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Cerebralbore101 on 13 May 2020
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shikamaru317 said:


-People thought Microsoft's 1st party was weak, they have been expanding it substantially, with 9 new studios so far (Playground 1 and 2, Obsidian, inXile, Undead Labs, Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and The Initiative), 5-6 of which will have teams developing AAA games when they finish expanding them, and they have also been on hiring sprees at some of their older studios to improve the scale of the games they build. Microsoft claims their eventual goal is to release 4 AAA games per year between 1st party and 2nd party, with quite a few yearly A and AA games as well. The goal is to have a steady stream of exclusive content rolling in.

Playground makes Forza, so nothing changes there. 

Obsidian should deliver at least 2 excellent exclusives to XB2. 

While I have Wasteland 2 on my wishlist, I think inXile is a very hit or miss type of game developer. They either make great games, or make junk. 

Undead Labs has been making games for them since 360 so nothing changes there. 

Compulsion games? The We Happy Few Devs? I'm sorry, but they suck. 

Doublefine hasn't made anything good since 2009's Brutal Legend. I'm afraid they are another studio past its prime, like Rare. 

Ninja Theory's Senua 2 should be excellent. Their other games like Razor's Edge on the other hand... 

Isn't the Initiative a whole new studio with no track record? 

I think you forgot Relic Entertainment, which I think is a pretty strong studio. Their games are at least on par with stuff like Yoshi's Whooly World and Kirby Star Allies. But nothing to buy a console over IMO. 

So the only really compelling studios they've added are Obsidian, and Ninja Theory. But that's just my own opinion. Maybe other people are super hyped for some of these other studios. Just saying I'm not.