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S.T.A.G.E. on 20 October 2014
TheAdjustmentBureau said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
TheAdjustmentBureau said:
Ok so.many in this thread are not even reading what Phil has said.

He wants to bolster IPs owned by Microsoft.

He isn't talking about 3rd party owned IPs like tomb raider.

On the 3rd party exclusives, its not microaodts fault that they have more money than Sony. Why shouldn't Microsoft get timed exclusive deal or exclusive like titanfall if they fund some or all of the development? Funding a game for the dev takes a lot of pressure of the team and gets great support in the process. It makes no sense to dis Microsoft for helping to fund development. In some cases it allows devs to get the game out earlier ans gives them access to support from Microsoft studios.

So basically Phil is saying he's concentrating a lot more than previous heads of Xbox on their own IPs like banjo, conker, killer instinct etc. And he's lucky enough to also have money available ti get 3rd party games to. It's Sonya fault they don't have any money. Not phils.

Yeah....most of the games which made the launch for MS was either made by third party or not even owned by MS. It will continue to be that way throughout the gen.

Why. Please explain.

 

Phil hasn't lied yet and has been totally honest even about areas that need improving. If he sys he is different.ofrm.previous people in the position then he.is. he's already told rare to work on non Kinect games. He made Xbox one available without Kinect and he's looking like dropping the parity clause for same day releases. He's also going to rare next month to see their non Kinect projects.

 

They own Alan wake and own quantum break. There is also nothing wrong with having an outside team work on an ip Microsoft ow. If its a good game what's the difference? Its actually good rothe industry as other devs get o have great support for a game they are making even if its owned by Microsoft.

 

Let's see what Phil announces from now till e3. We hve athe Xbox event in February next year. Phils been awesome so far, so putting him in the asme bracket as don mattrick is just silly.

 

We will see banjo 3 this gen. Also conker to. He's bringing phantom dust back owned by Microsoft which he already announced. And they built a brand new studio to look after gears.

 

 

 

 

 


I never said Phil lied. In earlier statements he's accepted the fact that Microsoft might not have been able to develop games like Uncharted on Sony's level thus the timed exclusivity of Tomb Raider. He's admitted that they tried multiple times to internally create a game that could be of the quality of Uncharted to no avail. The good thing about him is that he's been up front about us and with MS that is not very common. I know a lot of exclusives that they have will come from first party and some will come from first party, but with them I take them as I can get them. 

Nintendo delivers the most first party hits. They have great games but their great minds are getting older so they will need to replace them with new IP as time goes by.

Sony is second best at this, but has a large development schedule for second party to bring them into their ranks. Kind of like training grounds in how to be "Sony quality".

Microsoft is the last in ability to internally create new IP. They supplemented this last gen by having superior multiplats to the PS3 and online, as well as paying for timed exclusivity of third party to keep games away from Sony to they are percieved to have more than they do. The only MS IP's I haven't played are Viva Pinata and Crackdown so this gen i'll give it a shot. Regardless of where the exclusives are coming im happy they are there.

My main point is when the third party sea starts drying up for exclusives MS will struggle to catch up unless they get better internally. History is proof of this. Sony will catch up to them in internal exclusives and pass them. History it takes a little while for Sony's engine to start running. Give it another year and you will see what I mean. 

P.S.

They don't own Alan Wake, Remedy does. They own Quantum Break. Microsoft pays Remedy to make second party titles for them, but since MS paid for the IP they own Quantum Break. They would be wise to purchase Remedy to increase the quality of their first party offerings. No one will jump ship on them like Rare did thus ensuring quality.