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"We've done a very thorough internal assessment on where it makes sense that we collaborate and share technical tools, and where it doesn't make sense"

"We are very Western-focused in the style of game and also where our studios are based"

"I'm a big believer that each CEO needs to be accountable for their own results, own their P&L and also earn the creative development because otherwise it's hard for them to deliver something that they haven't committed to"

"We can kill more ideas, and, in a perfect world, also come faster to launch"

"Primarily a change in reporting structure"

"We had some great plans for what's next, and I hope the team that remains can rise to the occasion down the line"

"This doesn't reflect well on Xbox's handling of Halo over the past 15 years"

"There's some amount of streamlining the team is doing, and Asha is doing, which is great to see"

"We're going to be quiet for the rest of this year. In 2027, that changes. We'll fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet."

"Both projects will expand the canon of The Last of Us beyond Part I and Part II."

"Publishers have demonstrated they can deepen monetisation across major platforms, though they continue to face challenges from higher development costs, rising prices and a more selective consumer"

"Declining revenue, restructuring, and rising development costs all highlight the same structural problem: single-project studios have no buffer when something goes wrong."

"For indie developers, collaboration with like-minded studios is non-negotiable."

"Being 'OK' is the same as being nothing."

"So the way that we've been building video games was based on that idea - but now the demands of the players are really high we feel like we really can't go much faster."

"We were doing it better before shipping, so we need to play to our strengths."

"The team is super tired. We're putting out content as fast as we can but it's not enough."

"It means we lose good people who might be out of work for a very long time."

"We would ask for the same character twice and get a different face or outfit, or sometimes an extra finger"

"What's mostly unsolved is checking every new generation against that material and catching a miss before a human ever sees it"

"Most of the 'AI saves time' story ignores that generating 10 assets and being able to use two of them isn't actually faster"

"People are scared that if the tools work too well, they become redundant"

"The improved terms reflect our strong and decisive actions to strengthen our balance sheet and cash flows in recent years"

"It has to feel like it's on you to make a decision on what to do with those elements that you see within the world."

"There are upsides and downsides - if you give people too much information it's handholding, if you take away the information it becomes too difficult."

"If you want to get the most out of this world, you have to participate. That's the key thing."

"Technology in service of creativity"

"When everyone's review is written by AI, everyone sounds great, and it gets harder to tell real excellence from generic praise"