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South Of Midnight Director Says He Doesn't Think Xbox Should Have Funded It
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Compulsion Games, now independent from Xbox, is seeking new collaborative opportunities and may pursue projects very different from their previous game, South of Midnight.
- Creative director David Sears expressed that South of Midnight was not a great business decision and acknowledged that Xbox funded it more for prestige and cultural impact than profit.
- Sears anticipated that Microsoft's financial support for such games was unsustainable and predicted eventual funding cuts would have significant negative consequences.
- Despite appreciating Microsoft's past support, Sears admitted he likely would not have funded South of Midnight himself due to its financial risks.
- Sears noted that Microsoft today is more humane compared to the 1990s, as evidenced by allowing studios to spin off rather than shutting them down outright.
