JaggedSac on 25 October 2008
| DMeisterJ said: Microsoft is living exclusively off of third-party titles as of late. They have a few first-party franchises, but the majority of exclusivity for MS games is now third-party. Unlike Sony and Nintendo which are well prepared for the eventual future that third-party exclusives will go the way of the dodo, Microsoft isn't. Hell, Nintendo practically carried itself first-party wise during the Gamecube era, and it looks like Sony is trying to do that this era, given exclusives for the triple are dropping like flies, Sony has made an effort to buy new Studios (evolution), and publish more games (LBP). The state of the 1st, 2nd party of MS is pretty sad. And the glory days of rare are long gone. PDZ sucked, Viva Pinata and it's sequel, are okay at best, and Banjo: Nuts + Bolts is looking pretty "meh" at the moment. Ensemble is gone, Turn 10 is juggling two games, and Bungie is only cranking out Halo after Halo. how long until that franchise is like Madden? It's pretty sad, I hope MS learns how to internally develop games. |
LOL. I think M$ would love for the Halo franchise to be like Madden. Better than turning into a franchise that doesn't sell boatloads.
As far as M$ games, I am about to play some more Fable 2. That game is addictive. Just got through with the Spire and have been playing for about 20 hours. Not sure how close to the end of the game that is. But I own pretty much all of Bowerstone, so that took up a good portion of my time.
