"I just hit a point of yes, it needs me, and I am powerless to do what I think needs to be done to run this place properly, to protect these people, to maintain what we worked so hard to create, which is an incredibly efficient, well-run video game developer and publisher."
"And when I was unable to do what I thought my job should involve in continuing to have that place be, you know, if not the most efficient publisher in the game industry, it was way the fuck up there. And when I couldn't protect it, and I saw how it was getting damaged and broken apart and frankly mistreated, abused, whatever word you want to use, I said I am not going to sit here and watch this happen right in front of me."
Pete Hines announced his retirement from Bethesda after 24 years, citing feelings of powerlessness following the Microsoft acquisition. He expressed concerns about the new ownership's fit for Bethesda, stating it made managing the studio's reputation impossible. Hines felt he could no longer protect the efficient and well-run environment he had helped create. His departure coincided with significant challenges for Xbox, including the troubled launch of Redfall and delays in first-party games, which further influenced his decision to leave.
Read at Kotaku
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]