They are tho? Killer Instinct, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Project Spark, Lionhead have a new IP and stuff we don't know about

Im still sour that we aint seen a Halo Wars game that uses Kinect.

Its like, the perfect title for them to do to not only branch out Halo a tad more, but to get the "hardcore" gamers using Kinect for videogames.

Maybe you should... I dunno... choose your words more carefully.

"Would be nice to see MS Studios focus on something else besides what they focused on last generation."

Yeah, I do believe other games are also part of their focus. Otherwise they wouldn't exist and we'd only see Gears, Forza, Fable, and Halo. The media focuses on the games people want to read about, which are generally established IPs or games coming from major studios.

Sunset Overdrive & Quantum Break are 3rd party aren't they? Not sure about Project Spark. Is the developer a MS owned studio? Is that a MS owned IP?

I am strictly speaking about MS Studios 1st party development.

Also I believe with Lionhead the only title we know about right now is Fable Legends. They said they were also working on a non fable-esque new IP.

He seems to think those projects happen without MS being aware.

*dons flamesuit* I want an always online Halo Wars so that lots of AI and computing can be uploaded from the cloud. That and kinect features, together with Xbox One power and graphics it would be stunning.

I dont actually get why they aint gone back to it. Halo Wars did reaaaaaaaally well for a console RTS.

who would make it ? ensemble is no more.

Maybe you should read what I wrote next time and realize that the word "focus" does not in any way mean that they are only working on those mentioned titles. Last gen their focus was a lot of Halo, Forza and Fable. They had Gears but it was 3rd party. Now they own it and they put their effort into that now to keep those (4) big games going. Just like last gen they also mix a few extra here and there along with many releases from those (4) franchises..

That would help and might prevent you from right away beginning the next portion of the conversation with words that try to make me look stupid, because you yourself failed to realize my point due to getting testy due to me saying something you must not have liked.

I would just like to see them created something new within their 1st party and put their financial muscle behind it the way they do with Halo.

I thought the new Black Tusk title would be it, but then they bought Gears and shifted it over to them instead. Which shows MS obviously wants to focus on Gears, rather than the new IP we believed them to be working on.

Who really cares if a exclusive is made by MS.  If MS is funding or publishing it then they have invested in that exclusive.  As a gamer I just want good games and I care little if the game is first party.  I care little if the exclusive will appear on another console in a year or 2 latter.  The reason is because I am a gamer not a fanboy.  In the end, all Console makers play it safe enough where you have established IP and you only venture to risk on new stuff later in the development of the system.  Case in point would be Sony this gen.  Early games are established franchises that have sold well and have strong audiences.