Spencer: We Have Just Signed Exclusives That Won’t Be Ready for 2-3 Years, No Point in Showing Them

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Trunkin said:

Yeah, and I'm saying M$ should do the same. They don't necessarily have to build studios from the ground up to make their games. If a studio develops a hit IP for M$, they don't need to go and build a new internal studio to make more games in that series, they need only buy the developer. This wouldn't be a RARE situation. It'd be more like M$ buying up Playground Games.

Also, I dunno if it's fair to lump Ubisoft in with Activision, EA, and Microsoft when it comes to milking IP's. They're actually pretty good about bringing out new stuff, their problem is that a lot of their new ideas stick too closely to what is now known as the ubisoft formula.

It's completely fair to lump Microsofts mentality with ea, Ubisoft and activision because they are just like them but less open to creativity (thus producing less). Once again, I hope spencer changes things. Their biggest issues with epic and bungie revolved around creative freedom and Microsoft getting in the way of them wanting to make new ips out of dependence. If bungie agrees to work with activision for ten years under contract (after Microsoft) you know Microsoft is more creatively stifling than activision. Microsoft had to buy the gears up and hire rod ferguson for a reason.

Yep nothing pisses off creators more than stiffling them and not letting them be creative and do things they are passionate about. Could you  imagine if MS had let Bungie make Destiny and stop halo? MS would have one more major exclusive on their system. Sony is really good about letting studios do other things that much is obvious and the benefit was a huge new franchise in The Last of us.