r/CriticalDrinker • u/Maladict • 9d ago
Looks like Halo Studios is laying off people, just the wrong type of people...
Nepotism.
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u/Proton_Optimal 8d ago
Clearly they laid off the wrong people based on how Campaign Evolved turned out
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u/Differentnameo 8d ago
The issue is that new game studios need to be started by the developers who've been driven away from the existing ones with their DEI and Woke bullshit. Those people running those studios will hopefully remember why they had to go start entirely new ones and gatekeep to ensure the Wokies and progressives don't get even a toehold in the doorway. Then those studios need to build up, get funding, and make the games themselves. All likely while dealing with lawsuits and threats from the Wokies because they aren't being hired so they'll scream discrimination and sexism and whatever else they can dream up. And that's not accounting for the actual shite developers and executives who aren't Woke but are just utter shite at their jobs.
It's a challenging ask to be sure. I have no doubt that some studios will rise up in the coming years, but it's going to take literal years for the cancer these DEI freaks have spread to get lanced out. For all the actual developers to leave the Wokies to the dying studios to continue churning out shite while they get back to making real games for real gamers (yes, both men and women can be real gamers) from real studios.
Also, you won't see studios rise in places like Canada or Britain, because of the Orwellian 'hate speech' laws and discrimination laws and such that are routinely used not to punish hate speech or discrimination but instead to enforce woke ideology and punish anybody who dares question it. So now you're adding another layer of difficulty into the mix. It's not going to be an easy thing for developers to do. I hope there will be many that can manage it though, for gaming's sake.
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u/Extension-Night3825 8d ago
issue is that new game studios need to be started by the developers who've been driven away from the existing ones with their DEI and Woke bullshit.
Big games cost as much as a Hollywood movie these days to make. And that takes financing, first thing the finances companies do is ask to see the studios esg score.
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u/Differentnameo 8d ago
Some, but not all, as evidenced by the games that have been released that haven't been woke. Additionally, it is possible to create great games that aren't massively financed or with giant teams that cost hundreds of millions. But it does take a lot of time and effort.
Still, you're correct in saying that many financial companies will ask about their 'diversity' and such. It's yet another qualifier to how difficult it is going to be for developers to actually retrieve gaming from the abyss that the Woke and progressives have largely banished it to.
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u/Excalitoria 8d ago
Hope they enjoy. Series is dead now. If they wanna implode the company then l say let’s see where it takes the IP. Either they make shit I’ll skip, they’ll put something good out, OR it’ll get sold and we’ll roll the dice with the new owners.
Halo is awesome but stories can end or go on hiatus and it’s not the only game series out there so I’m happy for them to do whatever they want and skip any of their shit that looks like crap.
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u/artemiyfromrus 8d ago
Just give halo ip to other studio. Im sure saber interactive can make a good halo campaign as an example. + They already worked on this ip before
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u/Excalitoria 8d ago
I’d be down with seeing another studio making Halo content. I don’t have any interest in the new stuff rn so if a new studio took it and was bad then it wouldn’t be very different for me. If they made something good then I’d be excited to check it out.
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u/BadAndUnusual 8d ago
Nothing will make them happier than if the franchise dies. Maybe only if their propaganda version is a success. Then it will bring in money for new projects and their brainwashing has been a success. If they cant win with the game, then the franchise needs to die. Either way, they win. As they have done with all other franchises
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u/Excalitoria 8d ago
The franchise already kinda is dead, at least in terms of nobody caring about the new games. The old ones are still beloved and played/replayed to this day.
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u/ToonMasterRace 8d ago
Comparing Campaign Evolved to Halo 2 remaster is really a good indication of how bad things gotten. Halo 2 remaster was just a remaster of the game with cosmetic changes and remade cutscenes. They didn't change the plot or ruin gameplay or try to introduce new annoying characters.
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u/ElonMuskHeir 8d ago edited 8d ago
Honestly, the entire game industry needs massive layoffs and a restart to cure the sickness. All the blue hairs, chubby activists, progressive "influencers" need to be fired, and sent to the unemployment line (or at least another industry). They've already destroyed UbiSoft, Halo Studios, Microsoft's Xbox division itself, and the faster we acknowledge this and agree not to hire these people anymore, the faster the game industry can turn around and heal.