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[purexbox.com] Xbox's Push Towards 'Microsoft Gaming' Looks More Drastic Than We First Thought Edit purexbox.com editorial Ravenprose
[eurogamer.net] Xbox shuts slew of Bethesda studios Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog, Tango Gameworks closed. Edit eurogamer.net news SupremeAC
[pushsquare.com] There's a 'Real Hunger' for AI to Make Game Dev More Efficient Says EA Boss Edit pushsquare.com news Ravenprose
It’s Time To Stop Giving Xbox Boss Phil Spencer A Pass "It’s time to acknowledge that Xbox boss Phil Spencer is making bad decisions." Edit kotaku.com.au editorial aspro
[videogameschronicle.com] Phil Spencer ‘hurting as much as anyone’ over closures Except for the part where he still has a job, and they don't. Edit videogameschronicle.com news aspro
[museumofplay.org] World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Revealed for 2024 Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity, and Ultima Edit museumofplay.org news robio
[eurogamer.net] What is the point of Xbox? The platform holder has repeated the same terrible mistakes for over a decade. The reason is simple: its priorities are back-to-front. Edit eurogamer.net editorial SupremeAC
[nintendolife.com] Nintendo Switch Ending Support For Twitter Next month Miiverse to return? Edit nintendolife.com news Ravenprose
[videogameschronicle.com] Perfect Dark reboot is in ‘a very rough state’ “It doesn’t sound like it’s really come together in any way.” Edit videogameschronicle.com news aspro
Sonic Rumble is a battle royale coming to mobile It is a Fall Guys rip-off. Edit thesixthaxis.com news aspro
[nintendolife.com] Furakawa: Nintendo Will Continue To Support Physical Media "This policy will remain unchanged going forward" Edit nintendolife.com news Ravenprose
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Tue, 07 May 2024 16:20:49

Xbox shuts slew of Bethesda studios

Holy shit.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 16:28:34
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Xbox shuts slew of Bethesda studios

Holy shit.

Depressing news.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 17:16:53

I'm most surprised about Tango Gameworks.  I guess the figured there was little point in keeping the joint open without Shinji Mikami.  Then again, in a recent interview he stated he didn't have that much freedom, so maybe he wasn't instrumental to the studio anyway.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 17:47:45

Kind of bummed about Tango Gameworks as I did very much enjoy their games. Shinji Makami had left though so not sure how things would have fared though regardless.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:01:07

Furakawa just said "Switch Next model is the appropriate way to describe it"

When asked if the next gen console was a brand new console or something else.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:08:01
That is a shame about Tango. I wonder if we'll ever see the continuation of the Evil Within saga now.

That's also a reminder that one of these days I'll have to play ghostwire Tokyo. Assuming I have a console to play it on.
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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:11:13
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Furakawa just said "Switch Next model is the appropriate way to describe it"

When asked if the next gen console was a brand new console or something else.

The Switch Pro returns!  

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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:15:33
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The Switch Pro returns!  

I'd love if the official name was Switch Next Model.

Hey, I just learned the PS4 doesn't play PS3 games sad

Can you buy ps3 digital games that will work on ps4?

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Tue, 07 May 2024 20:43:47
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I'd love if the official name was Switch Next Model.

Hey, I just learned the PS4 doesn't play PS3 games sad

Can you buy ps3 digital games that will work on ps4?

Only the ones that have been remastered for PS4/PS5.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 21:14:22

Meh

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Tue, 07 May 2024 21:27:58
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I think the only reason PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4 is because Xbox Series did it first.

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Tue, 07 May 2024 21:32:22
It might have changed with the PS5, but as far as the PS4 goes you could only stream PS3 games through PlayStation Plus. And honestly, they never streamed well.
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Wed, 08 May 2024 01:18:12

I forgot about their streaming service. It was terrible on PS4; never bothered to try it on PS5.

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Wed, 08 May 2024 08:59:51
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It might have changed with the PS5, but as far as the PS4 goes you could only stream PS3 games through PlayStation Plus. And honestly, they never streamed well.

Yeah. Sony should have been held in detention and made to make the PS3 library work on the PS4. It is so shoddy that the best they could come up with was... uh we have a server farm of PS3's you can stream from.... No fuck you. You made the PS3 the technical abomination it was, now FIX IT.

I love the PS3's library, it really is one of my most favorite generations, which is why I'd like to see better PS3 support.  

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Wed, 08 May 2024 12:32:54
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I think Sony has also discovered that there might be more money to be made from remasters and compilations rather than trying to fix the architecture so that those games play natively. So I'm afraid most of our original PS3 games are going to be locked to our PS3 forever.
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"Ex-Blizzard boss says Phil Spencer will be ‘hurting as much as anyone else’ over Xbox studio closures"

LOL I'm sure he's losing sleep over it.

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Wed, 08 May 2024 19:05:40
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"Ex-Blizzard boss says Phil Spencer will be ‘hurting as much as anyone else’ over Xbox studio closures"

LOL I'm sure he's losing sleep over it.

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Wed, 08 May 2024 21:22:01

Man. RIP, Steve Albini.

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Thu, 09 May 2024 08:08:49
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I think Sony has also discovered that there might be more money to be made from remasters and compilations rather than trying to fix the architecture so that those games play natively. So I'm afraid most of our original PS3 games are going to be locked to our PS3 forever.

I better buy another PS3!

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Thu, 09 May 2024 08:19:53
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EDITORIAL:

So given how much video game content makes up a disproportionate amount of the internet do you think our hobby "suffers" from the ridiculous amount of attention is paid to every single fine detail of what goes on in the industry?

I reflected on this when I was thinking, "Jesus, MS is really fucking it all up again, and they have for a long time" when I caught myself and went, "Hey Phil, why the fuck do you care about what Phil Spenc.... Hang on, why the FUCK do you even know the name of the man who runs the division of MS that handles Xbox?  I thought you go into this because you like games?"

It's all a bit:

I picture this happening, as I often correlate, in the model trains industry.  Imagine some model train enthusiasts knowing the name of the chief engineer in charge of minuture foliage being nailed on the internet for a choice of deciduous tree that doesn't exist in North America being sold with a AMTRAK trainset. It looks like he just took the same tree from the British Rail set and used it again for the north american release! And they used the same puddles from the Swedish Rail Kit!!! This guy is making too many mistakes lately.

Says the guy who has been on a gaming podcast for 11 years and absolutely loves following the gaming news.

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