Microsoft's (lack of) committment to PC gaming

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

It seems the whole gaming industry is interested in more outsourcing. Look at the cuts to the Xbox teams and such.

Frankly I think PC gaming is going to suffer alot over the next few years. These big companies have been salivating over the chance to drop US workforce to go to India or elsewhere where they can hire 2-3 workers for the cost of 1 over here.

This will mean less team members worried about the so called "quality" of the game and more people just getting it out as fast as possible.

It had to happen. These companies are stunned at the cost of making games these days.

Just look at all of the games coming out of Russian studios. Having been in the frontline trenches in the "gaming industry", I think it's pretty $#^$ed up place to work. I'm so glad I got out of it.

The big companies only worry about the deadline, quality be damned; and the small companies don't have the capitol to do much.