DonFerrari said: Ka-pi96 said: 2-3 years? So... for the Xbox Two launch then? Considering MS abandon their consoles at the end of life, and how old X1 already is then sure I can see these gamings releasing only on X2.

They released games for the 360 a decade after it launched. And now they support BC for that console so that you can bring that library and continue to buy games for it on its successor. You have a fucking bizarre definition of "abandon". Maybe you meant to say Microsoft one time abandoned one of their consoles over a decade ago so they might do it again. To which I'd reply one time Sony abandoned the Vita so hey they might do it again.

Can we ask why they haven't signed those things 2 years earlier?

I look forward to seeing what they have in the pipeline, but what were they doing 2 - 3 years ago?

I don't think it matters if the exclusives come from "outsiders". As long as they get those damn exclusives.
Halo, Fable, Gears were all from non-Microsoft owned developers at one point.

Lack of exclusives have been a thorn in Microsoft's side for decades.
But to state they never learn is a little far-fetched. Plenty of examples where there has been a big uproar and Microsoft has made big changes to make people happy.

I think giving the franchise a rest for a few years is probably a good thing. Hopefully we don't get another Master Chief Collection or Halo 5 disaster.
Since 2009 we have basically had a Halo of some form released every single year.

Nintendo deserved that success. They had the right game, the right hardware (Even if I wanted more), the right form factor all at the right time. And they have been rewarded with that. So good on them. Zelda proved to be a massive hit that helped drive the Switch's success and branding.

It's actually outperforming the Xbox One and Playstation 4 consoles sales combined according to VGChartz. (364k vs combined 260k. For the week of April 29th.)

They sure did.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-investing-1-billion-into-xbox-one-games/1100-6408992/

$1 Billion in games they apparantly invested in.

With the money Microsoft has its not too late for them. If they were any other company though, Microsoft would have to be forced to work on their first party sooner and in a more desperate fashion. the fact that they have the money to weather the lashings of their competitors is what makes them lazier and have more patience about the lack of first party.  Their most hardcore of fans dont demand more from them like Sony and Nintendo fans do after being accustomed to higher quality offerings.

Well yeah otherwise I couldn't play Bloodborne, Demon Souls, Halo, Gears, Ratchet and Clank and many other IP's not developed by Sony or MS. Before we say Nintendo doesn't do this they let Ubisoft make Rabbids and Mario rpg. Or Square Enix the Super Mario RPG. So in a way many companies buy exclusives they don't make themselves. They turn out to be great games quite often so I don't see the point in complaints, since exclusive games are often way more polished. They also might not have existed if they wheren't exclusives to begin with since it are often more risky games than non exclusives. Take demon souls for instance if Sony wouldn't have bought that we might never have gotten From Software to make Dark Souls.

Thats lazy and you know it. Microsoft has the funds to create a fleet and none of their methods have worked. They need to start doing what works.

You mean the best at getting them on their platforms.  If the others were more appealing they'd release there too. 

The Naughty Dog you know today is not the Naughty Dog Sony purchased. They bought the talent and turned the studio around and it worked out in their favor. Microsoft bought Rare and look what happened.Sony had a vision of making cinematic/pixar like experiences and aligned themselves with developers who did the same. If you notice that Sony only purhcases devs that go through the intiation process of making what they creatively would like and reach some form of success so that they can have a successful range of games that they both can agree on making. This does not equate with how Microsoft ran their devs. I dont know how good Epics relationship with Microsoft was when they kept nagging them to make Gears for them. Creative people want to make new things. You cannot just make the same game forever. That is the EA, Activision and Ubisoft philosophy and Microsoft mirrors it so well. If Phil Spencer would focus on making dedicated studios to certain types of games and they wouldnt have many issues.

Microsoft had the better presentation, but few actual exclusives. Cuphead is probably the only game thats going to come out ok this year. Crackdown is going to get overwhelmed by Battlefront and COD.  That game is just not on the level with whats coming out in November to even compete.