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Mist said:

I find this crazy because Hi Fi Rush was a big Game Pass title, wasn't it? Doesn't Microsoft need studios like this to create value for Game Pass? Unless they plan on getting rid of Game Pass.

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As explained to me by someone who's successful studio was bought and closed by Microsoft:
The Microsoft managers have a certain promotion cadence, and if you're not launching your next product within that window, the cost of your studio is basically just an anchor around their neck, no matter how much money you'll make in the long run. The initial acquisition team likely needs you to make your money back for their reputation of course, but the more promotion cycles that have passed since your acquisition, the easier it is for someone to decide that their career is going to go better if they get you off of their balance sheet.

Mist said:

Good career. #1 choice I'd say for anyone who doesn't want to go to college. The AI overlords will keep the HVAC techs around for servants long after they liquidate everyone else.

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Any of the classic trades, really. Plumbers and electricians can basically name their price these days.

Mist said:

yes but AI doesn't poop

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HVAC techs do.

Gavinmad said:

HVAC techs do.

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Harshaw said:

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Guess I'm gonna have to sell my 4090 and upgrade. In 2027 when these are available at msrp.

Palum said:

Guess I'm gonna have to sell my 4090 house and upgrade. In 2027 when these are available at msrp.

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ftfy.

Harshaw said:

ftfy.

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nah I think it'll start at... 1899. 4090 was what 1599 on the cheapest models?

$1,599 was the FE and one of each manufacturers’s line up (that they barely produced). Most cards were $1,700 and up.

I need a separate computer for my sim race rig so I’ll be cons00ming whatever comes out that matches or beats my 4090 that I intend to move over.

spronk said:

industry death day


pretty big studios and no real shock about redfall but everyone loved Hi Fi Rush but I guess it didn't really do numbers. I suspect a lot of studios will be shut this year as other pubs will panic, if Microsoft with hundreds of billions in cash reserve is starting to focus only on profitability, everyone else has too now too.

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More:


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...lans-more-cost-cutting-measures-after-layoffs

We need more small team produced high quality games...so we decided to close the studios that made it big doing those until we forced them to make bloated wastes of time.

I am sure Phil Spencer felt a gut stab when Dinga Bakaba delivered Redfall & Youngblood.

Palum said:

Guess I'm gonna have to sell my 4090 and upgrade. In 2027 when these are available at msrp.

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4090 is still bottlenecked at the moment makes 5090 just a pointless flex.

Banned banned banned gone forever!

But what happens to all the games they own?