jason1637 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Ya you're right, I shouldn't have said that especially when I actually asked for the game for Christmas lol. That was a stupid thing to say especially because of the amount of critical acclaim the series has gotten.
But my original point still stands, I agree both consoles aren't really doing great with release dates but it's hard to deny that Sony is getting better while Microsoft isn't being very competitive for the situation they're in. For a while I actually believed Microsoft was being ultra competitive with Sony because of their constent slew of third parties, but then I realized most people who want a Halo game or a Gears game either have an Xbox One, or don't approve of the series direction(both cases are the same for me). Deliviring games that aren't new experiences and largely make worse on the formula of past games isn't what I imagine Microsoft is trying to do, but they're doing it. It's unclear how much Microsofts Windows 10 exclusive deals hurt the Xbox brand - my guess is it doesn't hurt it all that much considering the player bases of Gears on console and that most people think of Xbox when they think Forza. But for outsiders or even people who already own the console, it looks fairly bad.
I can't help but think that Microsoft needs to be more competitive when it comes to covering multiple genres. I bought an Xbox One because they seemed to be doing so with Scalebound, Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, and also because they were deliviring games I hadn't experienced on the 360 like Horizon or Crackdown, and i've just been disappoitned time and time again.
The sales for Gears are good, but considering Uncharted 4 is the best seling Uncharted game(i'm aware it's also heavily bundled but it was probably going to be the best selling uncharted game anyways) i'm a bit disappointed at how much slower Gears of War is coming along. I'm a huge fan of the series and I have a much bigger bias for Halo and Gears - they were the games that got me into gaming. If I didn't find Halo Reach I probably would have never used the internet at all. But the reality is that each iteration gets less sales for both franchises and it's a little bit depressing.
Sorry for shitslinging a bit too much, over exaggeration is a fault on the web.
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Well atleast we can agree that MS does need to expand on different genres to be more competitive outside their base of gears, halo fans. Scalebound, Ori, and.cupheads are a good start but compared to Sony they still have more to do.
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I just wish they would have come out last year when I was very hopeful for the Xbox. But what can ya do. I think 343 should start a separate project from Halo personally. I'm a bit worried about Sea of Thieves. It's looking to be the next Fable Legends, not much hype around it, will probably be quietly cancelled or will die out after release. At least Fable Legends had some Fable fans going.
