A new Forza was among the things specifically mentioned as 'next year' during the Showcase in June. That's more than likely Horizon 6.
Turn 10 made Motorsport and is responsible for the engine behind Horizon and the Fable reboot (with adjustments for each, of course). I think they'll likely remain a support studio for Playground.
Given the fact that Turn 10's staff has been halved, and how much of a fumble the launch of Motorsport was (which remember, they initially branded as a 'platform' rather than just a standalone thing), the transition to support studio wouldn't surprise me.
You're going to tell me these companies can justify these head counts?
Meta Platforms Inc.: ~77,000
Amazon.com Inc.: ~1,500,000
Apple Inc.: ~164,000
Netflix Inc.: ~13,000
Alphabet Inc. (Google): ~185,719
Microsoft Corporation: ~221,000 (2024, per company reports)
I'm assuming the Amazon figure is mostly drivers/seasonal/warehouse workers, with ~100k corporate jobs.
What do any one of these companies put out to justify it? It doesn't take that many to maintain or slightly iterate on current products, which is all they do. They may have "small" teams working on new stuff, but nothing that requires those kind of personnel numbers.
Cut them all down to proper size. Keep and let the big brains do their thing and invest in them. Get rid of those that are either not cutting it or not doing anything of real value. Let them go out and build their own thing, which is how Silicon Valley used to be, invest in those with potential and if they succeed, acquire them.
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