Opinion: Is Microsoft Running Out Of Exclusives?

[Normchacho]

Mr Puggsly said:

Normchacho said:

The point the OP is trying to make is that they've already said that they have 14 games in development and we know what like 11 or 12 of them are.

Basically the OP is saying that he thinks they didn't announce new stuff because they don't have anything new to show. Which seems to be supported by statements they themselves have made.

Did MS run out of money? That theory just seems highly unlikely especially with new hardware coming and the Windows 10 gaming push.

Again, I think they have so much to release in a relatively short period that announcments are probably being held off. MS has a history of announcing some games not long until release as well. I mean Forza Horizon 3 just became offical.

Once again, we already know how many games they have in development. They have a bunch of games releasing soonish, but don't seem to be working anything for the long term.

9-10 of the games they are working on have been announced, and are due in the next 12 months (depending on whether they count Minecraft or not, since they are counting KI)

At least 2 more of them are due by the end of 2017 (Phantom Dust and likely Forza 7).

And we just found out Rare might be working on 2 more games.

So, by the end of 2017 all but 2 of the games they have in development will very likely be spent. What about 2018? If they started developing more games this month we likely wouldn't even see them until E3 2018.

The next 18 months are going to be great for MS exclusives, but after that it looks like their output is going to tumble.