Way I see it is that Greg can and should be asking these questions to Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, etc. These are the ones equipped to answer such questions, who should be held responsible and ultimately decide the fate of these studios and have the answers even if they bullshit us. There's nothing a Studio Head of a studio can do or say about closures which really offers anything of any substance.

He is on the show to excitedly promote his videogame that he has spent years creating, only to be reminded that he could lose his job and all his friends around him could lose his job, it almost feels like rubbing it in his face, it's not fair to him. Of course he is likely worried about Ninja Theory but we don't need to shove it in his face to remind him, let the man just enjoy his time promoting something he's proud of creating.

Your response is "fine" but ultimately it's a nothing answer to the question because what could he possibly even say? Lol. There's no real good or satisfying way to answer the question and Greg should have known that and all it does is cause unnecessary discomfort to the person being interviewed who has no responsibility over the closures or any real information that he could even divulge.

Yes, I thought of that.

A lot of my games won't be available, but it's better than nothing.

Even so, the comfort of the sofa and the console are currently preventing me from taking the plunge, but I think it's going to become inevitable.

What a waste.

For someone who's correctly called out DEI corpo shit before, I'm surprised you're using that strawman.  Also, Ubisoft are the ones who've previously voiced their passion for fusing historical accuracy & fantasy.  Haven't AC Origins, Odyssey, & Valhalla included interactive walking tours that double as World History 101 courses?

In that context, it's odd that a random retainer gets the starring role just on account of his race versus other actual Samurai legends of that era.  EDIT: This kinda feels like the Fable protag discussion all over again, as though it's discouraged to question why she looked kinda gross compared to the insanely hot actress.  

Yes, I thought of that.

A lot of my games won't be available, but it's better than nothing.

Even so, the comfort of the sofa and the console are currently preventing me from taking the plunge, but I think it's going to become inevitable.

What a waste.

I'm simply pointing out that right now there's a critically acclaimed, loved by the public and critics, TV Show featuring a white protagonist in feudal Japan who is loosely based on William Adams who became a samurai. Yasuke in Assassin's Creed is based on a real life person too called Yasuke, whether he was or wasn't a samurai is debatable but Assassin's Creed every single time has made changes to historical figures.

Nioh is loosely based on William Adams too.

Your response to Versus to me came across as you trying to bait him into looking hypocritical.

MS and Valve have put that into consideration. Valve has for a long time actually had a"Big Picture Mode" but it was kinda trash for years, but then when the Steam Deck came out, they took the UI from that system and completely replaced Big Picture Mode with the Steam Deck UI. So it's a very couch friendly experience if you want to hook up your PC to your TV. 

MS has also recently been taking this into consideration, also because of Windows-based handheld PCs lol (handheld PC gaming is really a revolution these days) so they've added a "Compact Mode" to the Xbox App. It's just the flick of a button in the menu and you'll then be able to run both Steam and the Xbox App from the comfort of your couch. 

Not baiting. Just wanted to find out where he stands on the subject. 

My stand is that I thought it was awesome that the main protagonist of Assassins Creed Valhalla was Norwegian. As I am Norwegian myself. 

Now Im not a huge Assassins Creed fan, but every protagonist of the franchise has been a native from the country that is being portrayed, right? Why couldnt the protagonist of a game set in Japan be Japanese?

Except this isn't DEI corpo shit, for Christ sake, every time you see a black man it doesn't automatically mean it's DEI, Japanese people themselves use Yasuke, Japanese author Yoshio Kurusu made a children's book about him, Takashi Okazaki's Afro Samurai is inspired by Yasuke, Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 5 has Yasuke as a samurai, Nagoriyuki the samurai in Guilty Gear Strive is based on Yasuke!

Yasuke appears in the Japanese game Ni-Oh which is led by a frigging Irishman and nobody complained about that!

Leonidas I of Sparta wasn't a direct descendant of the Isu, Leonardo Da Vinci didn't chill with assassins, help create the hidden blade between all his other inventions and help an Assassin Guild, Pope Alexander VI wasn't a member of the Templar Order and fought in a crypt with a literal magical weapon. Leonidas didn't father both a boy and girl who went on to find Atlantis.

The Templar Order and Assassin Brotherhood doesn't exist ever. Adam and Eve! The Isu!

Where was the uproar when AC changed the historical accuracy of dozens of political figures since Assassin's Creed 1?

Rightfully you point out that Assassin's Creed mixes historical accuracy with fantasy. Yes, AC has had interactive walking tours that double as World History 101 courses, surely you see the difference between telling the history of some frigging buildings and the actual lore of the videogame itself? Take a history class and try to get through it by using only AC's lore itself and see how far you get.

"Yes, Queen Victoria worked with the Assassin Order to eliminate the Templar threat in 19th century London"

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Thanks for the info !

You're better at marketing than Microsoft :P