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Xbox is closing Ninja Theory, and Double Fine and Compulsion may not be far behind (www.techspot.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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Sources have told The Verge that Ninja Theory staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, leaving the team looking for a buyer so...

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[–] 31 points 4 months ago (1 child)

So stupid.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago

    Maybe you can't see it, but buying more nonexistent RAM for nonexistent data centers to satisfy nonexistent customers by solving nonexistent problems with nonexistent LLMs is a much better way to spend your money. It's what everyone does so it must be smart! /s

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    • [–] 22 points 4 months ago

    Another win for the Xbox strategy playbook:

    1. Buy a lot of studios
    2. Close them
    3. …
    4. Profit Loss
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    [–] 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Gee, I have no idea why the Xbox brand is doing so poorly and may even be spun off itself. They absorb then shut down thriving studio after studio, leaving nothing behind but fired workers and abandoned projects. It's like a compulsion for them, does the Xbox division even talk to anyone else at Microsoft!?

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

    https://nogamesforgenocide.com/

    Microsoft provides the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip.

    If you needed another reason to avoid Xbox, they’re one of the biggest supporters of the US regime.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Support for the BDS movement has kept my Xbox powered off, gamepass expired and prevented me from playing Doom Dark Ages, Avowed and a few other games the last couple years.

    Our wallet is the only voting tool we have left. Use it. Fuck these corpos.

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

    Sure, just close up any studio that actually was able to release worthwhile games under the MS umbrella in the last few years. That will help the Xbox brand. lmao.

    As much as i hate MS they still had some brownie points left in my book because they financed Psychonauts 2, that Lighthouse game, the two Sensuas, etc. But without that what can they even deliver? Yet another shitty Halo which cant improve on anything compared to 15 year old prior titles? Forza Sloprizen? Bethesda remastering/remaking/re-releasing a past TES game? The most mediocre output obsidian ever had over a long stretch of time? The output of the Activisions COD mines which somehow got even worse under MS? yaaaaawn

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    The goal of nearly any company in 2026 is to become a passive immovable gate-keeper between a subscription service and a captive customer base.

    So I assume they think that Game Pass (the service) is the product rather than the games it supplies, and they can more efficiently extract rent if someone else provides the content.

    That's just the sort of thinking an MBA would settle on, even if any gamer knows it's idiotic. But nobody has accused these people of being smart.

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    • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Bastards had better not touch Double Fine

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Double fine? So no more Stacking 2 and Psychonauts 3? Dangit!

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Double Fine as well???? What the hell...??? Do they want to be hated or what is the reasoning?!

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Wut. I thought they just announced a new game (Senua) that's not even out yet?

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    [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Playtime is over. The time for feeding the beast is now.

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    Isn't this the kidna shit people said would happen before Xbox went and spent billions acquiring studios?

    It's supposed to be part of a big reset by the new CEO but they're literally doing the same shit every other CEO has ever done when they take over. Whether it works or not remains to be seen, but losing double fine and Nina theory in the process fucking sucks major ass and makes me think this is a doomed pivot.

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