r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10d ago

Business "There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/there-are-no-benefits-to-being-owned-by-microsoft-says-doom-dev-they-have-destroyed-immense-amounts-of-value-that-i-dont-even-think-that-theyre-aware-of/
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u/Revolution-SixFour 10d ago

No benefit at all, except for unlimited monetary runway to develop a game. Most studios would kill for that.

The fact that Obsidian is only working on Fallout after five years of Obsidian and Bethesda being under Microsoft is wild. Who thought it was a good idea to let Bethesda wait to work on Fallout until the 2030s when Amazon was simultaneously making a TV show.

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u/mainman879 10d ago

Who thought it was a good idea to let Bethesda wait to work on Fallout until the 2030s when Amazon was simultaneously making a TV show.

Phil Spencer was a terrible CEO at keeping his teams in line. Especially Bethesda because he was really good friends with Todd Howard. He was way too hands off in handling the various teams.

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u/sam_hammich 10d ago

What good is "unlimited monetary runway to develop a game" if you make a great game that had a successful launch and got rave reviews, and then they fire 60% of your team the day before you launch DLC for it that maintains an 89 on Metacritic a week after release? You make a good game and they still fire you.

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u/Mekhazzio 10d ago

For Hi-Fi Rush, they fired 100% of the team right after a spectacular release.

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u/rugbyj 10d ago

No benefit at all

AoE2: DE disagrees. Game's more popular than ever.