JGarret said:
I´ve been noticing for a while that MS´s interest in single player games seems to be waning compared to online multiplayer games.You´re right, there´s Horizon, Nier, Zelda, Nioh, Persona 5, etc...all single player games and all reviewing quite well.3rd parties are all over online mp games so maybe they could differentiate themselves by having a good catalogue of exclusive sp games, like Sony does....thing is, for all we know Phil might want to, or might have wanted to at some point, but the real decision makers don´t seem to have an interest in doing so. |
Microsofts bread and butter isnt in gaming like their competition, so if a game is not selling well then it spells a problem for the gamers who have supporting their titles. Recore and Quantum Break didnt sell so hot which has prompted Remedy to go multiplatform (I hope Capcom and Square Enix have learned their lessons as well). Nintendo and Sony have identities in delivering certain titles. Nintendo's revolves around single player, Platforming and party games and Sonys revolves around story driven experiences, sports and third person shooters.
The problem resides here as Micosoft and Spencer respond to the issue as businessment first and gamers second:
1) The quality of games are not on par with expectation
2) Bad marketing
3) Audience that is not drawn to single player experiences unless it comes from third party.
I think its becoming evident that without Microsoft have a hot new single player IP their gamers are primarily dependent on third party. They are trying to emulate the service based experience like games in the vein of GTA.
I dont think Spencers job is on the line, but this E3 will be a big one. Xbox as a brand is a very controversial brand, because they dont opperate like a traditional console brand. It seems like their endeavors are to push PC and console extremely close together almost void of differences.
