What position exactly would he have at Microsoft?
Running one of their new studios, I suppose - though I don't think he'll end up there myself.
What position exactly would he have at Microsoft?
Honestly is it hard to believe that he's just tired of working in games? He's incredibly rich and can do whatever he wants. Maybe he just wants to chill and spend time with his family, maybe he wants to help save the world or start a microbrewery like one or the other of the Bioware doctors. People burn out, people want a change etc.
4 Possibilities for him quit:
1- Next Xbox and PS4 are craps and weak hardware and he is tired of that...
2- He is making a new studio with other buddies...
3- He is joining Microsoft
4- Epic is turning to be a casual/mobile games and he is sick of this crap...
I really think is number 4...
4 Possibilities for him quit:
1- Next Xbox and PS4 are craps and weak hardware and he is tired of that...
2- He is making a new studio with other buddies...
3- He is joining Microsoft
4- Epic is turning to be a casual/mobile games and he is sick of this crap...
I really think is number 4...
Or the thing he actually said.
Running one of their new studios, I suppose - though I don't think he'll end up there myself.
4 Possibilities for him quit:
1- Next Xbox and PS4 are craps and weak hardware and he is tired of that...
http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/17150-Valve_laughs_at_PC_gaming_is_dying_story
Same year as Clifford's quote.
The DR's ran out of talent and the will to carry on games development. Cliff still has years of awesome gaming ahead of him and he still loves making games. He should take a break and then come back to shove eye-candy and awesome-sauce into the entire worlds faceholes.
Probably got sick of staying on one game for 6 years.
Probably got sick of staying on one game for 6 years.
Honestly is it hard to believe that he's just tired of working in games? He's incredibly rich and can do whatever he wants. Maybe he just wants to chill and spend time with his family, maybe he wants to help save the world or start a microbrewery like one or the other of the Bioware doctors. People burn out, people want a change etc.
And no, my wife didn't dictate my choice, I'm an adult who can make his own calls.
He bought a private island with that Doom money to bang his hot girlfriend on.
Hironobu Sakaguchui, Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, Peter Molynuex, Cliffy B...
Now, I realize this trend is nothing new, but I can't help but wonder, if maybe they fear the "next-gen crunch", being that the horror stories surrounding the current-gen crunches were pretty brutal.
They all leave to do "smaller projects", or "brew dank microbraus" (in the case of the Dr.'s), or walk the Earth like Caine in Kung-fu, I'm waiting for a studio head to leave and say he wants to make such a fucking huge and awesome game that he must sacrifice himself in order to accomplish it, and no I don't mean Itagaki.
Basically, are they scurred or what? Isn't this what they love, the pressure, the pain, the swing for the fences attitude?
Reading his posts in this thread; respek. Family life is paramount in this short life we're given. I still want someone to champion the next-gen. We've had enough exits. Maybe Guillermo Del Toro will save us all.
Wow. That's interesting. Maybe Epic will focus more on making engines than games in the future.List of people who left people in the last 2 month:
Cliff B.
Rod Fergusson
Lee Perry
Adrian Chmielarz + lead and principal artists
Demond Rogers
Aaron Smith
Mikey Spano
Martin Sweitzer
Matt Tonks
All these guys have worked with Epic for 5+ years. I think there is something going on at Epic.
Just had a dream where Cliffy flew through my bedroom window at night and hovered over my bed momentarily, before gently descending until he was mere inches above my face. Cliffy then proceeded to lovingly caress my head and neck and whisper, "Yes, Bulletstorm 2 is real."
I agree with everything you just said. Personally though, as a PC gamer, I was disappointed at Cliff for choosing to "go with the flow" at that point in time instead of offering some words of support for the platform. He was an important part of PC gaming in the past and, simply put, I expected more from him. Many people wonder how Valve has managed to gather so much good will from PC gamers while other companies get crucified. Each company's behavior and attitude during the dark ages of 2005-2008 plays a big part in that.
I think its ironic that people didn't buy UT3 at the time for PC yet PC gamers now eats up yearly COD crap which are mediocre UT/QA-lite clones which charges you for content instead of supporting a modding community like Epic did with UT and still does.
He probably said those things about PC gaming dying because UT3, a game from a big franchise and made by Epic, bombed.
He was right because PC gaming died with the release of the original xbox and was reborn as something different.
And saying Epic doesn't support PC is bullshit. They've given the PC community the UDK, the best enthusiast tool ever. Epic is still one of the biggest supporters of PC gaming.
4 Possibilities for him quit:
1- Next Xbox and PS4 are craps and weak hardware and he is tired of that...
2- He is making a new studio with other buddies...
3- He is joining Microsoft
4- Epic is turning to be a casual/mobile games and he is sick of this crap...
I really think is number 4...
When will Bungie issue a statement?
UT3 bombed on all available platforms because it was a bad game. Edit: Maybe not bad objectively, but certainly disappointing.
How so? Are you talking about the introduction of additional business models and features? If so, does that also mean that console died with the introduction of online multiplayer, DLC and patching? I don't understand your point but maybe we shouldn't talk about it here and go so far off-topic.
I mentioned CliffyB in particular, not Epic as a company in general.
OK, I still don't get it. What does this even mean?
By the way, nice curtains and tache Cliff!
Its obvious that CliffyB supports PC. He was one of the top dogs at Epic. Where they produce and provide great support for a free development kit.