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Microsoft "ramping down" games development
ebeast says,
The article claims that MS and Sony are both going to ramp down on first party development and skew more toward third party.
I am a little suspicious because I never fully trust a news source that seems to have its punctuation wrong (and of course I will ironically have a typo in my own rag), but this is in line with the confirmed news that Ensemble Studios is set to close shop.
Article excerpt from gamesindustry.biz —
"Alex St John, CEO of WildTangent, has said that Sony and Microsoft will continue to close internal studios as both companies strive to become profitable.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, St John commented that Microsoft was "ramping down" it's investment in the Xbox 360 and was entering a "recovery phase". He said that console makers...
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Posted 3 years ago
Sounds like it's basically just Alex St. John's speculation, paired with the recent announcement about Ensemble. While MS and Sony have both waxed poetic about how exclusives aren't important, I think it's still a load of BS, and both companies know that exclusives are still vitally important.
The problem is that they're also incredibly expensive, which is why I think you're seeing less emphasis on them from a business side. So, strangely, it seems like the Wii wins this round, as any game that uses the controller competently is exclusive by default.
The problem is that they're also incredibly expensive, which is why I think you're seeing less emphasis on them from a business side. So, strangely, it seems like the Wii wins this round, as any game that uses the controller competently is exclusive by default.
Posted 3 years ago
Sad. I got a power down. I wish I knew why. I will optimistically hope that the power down was for the news content, not for me. 
Posted 3 years ago
Maybe it was the author of the article, complaining about the comment on the punctuation!
Posted 3 years ago
I dunno, the power down feature is a little confusing. Are people powering down the post for content, or the poster for choosing the article/their spin on it?
Posted 3 years ago
Yeah, I think it is confusing. We are planning on making it more clear soon, as in it is a planned task for a future release.
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