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Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 months ago (2 children)

All that talk about how Xbox is investing in the Japanese market and then they close the one prominent Japanese studio that they own. The same one that, as the article points out, made Hi-Fi Rush which was "a break out hit". What the hell, Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

It's not about making good games. It's about acquiring assets then liquidating them, marking them as a loss.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft have been doing this for decaces, they're low key known for aquiring good IPs and then just shuttering them forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Maybe they hired Google execs.