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South of Midnight Director Questions Xbox's Funding Strategy Amid Concerns of Unsustainability

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South of Midnight Director Questions Xbox's Funding Strategy Amid Concerns of Unsustainability

South of Midnight director was 'always worried' about 'Rome burning' at Xbox

Game Developer

South of Midnight director was 'always worried' about 'Rome burning' at Xbox

South of Midnight's former director says, were he making the call, he would not have funded the game he directed—believing that it was only a matter of time until "Rome burns."

South Of Midnight Director Reflects On Why He Was 'Always Worried' About Funding At Xbox

Pure Xbox

South Of Midnight Director Reflects On Why He Was 'Always Worried' About Funding At Xbox

"It just seems like, in hindsight at least, it was unsustainable.".We absolutely loved South of Midnight when it launched last year as an Xbox first-party title from Compulsion Games, and it's...

"There’s always a night when Rome burns": South Of Midnight director says that Xbox funding it was "unsustainable", at least in hindsight

Rock Paper Shotgun

"There’s always a night when Rome burns": South Of Midnight director says that Xbox funding it was "unsustainable", at least in hindsight

Compulsion Games parted ways with former owners Xbox, having landed on the long list of things Microsoft were determined to ditch as part of multi-round mass cuts this year. Now, South of Midnight...

South of Midnight Creative Director Would Have Cut Funding Earlier if He Were in Charge

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South of Midnight Creative Director Would Have Cut Funding Earlier if He Were in Charge

After Compulsion Games split from Xbox, David Sears, creative director of the studio’s last game, South of Midnight, said he would have turned off Xbox’s "money tap" earlier. In an interview with...

Xbox's "money tap" was "unsustainable," South of Midnight co-director says, admitting he wouldn't have funded his own game if he were in charge at Microsoft

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Xbox's "money tap" was "unsustainable," South of Midnight co-director says, admitting he wouldn't have funded his own game if he were in charge at Microsoft

The state of affairs at Xbox right now is pretty grim. Microsoft's games division is letting go of a total of 3,200 jobs after years of declining financial returns. In discussing this, a lead...

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