Leynos said: Microsoft. Hey Tango you made a well-reviewed game and a break-out hit! You're all fired! Hey Arkane you made a dud of a game even tho it's mostly our fault for not listening to your cries for help. You're all fired! Hey Nina Theory you made a well-reviewed game that sold poorly. What will you make next for us!? (not advocating NT gets shut down just MS us shit at managing anything) |
Hellblade 2 didn't even review that well. Hi-Fi would've probably scored well into the 90's if it was exclusive to any other platform i.e. not suffering the Xbox tax.
When you consider how much time, money and promotion MS has put into this, compared to Sony who found some random anime-looking game designed by some random Korean studio and slapped an exclusive tag on it, then see how much more successful Stellar Blade has been both commercially and in generating buzz; even if Sony never does anything original, at least they have a basic understanding of the market compared to whatever MS seem to be doing.