Yeah, it's kind of funny to look back at all that speculation about all those new AAA studios Microsoft was building for the Xbox One and how they were supposedly going to rival Sony's World Wide Studios in terms of content.
Don't get me wrong, Rome wasn't built in a day and they've certainly improved over the 360, but so many of those mystery studios did not really translate to a markedly superior Xbox first-party selection. So far, Press Play has been the biggest surprise star.
The biggest disappointment, I think, was Black Tusk being turned into a Gears studio. Now, I am biased, as I don't like Gears, but that whole deal literally translated to the loss of an AAA game for Microsoft. If Epic had kept making Gears, who knows what Black Tusk would have produced. Of course, I don't blame them for acquiring Gears and milking it for more but it's still kind of disappointing to see a new IP vanish. Though, I will also say that I really liked the Gears video that was shown at E3.
It might seem strange that I'm singling Black Tusk out and not 343i but I believe that's a different situation, as 343 was MADE to be a Halo development group and people were hired knowing that.
