers into the parent company. The rest of the closures pretty much make sense. I personally have not been all that impressed with the output nor quality of work coming out of Bethesda lately and I believe they need a shake up but that's just my opinion.
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