Last week, Xbox closed four of its studios and made personnel changes, which caused uproar, including the development studio “Hi-Fi Rush” (Chinese translation: Perfect Sound Wave ) Tango Gameworks to express support, thousands of people gathered in these days Players go to the Steam store “Hi-Fi Rush” to leave positive reviews.
“Hi-Fi Rush” is an amazing game that Tango Gameworks launched in January last year without warning enjoy the BGM.
3 million players have turned up to ROCK in #HiFiRush! 🤘 Thank you from everyone at Tango Gameworks! pic.twitter.com/0XXtzAXMv7
– Hi-Fi RUSH (@hifiRush) August 16, 2023
In fact, the surprising launch of “Hi-Fi Rush” has received several praises from players and BAFTA awards, which is also a surprise for Microsoft.
Although Microsoft has never announced sales numbers, Xbox VP of Game Marketing Aaron Greenberg has said publicly: “Hi-Fi Rush” is a breakthrough for us and gamers in terms of all key indicators and expectation Good sex game. “
Hi-Fi RUSH was a breakout for us and our players in every major measure and expectation. We couldn’t be happier with what the team at Tango Gameworks delivered with this amazing release.
— Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼♂️💚U (@aarongreenberg) 21/4/2023
However, just after the shock of the studio closed last week, according to foreign media The Sea Chronicle, Head of Xbox Game Studios
Matt Booty held a meeting the next day to discuss future goals and said, “We need small games that will bring us fame and rewards,” causingForeign mediaandConfusion among the player community.
After the relevant reports came out, Tango Gameworks community manager Kazuaki Egashira also posted pictures of Hi-Fi Rush winning many awards on his personal.
Not enough?#HiFiRush #TangoGameworks pic.twitter.com/3OLhYAPbxU
— KazuakiEgashira (@ega1002) May 9, 2024
According to Bloomberg (Bloomberg) reporter Jason Schreier said that people familiar with the matter had revealed that Tango Gameworks is proposing a sequel to “Hi-Fi Rush” and also added some details about the meeting held by Matt Booty.
Although Matt Booty praised “Hi-Fi Rush”, he did not specify the reason for the studio’s closure. The studio to release HR, also confirmed that the closure of Arkane Austin had nothing to do with the performance of Redfall, which launched last May to poor and lackluster reviews.
Bloomberg reports that the closure of the studio could be the result of Microsoft’s major acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which led Microsoft executives to review the resources of the Xbox division Business model Xbox Game Pass.
Unfortunately, closing the Xbox Game Studio this time is irreversible.
