The Sorry State of Microsoft's First Party

[Leynos]

Chris Hu said:

Leynos said:

No one is denying Forza are well made but part of the problem last-gen for MS was all the hitters they had were more Halo, Forza and Gears. Halo and Gears have lost a lot of lusters. So none of these were moving the needle to challenge the competition in sales. Now they do on paper with the studios they bought but we have yet to see that group of games that pushes Xbox over the edge to really challenge the other 2 systems.

Gears 4 and 5 are just as good as any of the previous games.  Plus Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is one of the best remastered games from the 8th generation only Yakuza Kiwami and Kiwami 2 are better in my opinion.  Halo is the only MS franchise that lost its luster in the 8th generation.

Talking about the appeal. Gears doesn't have the broad appeal it used to. Cover shooters are no longer the hot thing like they were in the 7th gen. They fell out of favor. So again they don't move the needle in sales. People were not buying an Xbox in droves for those series anymore regardless of the quality of the game itself.