Microsoft's Layoffs Are a Harbinger of Doom for JRPGs (and the game industry as a whole) | GEMS

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Microsoft is at it again, this time shuttering even more significant game developers in their portfolio -- including developers with award-winning games! The madness has to stop; and the consequences could honestly be pretty severe.

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Square Enix games... cancelled?
01:49 The Microsoft of it all
15:47 Square Enix
22:55 Outro



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