874 - 12/17/23 Bobby Blackwolf Show - DreamHack Atlanta 2023 Recap, E3 Gone For Good This Time
- Our December 24th show will take place at 2PM ET/11AM PT/7PM GMT instead of our usual Sunday night time!
- I was at DreamHack Atlanta this weekend, hosting some events on the Main Stage and playing some neat indie games.
- The Game Awards were before I left for vacation, and I have some thoughts that might go against what you've heard from others.
- The ESA has officially declared they are done with the E3 brand - something we all knew but they finally admitted to themselves. It's not for the reason you think.
- Then we talk to Rob about the demise of E3 and what really caused things to go south in the 2010's.
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Video Games Year in Review:
Game dev layoffs despite quality video game release
A lot of Live Service Games Shutdown
PC portal gaming trend
-January:
Forespoken (devs behind FFXV) flop. Studio shut down and devs split off to other Square Enix dev teams
Ubisoft cancelled 3 unannounced games, $200 million cost reduction measure via layoffs
Ubisoft CEO tells devs “the ball is in their court [now]”
Mass layoff from other tech industries including Facebook (21k devs), Amazon (9k), Google (12k), Microsoft* (10k)
*MS made $42 billion in net profit 2022, $400 million less than previous year
-February
Hi Fi Rush shadow drop. Surprise hit
Hogwards legacy top selling game of the year beating Call of Duty (probably due to MW3 being a MW2 DLC)
Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion flop lead to 100 dev layoff
Marvel Avengers servers shutdown
PSVR2 launch. Luke warm reception
-March
Stadia Shutdown
Yuji Naka (Sonic co-creator, Baland Wonderworld) accused for insider trading
-April
E3 2023 cancelled
EA restructuring layoff 6% workforce despite $5.7 billion in profit, CEO Andrew Wilson got $20 million bonus
Super Mario Movie Released. Made over $1 billion
-May
UK CMA blocks Activision Blizzard MS deal
Overwatch 2 cancels PVE plans. Becomes worst user reviewed game on Steam
Sony announces a lot of live service games, tend decided to cancel them by end of the year saying they want to focus on single player games. Sony dev layoffs (stats unknown)
Red Fall disappointing release. Phil spencer publicly apologies for the flop, and being in 3rd place console war
-June
FTC judge against Activision Blizzard MS deal
Phil Spencer announce COD will be on PlayStation consoles for at least 10 years
Embercer group $2 billion deal fall through. 1000+ layoff
-July/August
Sony announce playstation portal. Turned out to be hot holiday items for scalpers gatekeeping hardware for those who really want it
Bioware layoffs
Immortals of Avelum (hidden gem this year imo) didn’t hit sales mark. Layoffs
-September
Unity announce new pricing model for devs based on game installations
Bethesda announce they are still supporting Redfall, compares it to Fallout 76. Says Elder Scrolls 6 in early development despite announcing title teaser 4 years prior
Riot games, and Gearbox layoffs
Volition studios (stains row) shutdown
-October
Jim Ryan (CEO Sony Interactive Entertainment) announces retirement
Microsoft officially acquire Activision Blizzard King
Epic Games layoff 900 people as Fortnite reach record high player count in single day 44million
Naughty Dog layoffs (focus on QA contractors)
-November
Bathesda gaslight negative steam reviews
Bungie layoffs 100 staff
Unity layoffs
Amazon layoff (games division)
-December
GTA 6 trailer
Video Game Awards
Last of Us online cancelled
Day Before scam
Insomniac ransomware hack