| Burek said: Of course he played it well. His comments are aimed at one dempgraphic, the one that is ready to drink whatever Koolade he mixes them. Fortunatelly, that demographic is not large, and exists mainly on a few internet forums where they stand in circle and pat each other on the back. Had that demographic been larger, they would now be drinking a physical disc DRM, region locked always online mandatory always on Kinect Koolade, and be happy that they are getting screwed every which way.
It is obvious that 3rd party exclusives cost so much more for XOne, with them being obliterated in almost every market, and that any sensible developer knows that. And theybcannot offset that with 1st party offering because they are very limited by both talent and imagination (they themselves admitted that they tried and miserably failed to create an Uncharted competitor, hence the whole TR moneyhat debacle).
Sure, they'll throw some cash to mercenary 3rd parties like Platinum, Comcept or Insomniac, but gone are the days of cheaply procuring that support. I am sure that EA is enjoying that situation, they are probably raking in huge money from the FIFA deal on a console that is comatose in Europe. They took their money on Titanfall, and certainly asked for a huge sum to keep TF2 away from PS4 again, but Nadella is not an idiot to give Spencer blank checks. That is why Spencer now wants to focus on 1st party, but if they failed to create anything meaningful in the past 15 years (only Forza actually) should people really expect their fortunes to turn around. I think the next few years will be a steady diet of Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable, with one off cheap mercenary moneyhats and a heavy gocus on PC gaming. Of course, they will still serve Koolade to the thirsty any chance they get. |
Yep. What also amazes me is how quickly a statement of 'intent' leads to immediate praising of said statement. It's all well and good saying you are going to concentrate on 1st party but it's another delivering on that promise. I'm sure some people think once the decision is made the turnover is going to happen in months when in reality it takes years to built up a portfolio of 'new' 1st party IPs. The rub is that the statement on intent is ALSO smoke and mirrors and what he's actually saying is 'more Gears, more Halo, more Forza and more Fable.' It's far too late to turn a risk into success and MS know that. Will we see a new IP at some point? Probably, but it will only be lip service to another 'wait and see' strategy. It's the exact same strategy they used for Kinect, and because of their userbase's absolute blind faith, they managed to pull it off again with Kinect 2. And they pull it off AGAIN with Hololens. I'm sure more and more people are hearing the penny drop though and the leverage they have over their fans is slowly waning (apart from those that would watch fools like Crapgamer).
What are your views on BC? I wouldn't be surprised to see the 360 dropped soon ;)
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