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Polar_ Jul 12, 2026 4:14 PM games

Replying to taxes #tzfi

still 2028~ for tes6 but theres a reveal this year

Were Bethesda and Kojima's project the only thing immune to the layoffs?

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:04 PM games

Replying to Polar_ #polar_

Were Bethesda and Kojima's project the only thing immune to the layoffs?

bethesda was hit

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:04 PM games

some pretty big names got hit

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:05 PM games

The Microsoft layoffs were not random prunings, it was "reduce payroll by X amount"

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:05 PM games

so bethesda lost a lot of veterans

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:07 PM games

Replying to Polar_ #polar_

Were Bethesda and Kojima's project the only thing immune to the layoffs?

the indian lady running it all now (who has already been publicity tapped by the us government to go work for them after she's done here, aka she's only here temporarily)

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:07 PM games

said

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:08 PM games

Activision Blizzard and Mojang are the only profitable studios

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:08 PM games

and the only ones reporting to her

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:08 PM games

to be clear her quote was

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:08 PM games

for every 1 dollar they say 36 cents back

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:09 PM games

meaning every studio was losing them 64%

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:09 PM games

when you consider 100mil dollar games making 36mil that's really bad

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:13 PM games

The other quote was "14 layers of management"

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:14 PM games

which I think if you consider how slow games are to make for these studios makes sense

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:14 PM games

todd howard himself like 5 years ago talked about that

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:14 PM games

how everything goes through like 8 chains to him now

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:14 PM games

and he's the final say guy on EVERYTHING

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:15 PM games

bgs itself was only minorly hit but

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:15 PM games

eso team, fallout 76 team (kinda, this doesn't exist)

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:15 PM games

were hit

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:16 PM games

btw it's so fucking funny that they're getting jsawyer to do fallout when tim cain just came back to obsidian

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:18 PM games

Fallout is saved 🥹

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

it's not

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

obsidian can not do a new fallout

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

The blackpill has taken over Max's Mind....

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

bro

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

i played avowed an ow2

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:19 PM games

obsidian can not do a new fallout

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:20 PM games

now

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:20 PM games

if it was an isometric fallout

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:20 PM games

they could do it

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100%

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:20 PM games

But he is white....

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SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:20 PM games

how can you not believe in him?

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:21 PM games

because they don't have the right game design people anymore

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:21 PM games

they don't have chris avellone

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:21 PM games

The failure of... essentially all Western AAA games is absurd at this point, es6 probably does well enough (look at Obliv remake) but not record shattering

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:22 PM games

Fallout will benefit from all the media around, but how long until that's out, and will it even be a fully-fledged Fallout 6

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:22 PM games

i say 3 years

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:22 PM games

avowed was cooked in about that long

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:22 PM games

it wont be fallout 6

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

it's a obsidian bgs engine fallout spinoff

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

They'll call it 6

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

100%

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

So what is coming out first elder scrolls 6 or fallout 6?

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

maybe but bethesda might get pissy about that

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

tes6 is 2028 unless something happens

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:23 PM games

they're being forced to show it this year

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:24 PM games

"we're moving to Unreal 6"

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:24 PM games

they planned on radio silence

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:24 PM games

again

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:24 PM games

due to what happened with Starfield

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

They are pissing their pants probably

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

diaper is full

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

the only thing I'll give obsidian is

SyrenBell Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

#Crinklers

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

they are a studio that always pulls out massive Ws

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

when

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they're about to be shot and killed

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:25 PM games

so

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

they know how to get shit done when the gun gets put to their head

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

I sorta agree, it seems like if you don't give them much they actually do well

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

you need to strangle them

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

or they get too artsy

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

i think

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:26 PM games

like every single time obsidian ever got complacent

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

they flopped

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

working on avowed and ow2 at the same time

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

was pure greed

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

genuinely an autistic move

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

there's no way the attention should have been split on those games

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:27 PM games

I really think Microsoft sunsets xbox in the next couple years

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

i do agree

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

unless something changes now

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

i do think this massive layoffs and priority shift

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

is good

TinyBomby Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

Replying to taxes #tzfi

working on avowed and ow2 at the same time

They legitimately work on like 5 projects at the same time

Spooky Phijkchu Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

The 6 big studios will get spun off into some gaming holding company, and honestly probably don't even want the XBOX brand

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby

They legitimately work on like 5 projects at the same time

and that's not good

taxes Jul 12, 2026 6:28 PM games

grounded 2 doesn't count

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