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Almost all coders at Id Software have been fired, following Xbox reset
- ChrisArchitect 3mo ago[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810496
- superxpro12 3mo agoEnd of a software juggernaut. ID Software engines were always top class. I often wonder in times like this if John Carmack and Co. feel any guilt or remorse for selling to Zenimax (Who then sold to MS)? By all accounts they had a self-sustaining business. And now it's gone by corporate decree.
- drcongo 3mo agoI think the xbox reset is technically a surrender, at this point I'd be surprised if they ever make another one.
- iAMkenough 3mo agoFrom a marketing standpoint, most gamers would associate a “reset” as a final surrender in technical troubleshooting their Xbox. They want gamers to “reset” their expectations, but I don’t see that panning out well as a strategy.
- DHPersonal 3mo agoFortunately for Microsoft, Sony leadership is busy sabotaging themselves by switching to digital-download-only games.
- bicepjai 3mo agoTotally different topic. What is xcancel ?
- piva00 3mo agoA Twitter proxy to avoid having to access X.com directly.
- vidarh 3mo agoA frontend for Twitter/X used to link to X posts without people needing to log in.
- gigel82 3mo agoThis website doesn't load on Firefox, it just refreshes continuously. I even tried turning off my adblocker and it still does the same thing.
- z500 3mo agoThat's odd, it always worked fine for me. I have had that issue with archive.today, though.
- aitchnyu 3mo agoAnd why did it start suddenly mostly stuck at captcha (proof of work I guess) stage?
- dlcarrier 3mo agoIf your browser doesn't leak enough personally identifiable data, it assumes you are a bot. I find it ironic, considering the page only displays scraped data.
- nullpoint420 3mo agoPossibly the worst choice they could have ever made. I have no faith in Xbox’s technical ability anymore.
- cyanydeez 3mo agothe problem with the games industry is it follows the whales, which are typically children who have no idea where their games come from.