2017 was solid year for Xbox One sales in spite of exclusvies.

[Zoombael]

Puppyroach said:

Zoombael said:
Yea, a pity how a platform holder can be relatively successful without providing quality content, without pushing the medium forward, trying to reduce the competition to a hardware arms race. On top of that laying the foundation for quantity over quality a la Steam and all its consequences.

So Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Forza Horizon, Sunset overdrive, Ori, Cuphead aren´t examples of quality content?

No, not in the context of my words. Its always the same crux with you people. Critical voices point out the staleness of  MS franchises, the lack of creativity and new (big) content, how MS is only good at aquiring existing IPs (Minecraft, PUBG, Ori), to pretend they accomplished something extraordinary. And then someome comes along and lists names of games and modus operandi sitting in the center of said critique. 

 

I admit, i did cut it a lil short. But... we should know by know how these conversations go, shouldnt we?

Nobody is saying those are terrible games. However, nothing special, nothing to give MS the amount of credit. Considering for how long MS is in the  business of developing games, starting around the time when Sony entered the market with their first PS, considering how MS defenders tend to brag how much muneh they gots and how much more successful some of their aquired IPs are. Considering, this industry heavy weight was one reason why SEGA left the race. Its laughable how some praise  them and compare the weight of Nintendos platform to that of Xbox, where lil N is actually capable of providing new concepts on their own and games that are critically acclaimed worldwide, with noticable impact.

 

MS doesnt have the intention nor the competence or patience or [reasonable] vision of developing creatively and exceeding standards at pretty much every level. Apparent, when looking at the way they handled the projects by Obsidian Entertainment, PlatinumGames, Press Play ... or the cancelled Phantom Dust remake, cancelled Fable, closed Studios, negleted franchises they re sitting on. It would be a different story if they actually did sth. to counter-balance. But no, they rather try to copy Valves "success-story".

 

 I really couldnt care less what the economic gamer of today thinks of displayed status quo. Those who seriously pad MS on the shoulder for giving EA another way to eat their way up to be the biggest fish in the pond.