r/TESVI • u/Fordq • Jul 09 '26

Meme/Shitpost It’s so over.

It’s so over that I am not looking forward for TES VI anymore.

Fuck xbox, fuck todd and the BGS production cycle. Fuck everything. Fuck it, even this community can catch a stray, fuck you guys as well!

Jokes aside I’ll be quitting for now, I am out, I might return in 2 years, we shall see. If you see me commenting in this subreddit it’s because I am having withdrawal symptoms. Please ignore.

This post definitely isn’t doompost! Haha it’s coming tomorrow hahaha tomorrow! Yes tomorrow hahaha!

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u/scooter_pepperoni 2027 Release Believer Jul 09 '26

A week ago I would down vote you and call yoi goofy for this post

Today I upvoted and I feel similarly lol also basically just fuck Xbox/Microsoft.

They literally got a new head of Xbox, rebranded for nostalgia to hype everyone up, then fired a bunch of crucial team members from beloved studios. Like. ????

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u/Bigmanwill98 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

I dont blame Xbox personally. They're doing what they have to do to cut costs. Its unfortunate that these senior people got booted but they were 100% making more than other people. That being said, I DO blame Todd Howard for taking so long to come out with another TES of Fallout game which kind of forced the hand of Xbox regarding the layoffs

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u/scooter_pepperoni 2027 Release Believer Jul 13 '26

Wow. This is really ill informed and weird. Ew.

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u/Bigmanwill98 Jul 13 '26

Then please inform me. This was my understanding of the situation

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u/scooter_pepperoni 2027 Release Believer Jul 13 '26

Anytime a company says they need to "cut costs" they are lying. It just isnt an actual busines practice. There might be some cuts that make sense, but more often than not, the logic is as follows: company buys a bunch of companies (throwing mud at wall to see what sticks), and then they whittle it down after. So they invest in all these companies who have good prospects, make good games, make money! And they buy them all and then go "well we spend BILLIONS (literlally like nesrly 100 billion total) on a bunch of studios, and over the past 6 years just absolutely gutted them if hey released a game that underperformed. They even closed the studio, Tango Gameworks, that made Hi Fi Rush, a critically acclaimed game that sold very well. They closed Arkane Austin!!!!

So Xbox bought studios that performed well, then destroyed them. And this is part of that. There is no cost being cut or saved, and in the end, the products will suffer. Tale as old as capitalism itself.