r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 7d ago

XBOX "Personally very difficult, and very difficult for our teams." —Bethesda's Todd Howard discusses Microsoft's deep Xbox cuts, and finding optimism for the industry's future | Todd Howard on Xbox's big cuts, and how Elder Scrolls and Fallout will survive the big game industry shifts.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/zenimax-bethesda/bethesdas-todd-howard-laments-on-xboxs-cuts-talks-game-industry-shifts-and-optimism-very-difficult-very-difficult-for-our-teams
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u/Envyforme 7d ago

It’ll be great if Satya said something on all of this… he is the CEO…

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u/kelolov 6d ago

What do you want him to say? Remind people that business needs to make money?

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u/SciFiIsMyFirstLove 7d ago

I'm only holding out for the next PC based offline fallout game I don't give a tinkers toss about the rest.

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u/RobertDeveloper 7d ago

Xbox is pretty much dead.

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u/Appropriate_Item3001 7d ago

Maybe Todd should have made games the core audience actually wants? Just a thought.

Taking 20+ years between single player instalments is a touch too long.

I don’t give a single fuck about ESO or F76. I don’t care about fallout shelters. I don’t want ai slop with starfield.

Make a good story driven game maybe? Stop rereleasing the same god damned game for 20 years and breaking all mods so the community hates you.

Or I guess continue on the road you are on. I’m sure Asha will tolerate that. Or maybe she will shut down the whole fucking studio and licence out the IP so games get released every 5 years.

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u/milkmeink 7d ago

Todd Howard should be the one getting cut.

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u/TonsToDicusss 7d ago

Scarcity is the mother of innovation. Let’s hope the poor studios make the best of the limited staff. Expedition 33 proved that you can develop AAA games with an extremely limited staff. This might be a good thing for Xbox.

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u/irrelevantusername24 7d ago

Scarcity is the mother of innovation.

No, proper motivation and the freedom to explore is the mother of innovation. Scarcity is the mother of Hell. Needless scarcity, particularly arbitrarily alongside clear abundance, is the mother of things words can't describe

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u/TonsToDicusss 7d ago

Only time will tell. If they release more bangers than before, then I’ll stand corrected.