Microsoft Has Put Themselves Back In The Game!

[Runa216]

smroadkill15 said:

Runa216 said:

No, they really haven't, because of the second bolded part. The games aren't out yet. Some people expected Crackdown to be great, some people expected Sea of thieves to be great, some people expected Days Gone to be great, some people expected No Man's Sky to be great. Until the games are out, all the promises in the world mean nothing at all. Until the games are actually out, it's all hear-say, hope, and goodwill. They have no goodwill from me because, as I've stated dozens of times in this thread and others, they have not done anything to impress me over the past 10 years or so. 

Them buying all these companies is great, sure. It sounds good on paper, but time and time again they prove they can't create or maintain things. Hell, Halo was made by Bungie and was in development before Microsoft bought them out, then as soon as Bungie was gone the quality dipped. Bungie makes great Halo games, not Microsoft. Gears was Epic Games, not a Microsoft studio. It was essentially third party, and parts 4 and 5 have not been all that well recieved compared to the first three. Rare is a company I don't have to repeat since they've only done one worthwhile game in the past 10 years and that game was trashed at launch and took years to not completely suck. Nothing tells me that ANY of these promises matter. 

You can't just say 'they're doing everything right' without any actual data and numbers to back it up. They've messed up thoroughly and consistently over the past 10 years, and until they prove me and many others wrong, all their promises are empty. Until they actually start releasing games, all they have is goodwill from folks like you. They're doing the opposite of crying wolf. They keep declaring all manner of success and intent and not delivering; eventually, people gotta see through the smokescreen to see there's just a block of dry ice and no substance. It's all smoke and mirrors, no substance. Until proven, it's all hot air.

These are the 1st party games released this year. It's a pretty good year overall with really Bleeding Edge being the only mediocre title. Am I saying they have the best 1st party games this year? No, I would not say that, but it's not anything less than really good, with some titles be excellent. Then looking into next year and beyond, it's only going to get better. I'm not sure how anyone can think otherwise. I understand that you want to see them deliver quality games consistently, but I don't see how they couldn't with the 23 studios they have now, most being top-tier developers. 

and all of those put together haven't had as much love, sales, critical reception, or public involvement than Animal Crossing, FFVII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, or The Last of Us Part 2. tiny little indie games that nobody heard of and a super super niche game like Flight Simulator is NOT rocking any boats or making any waves. I'm sure they're fine, but you can't even begin to pretend Gears Tactics and Grounded come anywhere close to the cultural impact, critical reception, or general impact of games that Nintendo and Sony are bringing us. 

This is not helping your case nearly as much as you think it is. This is like me saying Sony is doing great because Uncharted: Golden Abyss was a pretty great game. Good or not, it's a game nobody gave a shit about and nobody bought (Which is a shame because I did enjoy it and the vita is criminally underrated...but I wouldn't dare pretend it did better than it actually did).