Zoombael said:
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. |
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about at the start of your response. "You people", what does that even mean? I am critical towards MS for not pushing out more games. I don´t care if they are 1st or 2nd party games, but they should do more.
That said, the claims you made are not correct in any way, since they have launched a lot of quality content. What has been extraordinary this past two years is the way thet have gone about BC - check out Digital Foundrys analysis of it and you will get an idea of just how much work is behind this. I want them to focus more on original content and their existing IPs (and especially reviving old IPs) but i can also commend them for all the great things they do aswell.
And the part about MS pushing a "hardware arms race" - that is just ridicolous. The console ndustry has been defined by it´s constant "hardware arms race" since the middle of 198. Sony were also first with the release of the PS4 Pro so it is more relevant to talk about MS and Sony both pushing this arms race.
I am subjective since I am a big fan of MS. That does not mean that I think less of the competition, Sony just isn´t for me. But your post only focus on negatives, and faulty ones at that, which doesn´t help you argument at all.
