XBox is Rotting Away, Technical Issues for Second Time in Two Weeks
Two weeks ago: XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead
6 months ago: Asha Sharma "a Palliative Care Doctor Who Slides Xbox Gently Into the Night"
Saturday (yesterday): "there are issues with the Xbox Store, and even rewards redemption is affected too for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers."
Many people are angry about what Microsoft did to id Software after promising that it would look after it. We saw many dozens of articles about it and this weekend there are at least a dozen like these 3:
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'They Fundamentally Don't Understand Art' — Doom Dev Blasts Xbox After Microsoft 'Gutted' id Software With Layoffs
After layoffs ripped through Doom developer id Software in July, lead services programmer Chris Hays has taken aim at Xbox: "They fundamentally don't understand art."
Hays, who is currently employed at the studio behind first-person shooter classics like Doom Eternal and has been with the team since 2010, unloaded on the recent decision to cut 136 staff during a recent conversation with Andre Peschke on Auf ein Bier. He didn't mince words, to put it lightly.
"It's hard to make a game that is AAA, that's like we've done before, with half the people. And by hard, I mean impossible," Hays said. "It's hard to make a game when there are entire departments that are gutted that you need, entire disciplines that are gone.
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Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software: "They fundamentally don't understand art. They don't understand games"
A developer still working at Doom steward id Software has criticized corporate owner Xbox for laying off such a big portion of the iconic studio and seemingly misunderstanding the business its trying to dominate.
Xbox's sweeping layoffs recently hit 1,600 people across the gaming division, with another 1,600 job cuts yet to come. But one developer that was hit especially hard was id Software, the famed game maker behind Doom, Quake, the original Wolfenstein, and more.
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Xbox ‘Doesn’t Understand Art,’ Says id Software Dev After Layoffs
An id Software developer says Xbox doesn't understand art, arguing layoffs dismantle experienced teams and make blockbuster game development nearly impossible.
On top of that, there are technical issues again.... and many people report problems over the weekend.
After firing so many people it looks like those sorts of issues are routine.
"Those Microsoft layoffs are destroying institutional knowledge," Ryan explained. "That's impossible to get back. It's something that they're going to suffer from, though maybe not much in the next quarter."
XBox is dying. █