Interesante....muy interesante...desde luego Ms no va a abandonar el sector de los videojuegos para tranquilizar al personal
pero cada hora que pasa se va tornando la cosa muy interesante
. Fuga de cerebros de Bungie(esto ya sucedió con Halo 1) se fundan otro estudio y le dan a MS un título exclusivo que nada tiene que ver con Halo.....la reconversión de Bungie en second party, ummmm interesante como digo.
Cita:
The value of a software company is A) its people and B) its IP... but you cant own people!
So the people say to microsoft, we are going to leave, and while we wont solicit the rest of the team, we are their leaders and maybe theyll call us for jobs. MS knows from past experience that that will happen.. and bungie employees would like to keep their tech, so they cut a deal -- bungie goes its own way and gets a license to use all the tech it wrote while part of MS, and signs an xbox exclusive deal for a while. That's good business for MS, because the alternative is to lose the team and have them go 4-platform, which they certainly can do profitably with the games they can make.
Even if MS was the best corporate owner ever, the Halo team members have an enormous incentive to quit and start their own company with the amount of money they could make the company worth.
The email is consistent with this -- the IP is held by MS, but the team leaves. This is a common issue with software company acquisitions.
Y este podría ser el nuevo juego de Bungie como así se publicita en una oferta de trabajo de la compañía...
Cita:
Responsibilities:
* Learn our game engine and expand upon its capabilities
* Work closely as part of a team to create games that are technically superior and fun to play
* Produce clean, high quality code that pushes the machine to its limit
Requirements:
* Smart, driven and adaptable
* Passionate about games and game programming
* Excited to tackle new and varied challenges
* High quality standard for personal code
* Basic understanding of algorithms, performance and optimization
* Good working knowledge of C/C++
Plusses:
* Previous console experience
* Professional C/C++ coding experience
* Expertise in a specialist area (such as mathematics, physics, networking, AI or graphics)
* Experience working in a team environment and good communication skills
* History of hobbyist game programming, mod or bot work
* A love of combat on the high seas