The boss of Bethesda has told staff the company must now focus on its “strongest franchises” amid sweeping layoffs across Xbox.
  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Oh is it Bethesda and ID software now? I didn’t know they merged. I knew ID software helped with Starfield, but I thought they were still separate.

    • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      4 days ago

      The Bethesda-id software-ZeniMax shit is so confusing, especially since Microsoft acquired Zenimax, and by extension Bethesda and id, in 2021.

      They are “technically” separate but Bethesda is still the primary publisher of id software’s games, and thus they do fall under their umbrella.

      • addie@feddit.ukEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Asha Sharma had this statement, in amongst the rest of it. As per Ars Technica:

        Some decisions in the gaming division currently pass through “14 layers” of decision-makers, Sharma said, before promising that the new Xbox will be a “flatter organization” with “no more than 5, and where possible, 3” layers of management involved in any decision.

        You’d have to think that it’s this shit that she’s pointing at. Massively excessive management certainly helps with all the design-by-committee cookie-cutter crap that’s filled with monetisation. Alas, they’ve just got rid of the really interesting studios that I’d like to see spread their wings a little.

        • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Yea, bit of a double edged sword and doubly so with who is swinging it.

          Glad they see it’s a problem of structure that’s getting in the way of creation but their methods of trimming the excess has sadly closed a lot of my favorite studios.

          I will never get a Prey 2 no matter what iteration it seems.

      • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        3 days ago

        It’s similar to Google and Alphabet, the “child” company created the “parent”.

        Bethesda created ZeniMax, ZeniMax own Bethesda (And ID, and Arkane), and then Microsoft bought ZeniMax and all the child companies.

        • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          3 days ago

          It’s all corporate capitalist “I own a piece of paper that says I own you and everything you worked to create” bullshit and tax fuckery to me.