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AlexJones on 17 January 2015
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Kerotan said:
larrysdirtydrawss said:
Kerotan
MS will likely have a big promotion for the releases of the order and Bloodborne. Something like an extra free game thrown in. They did it for lots of releases last year.

maybe/probably right,but what game exactly will draw interest? do they have anything new or semi-new for a while in terms of big impact exclusives,their current bundle already has 2 games,maybe s.o and forza thrown in with Acreed games for 349 might actually do it... thats quite a bit of value


They have nothing marketable.  Sony have Bloodborne the order and marketing rights to battlefield hardline. 

 

How has Microsoft nothing major planned for this half of the year. Terrible planning and foresight.  

Because they were expecting to be the dominant console this gen. AAA-budget games these days take at least 2 years to develop, so you can't just throw money and expect a decent AAA game within a few months. You have to plan 3 years in advance, and the fact that they have nothing now and probably next year as well proves that having no games in 2015 and 2016 is exactly what Microsoft planned in 2012.

Why?

Because they wanted to coast by with only Halo, Gears, Forza and Fable for the rest of the generation with nothing spent on making new IPs. It worked wonderfully well for them last generation, and they wanted to repeat that sucess. And this is why I will never buy anything Xbox related. SONY has proven that they will spend money on making new IPs and consumer-friendly consoles even when they're ahead. Microsoft won't. The instant they're #1, it'll be Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable until the end of time and a weak next-gen console to cut costs.