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Snoopy on 03 December 2016
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Snoopy said:

A Dlc and one AAA games from Gurellia games which I found all their games except for one (killzone 2, I liked that game a lot) just average/above average. 

MS will have Halo wars 2 (rts), Sea of theives(mmo game), Scale Bound (rpg game), Forza 7 (sim racer), Killer Instinct season 4 and probably more I'm not thinking about. You can argue if it is better than Sony lineup or not, but they are putting out their fair share of games. I find it actually more funny Nintendo fans here will defend the wii u and nintendo to death despite not having as many exclusives as xbox and wii u dosesn't even get third party support.

Microsoft puts all of their faith in third party. Eventually when the budget gets tight beyond the halfway mark you will see the third party exclusives dwindle. They arent winning either like last gen, so they wont have the same pull.

Sony doesnt have to have a better lineup now. They will in the end. Why? They can make their own new IP's. By the end of this gen, I guarantee you Microsoft would've lost 2/3 of the halo fanbase that they had circa 2008. I just recently became a Halo fan, but I am talking about the bigger picture.  Much in the same vein as EA and Activision, Microsoft milks franchises they are solely depended upon. Sony is the only company that doesnt have this dependent atittude and this is why you see them every gen increasing their new IP count by leaps and bounds. Microsoft can only really pay to pad out their exclusives, but when it comes right down to it, After Gears and Halo take a break, who will take the mantle?

Sony isn't making as many new ips compare to last generation. Sony is litterally the ones who are doing all the third party support such as exclusive marketing. Microsoft has big franchise they depend on like Halo, Gears, Forza and probably will use Minecraft in the future that is true. However, there is nothing wrong with it. You also seeing MIcrosoft investing into new ips like quantum break, sunset overdrive, Titan Fall, ori blind forest,recore, ryse and in a way killer instinct (hasn't been made in a long time)  Also you're forgetting MS also has a big install base because of the user experience. Their controller, xbox os, xbox live,customer support, user friendly ,ect. That is a big reason why xbox is where they are at even more so than their exclusives. 

Lastly, MS is the richest console maker, if they feel threaten or not in a good stance which isn't the case, but if that occurs they will just start buying out major third party publishers / third party games out just like they did with Minecraft, Halo and Gears of war.  MS is probably happy the position they are in.