If Sea of Thieves Succeeds?

[DonFerrari]

Azzanation said:

DonFerrari said:

 

Don the only problem is your understanding of MS and there business practises. No one is forcing anyone, they are hired to do a job. You are not forced to work at your job, you do it to get paid. 343i only exists to make Halo, if Halo didn't exist than neither would 343. If devs want to make newer experiences and didn't want to make Halo games anymore than they can get transferred to a different company or look elsewhere just like a real job. Again 343i was made to create Halo that's why they make Halo games. No one is forced because 343 is part of MS and run a division, its not a brand outside of MS.

With your logic that's like you saying Sony's TV division are forced to make TVs.. haha you see what your saying? Divisions are made to continue the business in categories that's what 343i is to MS. More importantly is how the staff inside 343 are treated, if they want to move on to other things and if MS allow for those transfers. You should know this if you have a job. Its basic job practises. 

So stop comparing brands that were built from the ground up to brands that weren't. Completely different directions and focus. I don't want 343 to make other games, I want them to continue the Halo brand much like what they were created to do. There not forced its there job. Forced is the wrong term for that subject.

You amaze me with your knowledge of spin-offs. Mario and Rabbids is a Mario game, not a Mario Kameo, if anything Rabbids are the kameo in that Mario game just like Hyrule Warriors is a Zelda game, Halo Wars is a Halo game.

So what part of spin-offs don't you understand? If Mario made a appearance in Pokémon than that's called a Kameo. A game that's designed with Mario in mind with a full Mario story, Mario characters and art style than that is a Mario game. Only thing different is the genre much the same as Halo Wars correct. 

Spin-Offs

Title - Mario and Rabbids       Title - Halo Wars 2                            Title -  Zelda Hyrule Warriors

Developer - Ubisoft                 Developer - Creative Assembly      Developer - Omega Force

Genre - RTS                               Genre - RTS                                        Genre - Action

Mainline

Title - Mario Odyssey              Title - Halo 5 Guardians                   Title - Zelda BOTW

Developer - Nintendo             Developer - 343i                                Developer - Nintendo     

Genre - Platformer                  Genre - Shooter                                 Genre - RPG

^ What's the difference? Both using there franchises in the same way.

 

TOPIC - Now for my opinion on the topic at hand is Rare needs SoTs to succeed to not be closed down and that's a more important subject. Weather they have a contract with the game for afew years is all up to Rare and MS and what they have planned. This is a business about making money so they will do what's required. Rare has too much to be locked into 1 game forever. MS will most likely build a brand up to monitor the MMO while Rare makes something new or old. Much like how MS's history shows in the past. 

And you aren't understanding that buying a dev that already exist and demanding a specific game is just the same. If the devs over there want to make another game they can look for another job the same way. So again I ask you the difference.

You are really reaching. Comparing the development of a single IP on an industry to a whole industry.

So Ubisoft makes a Rabbid game but it's a Mario game with Rabbid Kameo? This is gold.

Yes it's a Mario game, Mario characters, not Mario franchise. Mario have dozen of different franchises and IP that you can consider spin-off if you want. But nope, they are different IPs that use the chars.

And again I haven't once said Halo Wars isn't a spin-off, I said that you comparing a franchise spin-off to games made using the same chars is funny. This is why I said if it called Master Chief's Wars and revolved on the Master Chief instead of Halo franchise then it would be closer to the Mario situation. But anyway that is semantics.

Sure SoT being successful is important to Rare. And seems like for the happiness of most here, for then to develop bigger and better games.