This whole thing really doesn't make sense to me. It just seems like they just wanted to do it.
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The strangest thing:
Of the few studios they own Ensemble Studios were their most important PC developer (along with ACES Games Studio/Flight Simulator). Ensemble had an excellent reputation even among PC gamers who are not the biggest MS fans. What's the reasoning behind killing their best PC developer and one of the best RTS studios in the world? No more "Games for Windows" from the Windows creator in the future except for Flight Simulator and 360 ports?
So does MS have any first-party dev studios left except Mistwalker, or all they all just under the MS brand? I guess you have the one doing Ninja Blade too, but I can't think of any others.
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| akuma587 said: So does MS have any first-party dev studios left except Mistwalker, or all they all just under the MS brand? I guess you have the one doing Ninja Blade too, but I can't think of any others. |
Mistwalker is second party at best, and really I'd say they're third party. From Software is doing Ninja Blade, and they're also third party.
I guess they have Lionhead, Rare, and Turn 10.
Looks like M$ gobbled up Ensemble.
badgenome said:
Mistwalker is second party at best, and really I'd say they're third party. From Software is doing Ninja Blade, and they're also third party. I guess they have Lionhead, Rare, and Turn 10 |
In-house studios
badgenome said:
"Though Microsoft will close the studio, Ensemble brass plan to soldier on. As part of today's statement, the studio said that 'the leadership team' will form a new development house, and has already entered into an agreement with Microsoft to continue supporting Halo Wars post-launch, 'as well as work on other projects with Microsoft Game Studios.'"
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You're asking people to actually read past the first paragraph? How rude of you! Seriously though... I think this clears way for any future RTS sequals that people feared would not be comming and perhaps making them a better developer...
I just don't get this move the studio makes great games and makes good money on their games, shouldn't be a fiscal reason to close them at all...but oh well maybe there is a bigger picture and long-term plan they have not disclosed yet.
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I think M$ is ensuring that another Bungie doesn't happen. if you have a corpaorate structure, and you have corporate entities within the corporate entity, this create a climate of us vs. them to extreme. Bungie and M$ parted ways on pleasant terms as far as we know, but M$ couldn't have been happy. I think when you look at the success of nintendo's 1st party software library, M$ feels warm and fuzzy about the prospects of turn M$ Game Studios into something more than a clearing house for finished products. I actually expect to see M$ Game Studios ramping up on exclusive titles in the coming year, leading into the next console...really smart move, imho.
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| heruamon said: I think M$ is ensuring that another Bungie doesn't happen. if you have a corpaorate structure, and you have corporate entities within the corporate entity, this create a climate of us vs. them to extreme. Bungie and M$ parted ways on pleasant terms as far as we know, but M$ couldn't have been happy. I think when you look at the success of nintendo's 1st party software library, M$ feels warm and fuzzy about the prospects of turn M$ Game Studios into something more than a clearing house for finished products. I actually expect to see M$ Game Studios ramping up on exclusive titles in the coming year, leading into the next console...really smart move, imho. |
Yep, that is exactly what is happening. They are wanting devs to be thought of as being a part of M$, not as a studio that they own.
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