Ryuu96 said:
Both Spencer and Booty are also very clear that if video games are going to expand their audience into new demographics and territories, they will need to tell new stories – and that will require new types of studios, in new places. Does this mean Microsoft might purchase a studio in India, Africa or South America? “It would actually surprise me if that doesn’t happen,” says Spencer. “Just knowing the talent that’s available, and the tools [such as game engines Unity and Unreal] that are so much more accessible … I would be surprised if in the next three to five years, you don’t see numerous studios in places that aren’t the traditional hubs of video game development.” Booty agrees. “There should be a several-hundred-person studio [in one of these territories],” he says. “And not for outsourcing or support, but a team building whatever the version of the best blockbuster game may be for that market. That is very much the vision.” ___ That would be awesome to see, Xbox investing into markets they traditionally haven't and the added diversity will be a good thing which will result in more unique ideas and a variety of content, which will also help diversify Xbox's audience. Even better is Booty's comment, a several-hundred-person studio which isn't just an outsourcing/support studio (as often is the case in the gaming industry). |
Time to turn the lights off and pretend nobody's home.
Ryuu96 said:
shikamaru317 said:
Honestly, at this point, the CCP doing something like that wouldn't surprise me. I straight up saw a video earlier today where China said they would start a full-scale War with Japan if Japan intervenes militarily to protect Taiwan from Chinese invasion, starting with nuclear bombs. The video says, and I quote: "Japan is the only country in the world that has been hit by atomic bombs, and has a deep memory of the atomic bombs from the government down to the people....It is exactly because Japan has such a unique feeling, that nuclear deterrence against Japan will get twice the result with half the effort." This video was hosted on the Chinese Military tv channel, which is roughly equivalent to the Discovery owned Military Channel cable tv station that we once had here in the US, which was renamed to the American Heroes Channel in 2014. I honestly would not be ok with Tencent acquiring Crytek, so hopefully this doesn't happen. Would much rather see MS acquire them and revive Ryse and Crysis. |
Pigeon puffing its chest, they're all talk. If China nukes Japan then they'd be nuked right back by other countries, it simply won't happen. Japan isn't exactly a weak country that they can push around either, heck, they can barely get Taiwan thanks to it being surrounded with anti-air missiles and the international support they have. |
Err, these guys have enough to nuke the island, the US and Europe. They are not Russia, who can destroy the Earth several times over, but I don't think nuclear threats are sand castles. I am well aware of how this stuff works and nuclear states are hardly something to take lightly.
OTOH, China already clarified this was a PR move and that is not that strange. Several countries use nukes as a bargaining chip... and Japan won't throw themselves down a building for Taiwan, of all countries.
When someone runs Windows on it, I may buy.
This Thursday isn't what I hoped it would naturally be for me.