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Ka-pi96 said:
baloofarsan said:
Microsoft Studios: ditching hardware and with Minecraft concentrating on games for all platforms.

I doubt that would ever happen. I think if Microsoft ever did stop making consoles then they would just go Windows exclusive instead.

But imagine the money you could make with publishing franchises such as Halo, Gears of War and Forza on multiple platforms. $$$$$



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I'd like to think Namco will just become as big as Ea/Ubi in the west.



zarx said:

Question is tho do we consider Bethesda Softworks and Warner Interactive big publishers?

Because tho The Elder Scrolls and Fallout have been huge hits. That is just the output of one studio. Most of the other games haven't done very well at all with bombs like WET, Brink, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, Rogue Warrior and arguably RAGE tho it sold better than the others it had much higher expectations. More recently they have had success with Dishonored and Wolfenstein: The New Order. The Elder Scrolls online seems to be doing ok but hardly amazing. But they do have several upcoming games that could do very well like The Evil Within and DOOM 4. As well as the F2P bet with Battlecry. They are still nowhere near the output of the likes of EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Take 2/Rockstar, Namco Bandai or Capcom.

 

Warner Bros Interactive have certainly had success with the Batman Arkham games, Mortal Kombat and the Lego games. But nothing of real note outside of those, well they have Scribblenauts but that is hardly a mega franchise and they also put out F.E.A.R. 3 and some other movie tie ins. They have some big games coming up like Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Mad Max and Dying Light. Which all could potentially be hits. And also major itterations in their big franchises Mortal Kombat X, Batman: Arkham Knight and Lego Batman 3. As well as some smaller projects like Gauntlet.

 

The likes of 505 Games, 1C Company, Paradox Interactive etc are doing well but I think they are content to be smaller publishers. And aren't really making AAA mega franchise bets.


I´m not really into playing online FPS, so I tell you Wolfenstein TNO is the best FPS campaign I´ve played in a looong time, it´s quite rare (especially nowadays) for a single player only FPS to even exist, so when you say this game has been a success I truly want to believe you.Any comments from Bethesda if they´ve been happy about the reception/sales?



i dont think we will see new big players. next to die is crapcom, 1 big miss and they are gone.

the smaller ones are happy to be small, they can have a miss without problem because they dont need so much money to make a game.



poklane said:
Ka-pi96 said:
baloofarsan said:
Microsoft Studios: ditching hardware and with Minecraft concentrating on games for all platforms.

I doubt that would ever happen. I think if Microsoft ever did stop making consoles then they would just go Windows exclusive instead.

But imagine the money you could make with publishing franchises such as Halo, Gears of War and Forza on multiple platforms. $$$$$

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generic-user-1 said:
i dont think we will see new big players. next to die is crapcom, 1 big miss and they are gone.

the smaller ones are happy to be small, they can have a miss without problem because they dont need so much money to make a game.


Capcom was among my favorite devs in the 4th, 5th and 6th generations, some of the best games I played on the SNES/PS1/PS2 were made by them, so it´s very sad for me to admit that if they were to disappear tomorrow, I wouldn´t care, they´ve fallen so hard I couldn´t bring myself to miss them.



JGarret said:
generic-user-1 said:
i dont think we will see new big players. next to die is crapcom, 1 big miss and they are gone.

the smaller ones are happy to be small, they can have a miss without problem because they dont need so much money to make a game.


Capcom was among my favorite devs in the 4th, 5th and 6th generations, some of the best games I played on the SNES/PS1/PS2 were made by them, so it´s very sad for me to admit that if they were to disappear tomorrow, I wouldn´t care, they´ve fallen so hard I couldn´t bring myself to miss them.

i hope they fall. so somebody can buy the rights.   and i hope nintendo and sony buy some parts. want all the old stuff on the virtual console...



JGarret said:


I´m not really into playing online FPS, so I tell you Wolfenstein TNO is the best FPS campaign I´ve played in a looong time, it´s quite rare (especially nowadays) for a single player only FPS to even exist, so when you say this game has been a success I truly want to believe you.Any comments from Bethesda if they´ve been happy about the reception/sales?


Well I don't think they have said anything specifically. I was more thinking more relative to their other publishing endevors. I hope it did well enough for a sequel, it is probably my GOTY so far.



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sweetoothj said:
I think Microsoft is becoming the biggest publisher in the industry. Halo, Gears , Minecraft, Forza, Killer Instinct. Also, Microsoft is grabbing exclusive rights to publish/co publish third party games like Dead rising, Ryse, Tomb Raider, Titan Fall. I know there may be some disagrees, but you can't argue that they've improved.


They don't own Killer Instinct, Rare does. I think Rare might be sold by Microsoft soon, they just aren't making any quality games anymore, not even as good as early Xbox 360 years.



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The_Sony_Girl1 said:
sweetoothj said:
I think Microsoft is becoming the biggest publisher in the industry. Halo, Gears , Minecraft, Forza, Killer Instinct. Also, Microsoft is grabbing exclusive rights to publish/co publish third party games like Dead rising, Ryse, Tomb Raider, Titan Fall. I know there may be some disagrees, but you can't argue that they've improved.


They don't own Killer Instinct, Rare does. I think Rare might be sold by Microsoft soon, they just aren't making any quality games anymore, not even as good as early Xbox 360 years.


Surely by owning RARE they own Killer Instinct by default?

RARE seem to have been more involved in R&D and proof of concept lately rather than software development. It would be sad, if most of the talent that made RARE who they were hadn't already left decades ago.



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