Hmm, why?!
(Source)

UPD: according to the discussion, the issue goes deeper into the foundation of XBOX. As a "fammily console" it always required all games and their marketing to be "appropriate".

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XBOX was hit by the new internal announcement, stating that the profit margin of the gaming department is now at 3% (the healthy one is at least 20%). To counter that, Asha is planning the major reboot and restructuring.

About 1000 people will be fired this summer from the whole XBOX structure, according to the reports.

UPD: news outlets misinformed me — it's "down BY 3% Y2Y", not down to 3%.

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Fable walking animation is still made for female characters, despite half a year of reworks

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LOL

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Remember I recommended you We Happy Few during the whole previous week, since it was notoriously well written?

Well, the studio behind it is reportedly being closed. No official confirmation yet but South of Midnight was equally creative but didn't get enough sales. And it's not enough to make three games in 15 years.

The company is still making their next game, but Kotaku and Insider-Gaming reported that employees believe that closure "is just a matter of time".

Two months ago they were posting job openings, then last week several employees set green badges on LN.

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Well, one of the Sea of Thieves leads, who took a serious role to maintain the whole portfolio, is stepping down before major layoffs. I assume, he doesn't want to be associated with whatever happens next.

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Arkane, Double Fine, and Ninja Theory were added to the list for closure in addition to Compulsion Games. They all apparently negotiate independence from XBOX.

They may at best be left without their IPs but with core teams on their own. Even as independent entities they will have to run through significant layoffs.

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The request to add Russian to Fable is now the 6th most popular post on Microsoft Feedback Portal. Original Fable games were truly popular in the region (thanks to satire and freedom of choice)

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Zenimax is also hit by layoffs beyond Arkane, the procedure will take some time, but unless an employee is working directly on Fallout or Elder Scrolls, they are in danger.

Imagine buying billions upon billions of assets to now slowly kill the whole thing. It's heartbreaking.

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That's funny

How can you mess up that much? And why do you need multiple accounts for local co-op anyway?

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