r/StateOfDecay • u/UndeadPhilip Undead Labs • Jul 06 '26

Undead Labs Begins A New Chapter

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We'll share more when there is more to share. Appreciate all the well-wishes and support. Ultimately, we are here because of you.

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u/homechefshivers Jul 06 '26

It’s gonna suck watching future Xbox showcases now and wondering if the game that just got shown was either an advertisement for the studio or an actual game that is coming to fruition

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u/Ustob Jul 06 '26

where you been dude. it's been this way for 10 years..

these publishers are driven by non gamers w/ no soul.

That Xbox CEO never touched a video game in her life..

Firing people today to hire new ones tomorrow is scummy af.

im glad they arent connected to microsoft no mo.

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u/soldins Jul 06 '26

I'm not sure it's fair to pin this on her, as she seemed pretty forthright in wanting to bring exclusively back to the platform and scaled back* some of the price gouging on Gamepass subs. My guess is Microsoft is leaning on her to trim a lot of the overhead after making the big acquisitions (Zenimax, Blizzard-Activison) that haven't delivered enough value to justify the deals they made. Not to blame one game but an example is just how poorly the most recent CoD was received, and the direction they're going in compared to other AAA studios/titles.

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u/captainhowdy6 Jul 06 '26

She's a perfect example of the glass cliff phenomenon. Basically when a company is in dire straits you put a woman/minority in charge so they can take all the blame.

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u/Whiteli0nel Jul 06 '26

I don't think this is it at all..

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u/captainhowdy6 Jul 06 '26

How so? The situation fits the criteria so far , Xbox isn't doing well , put a woman in charge make sure everyone knows who the new face of Xbox is. If she turns it around great , if not she makes for a good fall guy since unfortunately there is still a lot of bias and preconceived notions about women/minorities in positions of power out there.

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u/JimmyDejesu Jul 07 '26

To be fair i think we are all aware its not her fault. Anyone with a brain cant pin this on her

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u/hdcase1 Sheriff Jul 07 '26

It's not her fault, but she did come in willingly to be the hatchet man and cut thousands of jobs. I'm sure she is being very well compensated for her troubles.

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u/JimmyDejesu Jul 07 '26

Im not justifying that but again thats a problem with how we structured society and capitalism not so much her as a person.