S.T.A.G.E. said:
You cant have a bar for first party if you have no major internal first party track record. Microsoft paid outside devs for a variety of exclusives. That's what their first party from the 360 was....a mountain of throw away second party developed first party ips. Gears was not first party last gen, but rather a third party exclusive and that was their biggest exclusive. Lost Odyssey was probably the best second party developed exclusive they got in my opinion and honestly the xbox audience didn't come out for that game. In the same vein this gen the core trend continued of not supporting internally funded exclusives, which led people to think its Microsofts who has the issue with exclusives, but rather they were working on a smaller budget and needed a return to ensure sequels. Last gen they rode off of the fact that they had third party covering their tracks. |
360 was still better without 2nd or 3rd party in the first 4 years. I count Bungie because it would be ridiculous not to.
360: Halo 3 and ODST, Forza 2 and 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata, Jetpac, Viva Pinata, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, The Maw, Splosion Man, Halo Wars, Shadowrun, Fable 2,
XB1: Halo 5, Forza 5,6,7, Killer Instinct, Kinect sports rivals, Rare Replay, Gears of War Ultimate, Gears of War 4,
Can't think of anything else. Pretty much all sequels for XB1, in 360 era they actually tried with a few new games.
Last edited by Farsala - on 21 January 2018
