A Tango Gameworks developer has reacted to an Xbox executive reportedly asking for more “smaller games that give us prestige and awards” with a picture of Hi-Fi Rush’s awards.

In the wake of Microsoft shutting down four Bethesda-owned studios earlier this week, including the Tokyo-based Tango Gameworks, one Xbox executive reportedly asked for “smaller games that give us prestige and awards” in an internal meeting. Hi-Fi Rush’s director reacted to the news with something akin to a massive eyeroll, and now another Tango Gameworks developer has responded.

Posting on his personal Twitter account, former Tango Gameworks project manager Kazuaki Egashira tweeted out images of the awards Hi-Fi Rush had won over the past year from around the gaming industry, with the caption “not enough?” Egashira’s message is a direct response to the Xbox executive requesting more award-winning games…

  • Blackmist
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    6 months ago

    No not like that.

    We meant awards that increase shareholder pee-pee size.

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    6 months ago

    Microsoft: throws money at studio blows up studio picks up BAFTA from wreckage Microsoft: “I made this :)”

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    6 months ago

    Never enough, that’s a shareholder-beholden corporation for you. Parasitic-ridden creature devouring everything in sight to feed its parasites.