Unless MS has bought out Obsidian's game The Outer Worlds from Take Two then I don't see that happening, It also depends on who they bought as well.

Starting and hoping to beat Destiny (1) before RDR 2. I must say this is one of the most souless games I've ever played.

Literally the same shit with that dumb robot. Story is a skip, world is nice I guess, gunplay is good for me cause I suck at shooters. Music is cool, I guess. But wow, glad I didn't fall for this hype

Slade6alpha said: Starting and hoping to beat Destiny (1) before RDR 2. I must say this is one of the most souless games I've ever played. Literally the same shit with that dumb robot. Story is a skip, world is nice I guess, gunplay is good for me cause I suck at shooters. Music is cool, I guess. But wow, glad I didn't fall for this hype

Vanilla Destiny 1 isn't that great but when you get to taken king and other expansions it picks up a lot and becomes more interesting story wise.

Unpopular opinion but I actually don't want any new MS games revealed here. Save up those big reveals for E3 (Fable, Bleeding Edge, Outer Worlds, etc)

For this event, just follow up on announced games with more trailers/gameplay/info (Gears 5, Ori , Crackdown, Battletoads, plus post launch content for Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 4, Cuphead, and PUBG).

Follow up on third party games announced at E3 (Dying Light 2 especially). Announce a couple of big ones like Harry Potter or Rocksteady, and then cap it all with off with Splinter Cell.

Sony's last to E3's have been lackluster due to Sony spreading their announcements over three seperate conferences, and I dont want Xbox to do the same.

Edit: Not to mention the aquisitions, and the maybe OG Xbox back compat games too.

Crytek would literally be perfect for Microsoft.
Not only do they make pretty solid titles... But it would make Microsoft competitive in the high-end graphics department... Because whilst Halo and Gears can look pretty at times, it always felt Sony was a step ahead.

Yeah. EA would hold the Crysis IP.

But... That doesn't mean that Crytek can't make another title in a similar vein... I mean, they made FarCry, which was open-world, island/foresty stuff just like Crysis and flogged it off to Ubisoft... And that is a bigger franchise than Crysis now.

Unreal Engine gets used far to much... And as a result allot of games start to feel "samey". - Which was a pronounced issue during the 7th gen IMHO.

At this point in time, Crytek should be pretty cheap to pick up... And would be a better option than building a new studio from the ground up.

CryEngine is arguably capable of more... But it's also a very PC-centric engine with some relatively high CPU overheads.
It needs more R&D sunk into it to bring it into the modern era... And with Microsoft's software engineering expertise, who better to turn that engine around?

343i wouldn't change engines.
T10 might later on if a better solution comes along, but Unreal works for them, Gears was originally designed to take advantage of the Unreal Engines various nuances and show it in the best possible light.

Halo Infinites SlipSpace engine is nothing to sneeze at... Which is why 343i will not change engines at this point.

That wasn't the engines fault. Bioware had a B-grade team that went and stuffed up... Plus EA rushed things.
Frostbite wasn't Biowares first outing with that game engine either, that title belongs to Dragon Age: Inquisition... And that was an amazing RPG... So we can't blame Frostbite.
Plus... EA's approach has allowed EA games to have a certain degree of visual fidelity across the entire board... And it's paid off in my opinion.

Obsidian is a perfect match for Microsoft in my opinion.
The only Criticism I would give about such an acquisition is that... The games will likely be Windows Store and Xbox exclusive. I hate Windows Store.

I agree with Pemalite. Too many games use the Unreal Engine nowadays and using it for most exclusive games while third party games use it as well would probably mean too similar looks while Sony would have a better differentiation.

Does MS really want next gen that people think once again that Sony games have something which MS games lack if it comes to graphics? Probably even if nextbox would be slightly stronger?

Art-style is one thing but games still show if they all use the same engine

Hell no, it would also mean we don't have other games between now and E3 would be a weak line up.

But does it need to have that strong of a lineup? I think aside from the already announced games, they should save everything up for Scarlet. Xbox One has ha a weak first party lineup for years now, and I don't see how that continuing for a year or two can really hurt the Xbox brand much more. 

Aside from the already announced games, they should move all their development to Scarlet this second. Their top priority should be the Scarlet launch over anything else. It's make or break time for Xbox. 

but it should be a continuous support. basically after Forza it's crackdown and then nothing till E3 that's hardly a line up.  

I think third party games have the six month period of October to March covered. They should use the Sony tactic and avoid that time period. Black Ops 4, RDR2, Assassins Creed, Battlefield 5, Darksiders, Hitman, Fallout, Just Cause, Kindom Hearts, Resident Evil, The Division, Anthem, Sekiro, DMC5, Metro Exodus, and more all there. From the April-June period, they can drop Crackdown, Ori, and Battletoads, with Gears being the premier fall exclusive.