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KLXVER on 25 November 2014
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Jimbo1337 said:
KLXVER said:

And how exactly do you want them to revive those other beloved franchises?  Stop producing Forza all together so they can make those games?


What? Is their gaming division really that small...?

Yeah it really is that small.  I remember watching a video where Phil Spencer was talking about listening to their fans.  The person interviewing him specifically mentioned that Playstation has the beloved MLB The Show while Microsoft does not.  Phil Spencer replied by saying that he hears his fans and he knows that they want a game like MLB The Show on the XB1 but then replied with the fact that they simply do not have the necessary amount of game developers for this to happen.

He then stated that they have to prioritze what games are going to be made.  In other words, Phil Spencer hears their fans that they want these beloved franchises to come to the XB1 but they simply dont have the time.  You can imagine that Microsoft and Sony try to snatch up all of the best game developers and then pay them to make exclusive games just for them.  That is why you see Sony so heavily invested in indie developers because then those developers will make games exclusively for them in the future.  Just look at Santa Monica Studios as an example.

So now you can begin to understand that Microsoft is doing everything and anything that they can to make games for their console.  But they can't pump out games faster than the developers can make them.  So instead, they invest money into franchises like Minecraft, timed exclusivity for Tomb Raider, or games like Titanfall.  **SIde Note** interesting read: http://www.totalxbox.com/75303/microsoft-saved-titanfall-from-cancellation-claims-report/

I believe what happened is that during the PS1 and PS2 era, Sony snatched up all of the great game developers at the time when Microsoft wasn't nearly in the game market.  Take a look at the games that are owned by Microsoft Game Studios and that which is owned by Sony Computer Entertainment:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/mgsgamecatalog/

http://www.g4tv.com/games/publishers/sony-computer-entertainment/5718/


Well if they can spend 2.5 billion dollars on an indie developer, you would think they could hire some more people to make their games...

They are not doing everything and anything at all. Great developers are losing their jobs left and right these days. Why not go after them instead of buying timed exclusivity and content for certain games which does nothing for the consumer in any way?