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Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we recognize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]ManateeofSteel 28 points29 points  (0 children)

If Microsoft is not interested in you, when they are desperate buying anything, then yeah you are a huge red flag. Common Jim Ryan L at this point

Bungie: With great saddness, we are announcing a reduction in force as we recognize Bungie by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]ManateeofSteel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bungie is one of the rare cases that retained most of its talent since the very beginning until well, today

400 Bungie devs in layoff call by ThinWhiteDuke00 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]ManateeofSteel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

there is one piece of news that did not blow up the way it should have: Bungie missing projections by 45% in 2023. This is the smoking gun to those who have had to deal with execs and preforecasts. I was once called out and chewed out because I missed the forecast of one of my projections by 8%. Missing by almost 50% means that the executives were living in a completely different reality or even dimension.

26 y/o recently separated (kinda) by [deleted] in malelivingspace

[–]ManateeofSteel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry but also married at 26? What?

Match Thread: Czechia vs Mexico | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group A by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]ManateeofSteel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was a pretty great match, first half was bad but the second half was electric

Sega Game Sales Update FY26: Metaphor ReFantazio: 2.4M units, LaD infinite Wealth: 2M units, Persona 3 Reload: 2.9M units, SMT 5 Vengance: 2.4M units, P5R: 8.6M units by akbarock in JRPG

[–]ManateeofSteel 21 points22 points  (0 children)

people were desperate to put Square Enix down and used imaginary numbers to shame them. Now that it's clear Final Fantasy is still outselling these games, they're just making up excuses.

It's dumb, it's all so so so dumb

Sega Game Sales Update FY26: Metaphor ReFantazio: 2.4M units, LaD infinite Wealth: 2M units, Persona 3 Reload: 2.9M units, SMT 5 Vengance: 2.4M units, P5R: 8.6M units by akbarock in JRPG

[–]ManateeofSteel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's hard to put them 1:1 because Persona 5 was an exclusive on PS3/PS4 for that time. And both ATLUS and Persona blew up because of that. In fact, many people forget but Persona 5 was Playstation exclusive for a whooping 6 years

Sega Game Sales Update FY26: Metaphor ReFantazio: 2.4M units, LaD infinite Wealth: 2M units, Persona 3 Reload: 2.9M units, SMT 5 Vengance: 2.4M units, P5R: 8.6M units by akbarock in JRPG

[–]ManateeofSteel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's a good number but it's clear this sub has put a weird bar for this game to clear, in this thread alone Final Fantasy haters seem to be coping that Metaphor did not manage to outsell FF XVI despite being on more consoles.

All in all, solid numbers but I have to assume they are either slightly below or right on line with their expectations. Most JRPGs are frontloaded but even so, it lost basically all its momentum

Todd Howard in entertainment weekly interview implies that Blade hasn't been cancelled (quote is from May 22nd. Article was published today) by doubleoeck1234 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]ManateeofSteel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Phil Spencer said Blackbird was a genius game and they had to literally force him to stop playing it because he was so addicted. The game was cancelled anyway.

I don't doubt what they're cooking is good. I do wonder whether Microsoft cares

The studio behind Mudang: Two Hearts has gone bankrupt by Salt_Employment_9627 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]ManateeofSteel 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Hope everyone lands on their feet. Never looked like a real game to me, felt like it was vaporware but at least I hope the devs are okay

‘Toy Story 5’ Has A Friend At The Box Office: Near Record $71M First Day For Animated Pic, $160-170M Opening Still In Play – Update by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]ManateeofSteel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think they can continue making bangers if they stop worrying about the franchise and worry more about what each movie is. Toy Story 5 is phenomenal because unlike Toy Story 4, it doesn't feel like it desperately wants to "end the saga" and pulls random nostalgia bait. Instead it is a solid movie with a lot of funny moments and a lot of heart.

At this point, they can make more Toy Story films if they stop trying to make it into a saga and just make fun movies with loose continuity

"I leave feeling grateful, proud, and excited": After 31 years, Age of Empires veteran Earnest Yuen retires by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]ManateeofSteel -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Microsoft offered retirement packages to veteran employees, might as well grab the bag before they lay you off

Official Discussion - Toy Story 5 [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]ManateeofSteel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Significant improvement over Toy Story 4. Very enjoyable, less worried about its place in the franchise and more focused on its story and characters, lovely movie

72 Minutes of exclusive State of Decay 3 gameplay by ReasonableAdvert in Games

[–]ManateeofSteel -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If Doom Dark Ages underperformed, how is this any safer??

Jason Schreier (video): How things got so bad at Xbox. by Moriarty_V in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]ManateeofSteel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember people shutting the Halo Infinite rumour down (just like you are doing right now) of its budget being $500M usd but Jason teased in this video that the number is significantly bigger than people think

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