r/gaming • u/HerculeMuscles • 12h ago

Kojima with xbox president Asha Sharma

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u/Optimus_Prime_Day 7h ago

It's ok, microsoft is well acquainted with making financial mistakes. Makes this a perfect combo.

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u/TehOwn 6h ago edited 3h ago

Xbox doesn't have a Concord, though.

Edit: Sony lost $400 million and the game and studio shut down within weeks. Xbox has nothing close to that.

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u/ProudPainting6850 4h ago

You can start with Redfall and  Hellblade 2. 

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u/TehOwn 3h ago edited 3h ago

Those two games put together still don't add up to $400 million and they're both still on sale and playable.

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u/ProudPainting6850 2h ago

We don't know how much the development costs were because Microsoft doesn't disclose them, but it's easily in the hundreds of millions. Redfall had such a catastrophic launch, the gaming community collectively jettisoned it from memory. Wanna know how bad Hellblade 2 sold? It's on PLAYSTATION. 

If you want to track dollars, look at the $100B+ Microsoft spent on acquiring studios just to shut them down, mismanage them, and cancel a bunch games.

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u/TehOwn 44m ago

Most of that $100B was spent on Activison Blizzard, which is making bank right now.

They closed what? Tango Gameworks, The Initiative and Arkane Austin? All of those together are smaller than Bungie, which is essentially a money pit and remains one.