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Manlytears on 23 October 2023
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smroadkill15 said:
Manlytears said:

What I'm going to say is very controversial and the Xbox community will probably disagree with me, maybe even throw stones, but...

They should focus on the very strong IPs of ABK and Zenimax and forget about the other small Xbox franchises (I mean everything except Halo and Forza.)

Names carry a lot of weight in the industry. Imagine, 1 competent team makes 2 games in the same genre and of equal quality. The first carries the name Fable, the other carries the name Warcraft or Diablo. I have no doubt that the second will be much more successful, so why invest in the first?

Now that it has better IP's, Xbox should become more focused on ABK and Zenimax. It should, for example, put Obsidian to make a new Fallout, and other studios like The Coalition, the initiative and Playground to work with stronger IPs, and not with Gears, Fable and Perfect Dark.

MS has an absurd amount of successful ips. they should focus on the best of ABK, the best of Zenimax, Halo, Forza and new strategic IP to drive innovation.

Yes, this will radically change the identity of Xbox. But that's probably a good thing considering their current position in the market. Destroy the old Xbox, It's outdated, make the "superior ABZenibox" with Halo and Forza.

Nah. Xbox also needs diversity if they want to succeed. It's not like Xbox is relying on Halo, Gears, and Forza anymore like before. It hasn't even been like that since last gen. They have way more to work with now. Not everything needs to be the most popular stuff. Getting a nice mix of games like; Pentitment, Hellblade 2, Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, etc. is what keeps them honest to gaming should be about. Letting their studios have creative freedom is what is putting them in a good spot going forward. They already have studios for CoD, ES, WoW, Fallout, Halo, etc. They don't need to double down on those unless a studio wants to work on it. 

Dear colleague, I am not against diversity. I support initiatives like Hi-Fi Rush, Pentitment, new ips and other small projects that expand gender and creative options. These games have a low cost and short development time, and if they are successful, they can gain greater investment eventualy becoming something big l.

That said, I will clarify my problem through 3 examples:

The creation of a "TES clone", Avowed, when you own TES! Why not use the name and the world of TES!? 

Leaving a potential Fallout 5 on ice, waiting for Bethesda, for +15 years, instead. Why not use the IP with another studio?

Letting studios work for +6 years on small IPs like Fable, Hellblade, Perfect Dark, among others, like Avowed. Why not focus on big IPs that could be adapted in the same genre and gameplay. Make almost the same game, the same gender, Just use the setting of the bigger ip.

I feel like Xbox has a team with some of the best athletes in the sport. But it insists on using the least talented reserves and "untested rookies" in the team's most important positions, while the "superstars" sit idle on the bench.

can you understand me?

Edit:

I will go deeper. Think about all shit named "Mario". Mario kart, Mario Tênis, Mario Golf, Mario Party... whit the "Mario" name Nintendo makes the game gain 2X Sales and appeal.

Last edited by Manlytears - on 23 October 2023