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'We Need to Change Course' — Bethesda Boss Tells Staff the Company Must Focus on 'Our Strongest Franchises' as Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard (www.ign.com)
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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The Bethesda-id software-ZeniMax shit is so confusing, especially since Microsoft acquired Zenimax, and by extension Bethesda and id, in 2021.

They are "technically" separate but Bethesda is still the primary publisher of id software's games, and thus they do fall under their umbrella.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Asha Sharma had this statement, in amongst the rest of it. As per Ars Technica:

    Some decisions in the gaming division currently pass through “14 layers” of decision-makers, Sharma said, before promising that the new Xbox will be a “flatter organization” with “no more than 5, and where possible, 3” layers of management involved in any decision.

    You'd have to think that it's this shit that she's pointing at. Massively excessive management certainly helps with all the design-by-committee cookie-cutter crap that's filled with monetisation. Alas, they've just got rid of the really interesting studios that I'd like to see spread their wings a little.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yea, bit of a double edged sword and doubly so with who is swinging it.

    Glad they see it's a problem of structure that's getting in the way of creation but their methods of trimming the excess has sadly closed a lot of my favorite studios.

    I will never get a Prey 2 no matter what iteration it seems.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It's similar to Google and Alphabet, the "child" company created the "parent".

    Bethesda created ZeniMax, ZeniMax own Bethesda (And ID, and Arkane), and then Microsoft bought ZeniMax and all the child companies.

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