Xbox Next will not be a console anymore. My take on Microsoft's Nextbox.

[Squilliam]

thranx said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Squilliam said:

slowmo said:
We get it STAGE, you hate Microsoft. Do everyone a favour and stop posting in every next Xbox thread about how Microsoft are some great evil entity please.

I tend to get that impression as well.

You guys are welcomed to your beliefs but their console has two games I like and their names are Halo and Gears. Those are my prime reasons for having the console, games. That is my major gripe with Microsoft, lack of competent game development. Everything they seem to think they are doing right has nothing to do with games, but rather to exploit and rape the industry of what its all about. I didnt come to feel this way about Microsofts movements with the Xbox 360 for a long period of time, for there was once a time where I was lashing out at Sony for making the wrong moves and praising Microsoft (the first three years of this gen). I give credit where its due, and take it away where it isnt deserved.

seeing as ms has some of the best selling exclusives i cant see how their game development is lacking competancy. I think they realise there is no point in over saturation of first party titles, when you can have third parties fill that gap nicely. It would be a different story if there was a lack of games or if ms was constantly closing studios. But as far as I know this year they have been opening and recruiting more studios than ever before, and they still have a great relationship with third parties. I have not seen a lack of games yet.  They are adding added functionaly that is all. Its not at the cost of their games either. Just more stuff, what is wrong with that?

United States

• 343 Industries – Halo series
• Connected Experiences – Untitled Project – Design Large scale multiplayer title and help other first party studios
• Good Science Studio – Kinect Adventures, Kinect Fun Labs
• Kids and Lifestyle Entertainment – Untitled Project
• Microsoft Studios – Los Angeles – Untitled Project
• Microsoft Studios – Mobile Gaming – ilomilo
• Microsoft Studios – Redmond Publishing – Overseeing and co-developing multiple projects in conjunction with third party development studios
• Platform Next Studios – Untitled Project
• Playful Learning – Untitled Project
• Skybox Sports – Untitled Project
• Turn 10 Studios – Forza Motorsport series
• Twisted Pixel Games – The Gunstringer, LocoCycle
• Xbox Live Productions – South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, South Park: Tenorman's Revenge, Avatar Kinect

Europe

• Lionhead Studios – Fable series, Black & White series; Unannounced MMO-like New IP
• Microsoft Studios – London – Untitled Free-To-Play Project
• Rare Ltd. – Banjo-Kazooie series, Viva Piñata, Perfect Dark series, Kinect Sports series
• Soho Productions – Kinect Sesame Street TV
• Press Play – Untitled Project^[23]

Canada

• BigPark – Joy Ride series, Kinect Sports: Season Two
• Black Tusk Studios – Untitled Project
• Microsoft Studios Victoria – Untitled Project

They have a good 20 studios and they have been expanding in recent times. I don't see why they won't have an abundance of new I.P. at the start and over the first few years of their console development as you can also +1 Bungie's first independant game so at minimum they will likely have a 5M+ selling new I.P. >60% chance even if that is only a timed exclusive. I'm personally most interested in what 'Playful Learning' is producing given that I believe education could be a huge growth area for consoles.