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- 1South of Midnight director calls Xbox funding 'unsustainable'▼"There’s always a night when Rome burns": South Of Midnight director says that Xbox funding it was "unsustainable", at l
Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight, has split from Xbox, and its director now says Microsoft's funding of the studio was 'unsustainable', at least in hindsight. Quoting 'there's always a night when Rome burns', he frames the departure as part of the wider wave of cuts and divestments under Microsoft. Gamers are debating what the studio's independence means for its future projects.
- 2South of Midnight Director Questions Xbox's Decision to Fund the Game●South of Midnight Director Says He Doesn’t Think Xbox Should Have Funded It https:// kotaku.com/creative-director-s ays-
The creative director of South of Midnight, the action game developed by Compulsion Games, has said he does not believe Xbox should have funded the project. His remarks suggest internal doubts about whether the title was a sound investment for Microsoft's gaming division, even though the studio wanted to make it. The comments have drawn attention from gaming outlets and players discussing Microsoft's publishing choices.
- 3South of Midnight Director Calls Xbox Funding 'Unsustainable'●'There's Always a Night When Rome Burns' — South of Midnight Creative Director Would Have Turned Off Xbox 'Money Tap' Earlier, Says Funding Was 'Unsustainable'
David Sears, creative director of South of Midnight at Compulsion Games, has said Xbox's funding of the studio was 'unsustainable' and that he would have turned off the 'money tap' earlier than Microsoft did. Quoting the line 'there's always a night when Rome burns', he suggested deeper cuts to Microsoft's gaming studios were inevitable. The remarks have reignited debate over Xbox's studio closures and the future of its first-party output.