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ThatDanishGamer said:
barneystinson69 said:

What is there to do? Phil Spencer only became head 2 years ago, that isn't much time for any reform. Any new games coming out would likely take a couple years longer to become a reality. Realistically, they need to just focus their efforts on their next-gen console, as its clear the XB1 has been a lemon for them. Hoping for the best, but we'll just have to wait and see.

 

"My Strategy is more around our own first party franchises, and investing in franchises that we own, and probably fewer exclusive deals for third party content. I want to have strong third party relations, but paying for many third party exclusives isn’t our long term strategy."

"It’s great to have Tomb Raider as part of our line-up, but investing in first party...is really core to our strategy." [Phil Spencer]

Microsoft considers "1st-party" as games that are only a reality because of their investment in them. Companies like Nintendo do that as well----for example, Nintendo considers Bayonetta 2 as part of its 1st-party lineup.

So Microsoft could theoretically have a very strong 1st-party lineup with most of the games made by third-party partners...that quote doesn't necessarily mean that Phil is going to focus heavily on building Microsoft's internal studios. It appears he sees them more as a liability than anything from all of these studio closures and shutdowns

Rise of the Tomb Raider would have been made regardless of Microsoft...they just swooped in and bought a semi-exclusive deal over it. That's why it's a "third-party exclusive," they only really invested enough into it for a year of timed exclusivity.

Compare that to games like Scalebound which were COMPLETELY funded by Microsoft and literally would not exist if Microsoft didn't pump $10 million into them. That's the difference.