Halo was originally an RTS, but Microsoft made the decision to change the game and make it an fps. It was also the first major fps online game on consoles and now a lot of great fps games became a thing on console because of MS. Sony has been horrible in terms of AAA first party titles. Horizon Zero dawn is their first big budget AAA title since Uncharted 4 (a year apart). Sony only looks good because of some of the niche japanese game support they get, but not many westerns care about for the most part. Microsoft will have crackdown 3, halo wars 2, forza 7, state of decay 2, sea of theives and probably more games to go with the scorpio in terms of AAA titles. While Sony big AAA games are gt sport (pales in comparison with forza 6 let alone forza 7) and horizon zero dawn (excited for this game) this year. Microsoft always focuses on the back half of the year because that is where most of the money is going to be made during the year.

Also, Microsoft helped with Gears of war which push the 3rd person shooter genre. 

Really? Sony has horrible first party? LOL.....

No offense, but the reason why everyones asking Microsoft where the real games are is because there are no big new first party IP. The games you mentioned outside of Crackdown and state of decay are not highly andicipated, and none of them are really considered big games. Microsoft hasnt had a fresh new major AAA IP since Gears of War (2006) and the only reason I can count that as first party is because they purchased them. This means they havent had a major first party IP in eleven years. The last major AAA IP Microsoft made themselves was Forza and that was in 2005. Sony was willing to drop Nathan Drake in order to let Aloy take the helm for Sony. You conveniently forgot the last of us as well. This means Sony's last major new AAA IP to drop came last less than four years ago. There are plenty of first, second and third party exclusives that Sony has, which is why this month is essentially dominated by them no differnt than January.

If you didnt notice, theres a reason why Nintendo and Sony have been shying away from 4th quarter. Its not that they are scared of what Microsoft has to offer, but rather the market saturation that tends to occur because everyones gunning for the Christmas season. It was a mess and only one Sony exclusive was in it which was the Last Guardian. 

LOL Microsoft helped epic with their month, no offense, but Microsoft couldnt come up with a new IP on par with Gears if they tried on their own. Even Phil spencer admitted that he tried to make games like Uncharted but failed to see it done. Thats why he paid to have tomb Raider as an exclusive to stay competitive with Sony. You can look it up. Microsoft knows Nintendo and Sony are more capable of pumping out high quality exclusives than they are. Thats why spencer will continue to congratulate them.

The real problem is Microsoft couldnt see the forest for the trees. Destiny would've been an exclusive for them had they allowed Bungie to grow into two teams. Destiny has been a pet project of bungie since before even Halo, I believe and that couldve been the major exclusive they needed. Regardless, its out now. They wanted to keep Bungie on Halo duty for many years to come and that doesnt always work with creative entities.

Sony and Nintendo were headed in that direction, no different than motion gaming and the switch but it could happen. Do you have any articles on this?

Really? Sony has horrible first party? LOL.....

No offense, but the reason why everyones asking Microsoft where the real games are is because there are no big new first party IP. The games you mentioned outside of Crackdown and state of decay are not highly andicipated, and none of them are really considered big games. Microsoft hasnt had a fresh new major AAA IP since Gears of War (2006) and the only reason I can count that as first party is because they purchased them. This means they havent had a major first party IP in eleven years. The last major AAA IP Microsoft made themselves was Forza and that was in 2005. Sony was willing to drop Nathan Drake in order to let Aloy take the helm for Sony. You conveniently forgot the last of us as well. This means Sony's last major new AAA IP to drop came last less than four years ago. There are plenty of first, second and third party exclusives that Sony has, which is why this month is essentially dominated by them no differnt than January.

If you didnt notice, theres a reason why Nintendo and Sony have been shying away from 4th quarter. Its not that they are scared of what Microsoft has to offer, but rather the market saturation that tends to occur because everyones gunning for the Christmas season. It was a mess and only one Sony exclusive was in it which was the Last Guardian. 

LOL Microsoft helped epic with their month, no offense, but Microsoft couldnt come up with a new IP on par with Gears if they tried on their own. Even Phil spencer admitted that he tried to make games like Uncharted but failed to see it done. Thats why he paid to have tomb Raider as an exclusive to stay competitive with Sony. You can look it up. Microsoft knows Nintendo and Sony are more capable of pumping out high quality exclusives than they are. Thats why spencer will continue to congratulate them.

The real problem is Microsoft couldnt see the forest for the trees. Destiny would've been an exclusive for them had they allowed Bungie to grow into two teams. Destiny has been a pet project of bungie since before even Halo, I believe and that couldve been the major exclusive they needed. Regardless, its out now. They wanted to keep Bungie on Halo duty for many years to come and that doesnt always work with creative entities.