So ... That big third party rumoured exclusive for Xbox1.

DM235

Currently Offline

2,290

695 posts since 30/08/08

Recent Badges:

11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
Breaking Out Managed to avoid being banned for 1 year.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.

DM235 on 02 June 2014

petalpusher said:
The secret game starts with a B.

Blinx the cat is getting a sequel?

poklane

Currently Offline

48,964

8526 posts since 19/02/14

Recent Badges:

2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
Trust Me, It'll Have Legs 100 replies made to user's most popular thread.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
Spreading the Disease Score a total of 50 games in your collection.

poklane on 02 June 2014

petalpusher said:
The secret game starts with a B.

Sorry but why would we believe you?

Azerth

Currently Offline

15,886

3315 posts since 13/09/10

Recent Badges:

11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
A Badge Within A Badge Earned 20 badges.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.

Azerth on 02 June 2014

1313

Vasto

Currently Offline

44,679

3811 posts since 16/09/13

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.
Escape Artist Managed to avoid being banned for 1 month.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.

Vasto on 02 June 2014

Machiavellian

Currently Offline

25,606

6211 posts since 21/04/08

Recent Badges:

Freezing Logged in on Christmas day.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
Escape Artist Managed to avoid being banned for 1 month.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.

Machiavellian on 02 June 2014

Arkaign said:

Machiavellian said:

Arkaign said:

EspadaGrim said:

sales2099 said:
Good to know my favourite gaming corporation has a shit ton of money to throw around :)

As long as they use that money for more games I'm Happy.

At the same time, it's doubtful that MS is going to continue to put infinite emphasis on the Xbox division considering the overall losses and severely underperforming XB1. 2014 has been very costly for them at every turn.

What losses??? Did I miss something becuase I do not remember MS reporting any losses for the console. Do you have any links or is this just an opinion you are reporting as fact.

Look at this :

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-xbox-division-has-lost-nearly-3-billion-in-10-years

Now look at the 05/06/07 timeframe, that's due to ramping up/producing X360. Developing/marketing XB1 is even more expensive than the 360 days, so we're probably talking on the order of 3B in additional expenses related to XB1 in 2013/2014. XB1's only chance to become profitable would be in the order of 50M+ sold through, with heavy XBLG/attach rate.

They already had a costly overproduction of XB1s based on overinflated expectations (Nov/Dec gave them an unrealistic sales expectation, so they produced at max level, flooding the channel, then had to ramp down, this is VERY expensive as a mistake when you're using outside assembly as they do).

Add in dropping Kinect, the Titanfall marketing + moneyhat exclusivity (probably 200-300M total), buying TF copies for the bundles (80M+ easily even at $25/pop), etc.

At this rate they'll be down 7.5+ billion in total for the XB project from inception, and 4B+ down for XBO by Dec 31st, 2014.

Why would developing and marking the X1 be more expensive. If anything MS is closure to breaking even or making a profit on the X1 unlike the 360 which has been shown from a number of sites.

The thing about over production is that you just slow down production and sell out your inventory.

Dropping Kinect does not mean MS is taking a loss, it means they need to do something to compete with their strongest competitior which is Sony and the PS4.

You have absolutly no clue what MS invested in Titanfall and thinking its 200 to 300 million for a new IP make all of your assumptions sound really out there.

Basically you are cooking your own brew to support your opinion but you have not shown anything that suggest that MS is running at a loss. You are even making up your own numbers to support your opinion which is even worst.

Vasto

Currently Offline

44,679

3811 posts since 16/09/13

Recent Badges:

9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
One Small 'Splosion Author of 100 forum threads.

Vasto on 02 June 2014

BenVTrigger

Currently Offline

53,075

7121 posts since 01/12/08

Recent Badges:

Genocide 5,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Don't Forget To Save 10 status updates.
First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints
'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
Brotherhood 100 friends on gamrConnect.

BenVTrigger on 02 June 2014

Vasto said:

Thats a first party title.......

HEMSTAR

Currently Offline

3,597

1121 posts since 29/08/13

Recent Badges:

Vice Free Managed to avoid being banned for 6 months.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
Ride Into the Sunset Managed to avoid being banned for 3 months.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.

HEMSTAR on 02 June 2014

poklane said:

According to some people, it's a game that has been off the radar for a while.
My bet is Rainbow 6: Patriots. If I'm correct, that game had some problems during development and had to be developed all over again. It would be typical Microsoft to offer to fund the game while getting exclusivity (or Xbox One and PC) in return.

I will be so pissed if it's Rainbow 6.