| Otter said: The question should be how did their output become so bad that they needed to buy the likes of Activision & Bethesda to make themselves look worthwhile to stakeholders. Gamepass is not the culprit, It's the consequence. |
Yeah, this is my feeling exactly. People like to complain about Gamepass, but in reality it is possibly the least rotten thing at Xbox. I really like the output of Obsidian, but again this is an acquisition. And I am not sure if Obsidian (and inXile and DoubleFine, which IMHO are the best Xbox studios) can keep their creatives secure enough to focus on creativity, if MS shows more and more that at any point they could lose their jobs. That may impact the output of these studios in the future, even if they so far mostly exempt of the layoff rounds.
Last edited by Mnementh - on 09 July 2025
