Not the devs fault. If T10 were wholly given 5 years the state of this game would be very different. It’s well-known that this game’s staff were contracted for 18 month periods (with a 6 month wait before they can accept another contract) and senior devs were outed.
Horrible news today, even though we were warned with the rumours last week, you always hope the final result won't be as bad, but sadly it looks like the rumours were spot on. I feel sorry for all the people let go and hope they find good alternative employment elsewhere.
The game was such a "hard flop", they waited 2 years to start the layoffs after launching a recent year of successful updates.
In amongst the crappy news, this really surprised me the most for some reason.
It is possible that the "environment" work is already relatively near to completion on FH6. Assuming it is coming in 2026 the map itself could be well advanced at this point. With regards the car people, I think some/a lot of the work on cars is subcontracted from what I've read before - maybe that's what their planning for FH6, minimal in house staff and rely on.
Yup. I had a few criticisms in my review - mainly consistency of quality and some bad choices and oversights - and they've done quite a bit of work to undo some of the choices they insisted were what was good for the game even if the fans mightn't like it. Don't really recall playing it since as it's never really called back to me; I wanted it to be better than it was.
Again, Panic Button ported FH5 to PS5 with T10/PG's input (as it did with FH4's Xbox Series port; Sumo did the Steam version). If this strategy is the approach for FM23 as well then even ripped in half it's still something T10 can support.
Even then, I feel like that's a BIG "If" because that's assuming Microsoft even sees FM23 (or even the franchise itself) remotely salvageable despite it not doing the numbers they seem to demand on release and haven't already decided that Horizon is the way Forza goes forward in a multi-platform future. The studio that made Gravity Rush, a VERY successful game sales wise, still ended up on the chopping block until someone swooped in and got them. If even a successful game doesn't guarantee staying around, I'm not feeling too great about Forza Motorsport's chances.
Phil Spencer is probably who you're thinking of. He became CEO when they acquired Activison in 2022. He's had a heavy hand in Xbox's decision making for the last decade though, reporting directly to Satya.
What do you mean "dumbass decisions"? Corporations are flawless and the absolute peak of efficiency! They could never make wrong decisions, look, the funny numbers are going up!
My man, you are actively denying the fact that Turn 10 were not the only victims of Xbox layoffs yesterday. First and foremost, there were cuts within a multitude of studios, including Halo Studios, Rare Entertainment, Raven Software and others. Hell, they even shut down The Initiative, cancelling the new Perfect Dark game in conjunction, and cut staff at King Division, the developers behind the proverbial Money Printer that is Candy Crush. You're purposely ignoring the broader context of what's going on here.
There's no denying that the current outlook isn't the greatest, but flying away with large, currently unsubstantiated claims in an effort to elevate oneself does not accomplish anything meaningful, nor is it actually helpful.
