{"id":813388,"date":"2025-07-05T11:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esports.is\/?p=813388"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T12:24:19","slug":"svarthol-microsoft-gleypir-framtid-leikjanna-samfelagsmidlar-loga-af-reidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/svarthol-microsoft-gleypir-framtid-leikjanna-samfelagsmidlar-loga-af-reidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Svarthol Microsoft gleypir framt\u00ed\u00f0 leikjanna &#8211; Samf\u00e9lagsmi\u00f0lar loga af rei\u00f0i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-813390\" src=\"https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"Svarthol\" width=\"788\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-2048x953.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-450x209.jpg 450w, https:\/\/esports.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/svarthol-1200x559.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0urinn dregur andann dj\u00fapt eftir a\u00f0 <a href=\"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/9-000-missa-storf-sin-stodvun-storleikja-hvert-stefnir-microsoft-gaming\/\">Microsoft tilkynnti n\u00fdja bylgju uppsagna<\/a>, sem n\u00fa \u00feegar hefur leitt til lokunar st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3a, ni\u00f0urfellingar st\u00f3rra leikjaverkefna og gr\u00ed\u00f0arlegrar \u00f3vissu um framt\u00ed\u00f0 margra \u00fer\u00f3unarteyma.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft hefur r\u00e1\u00f0ist \u00ed enn eina umfangsmikla f\u00e6kkun starfsf\u00f3lks. Um er a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a \u00fe\u00fasundir uppsagna, \u00fear af fj\u00f6lda starfsmanna sem st\u00f6rfu\u00f0u innan Xbox deildarinnar og hinna \u00fdmsu leikjaframlei\u00f0slueininga fyrirt\u00e6kisins. Samkv\u00e6mt opinberum t\u00f6lum hefur t\u00e6plega helmingur hinna n\u00fdjustu uppsagna bitna\u00f0 beint \u00e1 leikja\u00fer\u00f3unarf\u00f3lki.<\/p>\n<h4>Leikir felldir ni\u00f0ur og st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3 loka\u00f0<\/h4>\n<p>Me\u00f0al \u00feeirra verkefna sem hafa or\u00f0i\u00f0 undir er endurvakningin \u00e1 hinum margfr\u00e6ga hasarleik Perfect Dark, sem \u00fer\u00f3a\u00f0ur var af st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3inu The Initiative. \u00dev\u00ed hefur n\u00fa veri\u00f0 loka\u00f0, og \u00fer\u00f3un leiksins st\u00f6\u00f0vu\u00f0.<br \/>\nS\u00f6mulei\u00f0is hefur verkefni\u00f0 Everwild, \u00e6vint\u00fdraleikur fr\u00e1 breska st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3inu Rare, veri\u00f0 bl\u00e1si\u00f0 af eftir margra \u00e1ra \u00fer\u00f3un.<\/p>\n<p>ZeniMax Online Studios hefur einnig or\u00f0i\u00f0 fyrir miklum skakkaf\u00f6llum, en \u00fear hefur \u00fer\u00f3un n\u00fds fj\u00f6lspilunarleiks \u2013 sem bar vinnuheiti\u00f0 Project Blackbird, veri\u00f0 st\u00f6\u00f0vu\u00f0, \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 hafa noti\u00f0 innri stu\u00f0nings og \u00e1huga h\u00e1ttsettra stj\u00f3rnenda Xbox. Sagt er a\u00f0 <a href=\"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/tag\/phil-spencer\/\">Phil Spencer<\/a>, yfirma\u00f0ur Xbox, hafi haft \u00fea\u00f0 mikla \u00e1n\u00e6gju af prufu\u00fatg\u00e1fu leiksins a\u00f0 hann hafi \u00feurft a\u00f0 vera st\u00f6\u00f0va\u00f0ur \u00ed spilun til a\u00f0 sinna \u00f6\u00f0rum verkefnum.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f0 auki hefur verulega veri\u00f0 skori\u00f0 ni\u00f0ur hj\u00e1 Turn 10 Studios, sem stendur a\u00f0 baki vins\u00e6lu Forza Motorsport leikjunum. \u00dear missti um helmingur starfsf\u00f3lksins st\u00f6rf, sem hefur vaki\u00f0 mikla athygli \u00ed greininni.<\/p>\n<h4>Rei\u00f0i og vonleysi \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0um leikjaf\u00f3lks<\/h4>\n<p>Vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00far leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0inum hafa veri\u00f0 h\u00f6r\u00f0 og tilfinninga\u00ferungin. Michael Douse, framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri \u00fatg\u00e1fum\u00e1la hj\u00e1 Larian Studios (Baldur\u2019s Gate 3), l\u00fdsti \u00e1standinu me\u00f0 eftirminnilegum or\u00f0um:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201e\u00deetta er eins og risast\u00f3rt svarthol sem gleypir allt \u2013 og sp\u00fdtir \u00fat beinagrindum.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hann b\u00e6tti vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 framt\u00ed\u00f0 greinarinnar v\u00e6ri s\u00edfellt \u00f3lj\u00f3sari:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201e\u00c1 hverjum einasta degi er erfi\u00f0ara a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvert \u00feessi i\u00f0na\u00f0ur stefnir.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just a giant black hole sucking everything in, and spitting out bones. While I&#8217;m excited for more games, it&#8217;s important to remember that behind all the PR and hype is the simple truth that they bought portfolios, not people. When you&#8217;re bought, they&#8217;re not buying *you*.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/toNkZtK3ax\">https:\/\/t.co\/toNkZtK3ax<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Very AFK (@Cromwelp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cromwelp\/status\/1940418637778858006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fleiri hafa teki\u00f0 undir \u00feessi or\u00f0 og l\u00fdst \u00e1hyggjum af \u00fev\u00ed hvernig st\u00f3rfyrirt\u00e6ki, sem \u00ed or\u00f0i kve\u00f0nu sty\u00f0ja n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun og listr\u00e6nt frelsi, s\u00fdni \u00ed verki a\u00f0 \u00feau eru fyrst og fremst rekin af skammt\u00edmahagsmunum og fj\u00e1rhagslegum hagsmunav\u00f6rslu hluthafa.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eXbox er a\u00f0 deyja og Sony vir\u00f0ist fylgja Microsoft \u00ed gr\u00f6fina.<br \/>\nNintendo \u00e1 varla lengur raunverulega samkeppni \u2013 \u00feeir \u00feurfa ekki einu sinni a\u00f0 innovate-a til a\u00f0 halda s\u00e9r \u00e1 floti.<br \/>\nT\u00edmarnir hafa breyst. PC-leikjaspilun er framt\u00ed\u00f0in.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Skrifar einn \u00edslenskur t\u00f6lvuleikjaspilari me\u00f0 auglj\u00f3sar \u00e1hyggjur af \u00fer\u00f3un m\u00e1la \u00ed leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0inum.<\/p>\n<p>Reyndi hreyfimyndasmi\u00f0urinn <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertAnim8er\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Morrison<\/a>, sem starfa\u00f0 hefur vi\u00f0 leiki \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 The Last of Us og God of War, skrifar:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eGamalt og r\u00f3tgr\u00f3i\u00f0 vandam\u00e1l \u00ed leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0inum er a\u00f0 of margir \u00ed stj\u00f3rnunarst\u00f6\u00f0um hafa fengi\u00f0 a\u00f0 mistakast \u2013 og samt komist \u00e1fram.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00f3lk sem tekur sl\u00e6mar \u00e1kvar\u00f0anir bygg\u00f0ar \u00e1 vondum hugmyndum, sem lei\u00f0a til \u00feess a\u00f0 verkefni eru felld ni\u00f0ur, s\u00f6lut\u00f6lur daprar og st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3 loka.<\/p>\n<p>\u00deeir kunna a\u00f0 tala fyrir sig og eiga au\u00f0velt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 eignast vini \u2013 en eru ekki g\u00f3\u00f0ir \u00ed a\u00f0 b\u00faa til fr\u00e1b\u00e6ra leiki.<\/p>\n<p>\u00deeir halda vinnunni, f\u00e1 jafnvel st\u00f6\u00f0uh\u00e6kkun, og allir a\u00f0rir bera kostna\u00f0inn.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Patrick Wren, fyrrverandi starfsma\u00f0ur Halo og einn af reyndustu \u00fer\u00f3unara\u00f0ilum Respawn, segir:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201e\u00cd dag b\u00e6tist enn eitt hneyksli\u00f0 \u00ed leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0inn. \u00c1 hverjum degi ver\u00f0ur erfi\u00f0ara a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvert \u00feessi i\u00f0na\u00f0ur stefnir.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today is just another travesty in the game industry.<\/p>\n<p>Every day it\u2019s hard to see what the future of this industry is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Wren (@Witdarkstar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Witdarkstar\/status\/1940440208861970743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Uppsagnir \u00ed skugga yfirtaka<\/h4>\n<p>Uppsagnirnar koma \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar umfangsmikilla yfirtaka Microsoft \u00e1 undanf\u00f6rnum \u00e1rum, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al kaupum \u00e1 ZeniMax Media og Activision Blizzard, \u00fear sem milljar\u00f0ar dollara hafa runni\u00f0 til eignarhalds \u00ed helstu st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3um i\u00f0na\u00f0arins.<\/p>\n<p>\u00der\u00e1tt fyrir yfirl\u00fdsingar um a\u00f0 framt\u00ed\u00f0ar\u00e1form fyrirt\u00e6kisins \u00e1 svi\u00f0i v\u00e9lb\u00fana\u00f0ar og leikjaframlei\u00f0slu hafi aldrei liti\u00f0 betur \u00fat, \u00fe\u00e1 l\u00edta margir \u00feetta sem merki um \u00f6fugan veruleika, \u00fear sem metna\u00f0arfull verkefni eru skorin ni\u00f0ur \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feau f\u00e1 raunverulega t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta s\u00edn.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00d3vissa og \u00f3tti r\u00edkir<\/h4>\n<p>\u00deessi atbur\u00f0ar\u00e1s hefur dregi\u00f0 fram kv\u00ed\u00f0a og vonleysi \u00ed r\u00f6\u00f0um leikjaf\u00f3lks v\u00ed\u00f0svegar um heiminn. Me\u00f0 hverri n\u00fdrri uppsagnarbylgju vir\u00f0ist skapandi umhverfi \u00fer\u00f3unarst\u00fad\u00eda ver\u00f0a broth\u00e6ttara, og spurningin brennur \u00e1 v\u00f6rum margra: Hverju er f\u00f3rna\u00f0, og fyrir hva\u00f0?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leikjai\u00f0na\u00f0urinn dregur andann dj\u00fapt eftir a\u00f0 Microsoft tilkynnti n\u00fdja bylgju uppsagna, sem n\u00fa \u00feegar hefur leitt til lokunar st\u00fad\u00ed\u00f3a, ni\u00f0urfellingar st\u00f3rra leikjaverkefna og gr\u00ed\u00f0arlegrar \u00f3vissu um framt\u00ed\u00f0 margra \u00fer\u00f3unarteyma. Microsoft hefur r\u00e1\u00f0ist \u00ed enn eina umfangsmikla f\u00e6kkun starfsf\u00f3lks. Um er a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a \u00fe\u00fasundir uppsagna, \u00fear af fj\u00f6lda starfsmanna sem st\u00f6rfu\u00f0u innan Xbox deildarinnar og hinna<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[625,626,1201,1181,629,659,1182,1202,1184,1180,661,1183],"class_list":["post-813388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tolvuleikir","tag-activision","tag-blizzard","tag-everwild","tag-forza-motorsport","tag-microsoft","tag-phil-spencer","tag-project-blackbird","tag-rare","tag-the-initiative","tag-turn-10-studios","tag-xbox","tag-zenimax-online-studio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813388"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815590,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813388\/revisions\/815590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esports.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}