Wasn't it to do with a bad investors' earnings briefing? Autodesk as a company had missed it's earnings per share and even though media made up 15% of its budget (or maybe because of that) the least successful of the three similar products got the chop. I think if there hadn't been a panicked push for cost-cutting, XSI may have been around a while longer. As I understood it, the purchases from Japan had dried up for a while. There were multiple games that had been in development for a few years that were coming to the end of their devs cycles, had been version locked and would have been renewed at that point.
Anyway, conjecture on my part, but I think it's not fair to get angry at one person for a corporate entity's missteps and falsehoods. I'm just pissed that Autodesk bought them in the first place, the writing was on the wall from then. On 20 February 2017 at 14:00, Graham Bell <bell...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think people put a gun to the guys head, it was all part of the > campaign that was running at the time. The general consensus was that the > axe had already been wielded and fallen on Softimage and this was just lip > service. But that wasn't the case, from my knowledge anyway. At that moment > in time, there was some good intention to push the product forward in order > to properly find it's place. I'm sure some people may have read between the > lines, but internally myself and others still believed there was a future. > > The problem was the timeline of events has they unfolded. > The video and event was done for launching the 2014 product line in March > 2013, but also around this time there was a management change, from that > changes happened and the EOL announcement was made, more or less a year > after Daniel had said it was ok. Personally and imo, I don't believe there > was ever an intention to deliberately mislead people, but certainly the > timeline can make it look that way. People can choose to believe that or > not. > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:45 AM Andi Farhall <hack...@outlook.com> wrote: > >> Yes, it probably was unprofessional for which I apologise. It was an >> offhand remark made after a few beers on a Saturday. So probably not the >> best time to be posting. >> >> >> I might point out that the individuals who made him go on camera and tell >> everyone it was going to be fine when they had no intention of it being so >> were also being unprofessional. >> >> >> But I still apologise for the remark. >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com < >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> on behalf of Sven Constable < >> sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> >> *Sent:* 18 February 2017 18:30:42 >> >> *To:* 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ >> forum/#!forum/xsi_list' >> *Subject:* RE: Maya >> >> >> I would like to see the list staying professional as it was through the >> years. This was inappropiate. >> >> >> >> Sven >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Andi Farhall >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 18, 2017 7:09 PM >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ >> forum/#!forum/xsi_list >> *Subject:* Re: Maya >> >> >> >> a face only a mother could love >> >> >> >> >> >> ............................................................ >> ............... >> >> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >> >> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ >> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >> >> >> >> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or >> opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >> represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >> >> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >> >> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in >> error. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com < >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> on behalf of Tenshi Sama < >> tenshi...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* 18 February 2017 12:05:14 >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ >> forum/#!forum/xsi_list >> *Subject:* Re: Maya >> >> >> >> :( >> >> https://youtu.be/WcDn8gVPY_8 >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:22 AM, Andrew Prostrelov <prostre...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Just another day in the wonderful world of Maya... >> >> totally agree. >> The same stuff all over internet. >> Every one in a pain of Maya "great" UI design, legacy crap and bugs all >> over the place. >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Diseñador 3D/Multimedia >> web: https://tenshi.carbonmade.com >> # Cel/Whatsapp: (+593) 0984104698 <+593%2098%20410%204698> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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