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Shinobi-san on 25 August 2013
Adinnieken said:
SvennoJ said:
As long as you keep repeating it often enough...
Nah still not convinced, the only title I'm really interested in is Project Spark.

I think the thing to understand is, this isn't the gaming press.  It's one thing for the gaming press to say it, which they are, but it's another thing for people outside of the gaming press, Forbes is a business journal after all, saying Microsoft has the stronger line-up of games.

And you don't bother reading the article, because if you had, you'd have read at the bottom that the author is still bullish on Sony but just a little less so now.

This is the same guy many people on this site were praising weeks ago when he was saying the sky was falling for Microsoft.

The most talked about game at Gamescon, the one with the most accolades, the only game with an 8 hour wait to play it for 10 minutes, was Titanfall, a game not coming to the PS4 or PS3 until much later, if at all. 

What? Did you read who the author of the title is?

"Erik Kain

Contributor

I am a video game and technology reporter and critic covering the industry and gaming culture."

How is this not gaming press?



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landguy1 on 25 August 2013

Titanfall will be a major system seller.



Saeko on 25 August 2013

How surprisingly ?

With almost no game in last 2 years on xbox360 this not surpisingly at all to me.



Seece on 25 August 2013
riderz13371 said:
Shinobi-san said:
Is their a release date for Halo on Xbone?

Probably 2015. They just showed it to get people hyped for the game.

2014.

Xbox One's line up does look very impressive right now I admit.



 

riderz13371 on 25 August 2013
Seece said:
riderz13371 said:
Shinobi-san said:
Is their a release date for Halo on Xbone?

Probably 2015. They just showed it to get people hyped for the game.

2014.

Xbox One's line up does look very impressive right now I admit.

Confirmed 2014?



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Seece on 25 August 2013
riderz13371 said:
Seece said:
riderz13371 said:
Shinobi-san said:
Is their a release date for Halo on Xbone?

Probably 2015. They just showed it to get people hyped for the game.

2014.

Xbox One's line up does look very impressive right now I admit.

Confirmed 2014?

Everything they showed at the press conference was 2013/2014.

Games get delayed but Halo isn't usually one of them, in fact I don't think it's ever been delayed in its history. They run a right ship.



 

riderz13371 on 25 August 2013
Seece said:
riderz13371 said:
Seece said:
riderz13371 said:
Shinobi-san said:
Is their a release date for Halo on Xbone?

Probably 2015. They just showed it to get people hyped for the game.

2014.

Xbox One's line up does look very impressive right now I admit.

Confirmed 2014?

Everything they showed at the press conference was 2013/2014.

Games get delayed but Halo isn't usually one of them, in fact I don't think it's ever been delayed in its history. They run a right ship.

None of the Halo games (not including the "spin offs") have released within a 2 year period of one another. Halo 4 just launched in 2012, I doubt we will see another one in November 2014 (making it a 2 year dev cycle). 

From Halo Wiki - "Spencer also clarified in an interview with IGN that while the next-gen game was not Halo 5, it was a "legitimate" entry in the game series rather than a spin-off"

Halo: Combat Evolved - November 15, 2001

Halo 2 - November 9, 2004

Halo 3 - September 25, 2007

Halo 4 - March 13, 2012

Maybe 343 have a much bigger studio than Bungie and can pull it off, but I doubt we will see that Halo game in 2014. It was used more of a way to reassure people that a Halo game is coming to the Xbox One.



Seece on 25 August 2013
riderz13371 said:
Seece said:

Everything they showed at the press conference was 2013/2014.

Games get delayed but Halo isn't usually one of them, in fact I don't think it's ever been delayed in its history. They run a right ship.

None of the Halo games (not including the "spin offs") have released within a 2 year period of one another. Halo 4 just launched in 2012, I doubt we will see another one in November 2014 (making it a 2 year dev cycle). 

From Halo Wiki - "Spencer also clarified in an interview with IGN that while the next-gen game was not Halo 5, it was a "legitimate" entry in the game series rather than a spin-off"

  Halo: Combat Evolved - November 15, 2001  
  Halo 2 - November 9, 2004 
  Halo 3 - September 25, 2007                                                                                                                                                                           Halo 4 - March 13 2012

Maybe 343 have a much bigger studio than Bungie and can pull it off, but I doubt we will see that Halo game in 2014. It was used more of a way to reassure people that a Halo game is coming to the Xbox One. 

Well yes, they have, Halo Reach 2010, Halo 4 2012. Different studios though I admit.

Regardless, they said everything is 2014 in their E3 press conference so it's 2014, even if it isn't a full blown Halo.

They obviously have the perfect combo planned for September 2014, Halo + Price cut.

You need to stop assuming and go with what we know, they don't need to reassure anyone Halo is coming, it's pretty obvious.



 

Farsala on 25 August 2013

It is an impressive launch lineup like the Wii U's was considered impressive. However it might have problems relying on 3rd partys (which Wii U did not have) throughout 2014 until the holidays. PS4's launch lineup is decent and at least one 1st party is in early Q1 2014. And The Order 1886 will probably be set in Q2 or Q3 with new games from SSM or ND around Q4.

Overall seems to me like Q4 2013: MS>Sony
Q1 2014: Sony= or > MS
Q2-3 2014: Sony>MS
Q4 2014: Sony= MS

However another thing that will hurt MS in Q4 2013 is launch countries.



pokoko on 25 August 2013

I've got to agree, Microsoft has put together an impressive launch line-up. Moneyhatting Titanfall was a damn good idea, whomever put that together deserves a raise. It's by far the most impressive piece in the puzzle. Forza should do well but, honestly, I think there is a big of racing sim fatigue at the moment. I think it will be less sought after than Titanfall, at least initially. Killer Instinct won't move systems but it sweetens the package. I hope they advertise it because it looks awesome in terms of the visual style.

I'm not feeling Dead Rising 3, though. Zombie fatigue, plus somehow people just don't seem as excited for it as with DR2. I don't think many people will decide one way or another based on this game.

When you start talking 2014, though, things begin to tighten up. InFamous: Second Son looks fantastic and we're still waiting on reveals for the other PS4 IP World Wide Studios is working on. I'm also not sure why everyone is assuming Microsoft's ad campaign will blow Sony away, either--wasn't everyone saying the same thing about the console announcements earlier this year?

I think it's going to be close. Close at launch, close in 2014, probably close in 2015.