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South of Midnight Director Calls Xbox Funding 'Unsustainable'

Original: '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.

Why now: Gamers are debating Xbox's studio cuts and the sustainability of Microsoft's games investment after candid comments from a prominent developer.

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• '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' · IGN

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