| Azzanation said: I am not surprised one bit. Phil clearly stated it takes time. After the X investment all focus can now easily shift to games. Common sense really. |
One would assume that hardware and software investment would be separate entities.
I.E. You don't wait for one to do the other.
For example... Microsoft would already be planning and building the Xbox 4 and making investments towards that end, these things do take years.
| exclusive_console said: Haven't they been investing for years already ? But I am not sure where the money is spent |
They have made bold claims before like... They were investing $1+ billion dollars on new games.
The issue is... Some games may never get past the concept phase.
And sometimes Microsoft may have invested hundreds of millions in game development which in the end resulted in nothing. (Fable and Scalebound being cancelled despite significant dev time for instance.)
I don't think it's all that important for Microsoft to pump out a sheer volume of games... But it is important to have some massive heavy hitters to do the leg work.
Halo 3 literally shifted Xbox 360 consoles for instance and made the Xbox the talk of the town for years.
Games like Halo 5, Gears of War 4 just haven't provided the goods this generation and Microsoft needs something new, Sea of Thieves certainly fell short... Halo Wars 2 was niche. There just hasn't been any must-haves.
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