alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoDev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down11
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minus-squareQueenHawlSera@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 hours agoWhy did Microsoft buy all these studios if the plan was to never actually have them make anything? I’ve been asking that since they bought Rare and proceeded to do nothing with them.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoBecause it’s run by fucking idiots with MBAs who have no connection whatsoever to the company’s profits and losses.
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoIf you buy up all your potential competition, you have no competition.
minus-squareQueenHawlSera@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI miss when Phil Spencer was talking about reviving Heroes of the Storm and Skylanders, he was never gonna do it, but I liked the hopium.
Why did Microsoft buy all these studios if the plan was to never actually have them make anything?
I’ve been asking that since they bought Rare and proceeded to do nothing with them.
Because it’s run by fucking idiots with MBAs who have no connection whatsoever to the company’s profits and losses.
If you buy up all your potential competition, you have no competition.
I miss when Phil Spencer was talking about reviving Heroes of the Storm and Skylanders, he was never gonna do it, but I liked the hopium.