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tokilamockingbrd on 24 February 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:

Their strategy worked out for them last holiday season so it's not a surprise they're going for it again. I do think that QB was at one point rumoured for a Spring release, like Titanfall was last year, but got pushed back. It might be a combination of both development problems and wanting to put all their focus on the holiday season.

Honestly the ideal situation I think would be:

August - Forza 6 Motorsport

September - Halo 5 (It worked well for Destiny and the further away from Call of Duty the better.)

October - Fable Legends

November - Quantum Break

December - Rise of the Tomb Raider

Something similar to that.


I think the 150 dollar lower entry + massive bundles had more to do with it. The exclusive games they launched last fall did not sell well at all for the most part. Halo 5 will push a alot of systems, Forza 6 wont do much as there is already a 2 Forzas game on the console, Fable is a wait and see, TR 2013 was not a huge game, but alot of people liked it so if ROTR is really good (85 meta +) it could sell a few systems, but people who buy a console for that type of game will likely look to uncharted 4. I dont know enough about Quantum Break to speak on it.



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ICStats on 24 February 2015
NightDragon83 said:
So if we're saying, strictly based on exclusives, that the X1 has "no games" till the holidays , then kindly remind me and everyone else what system-selling exclusives the PS4 has between the release of Bloodborne which is next month and the holidays?

Jan ~ Holidays: The Order, Bloodborne, Ratchet, MLB, Until Dawn, No Man's Sky, SF4, Final Fantasy 7 (lol).  There are more (Japanese) games too.  It's not that much either tbh, but it's a lot more than on XB1.

Also since I own both, I'm not buying multiplats for the XB1 so exclusives is what I'm interested in on XB1.



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Seece on 24 February 2015

MS need to space out their games more for sure. But July/August/Sep is not holiday time.



 

Vasto on 24 February 2015

So no love for games like Screamride, Ori And The Blind Forest, Happy Wars or State Of Decay.



ICStats on 24 February 2015
Vasto said:
So no love for games like Screamride, Ori And The Blind Forest, Happy Wars or State Of Decay.

Always the answer isn't it?  If we drop to minors the PS4 has tons.



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Vasto on 24 February 2015
ICStats said:
Vasto said:
So no love for games like Screamride, Ori And The Blind Forest, Happy Wars or State Of Decay.

Always the answer isn't it?  If we drop to minors the PS4 has tons.


What does this have to do with PS4?



S.T.A.G.E. on 24 February 2015

Microsoft has never been a year round exclusives kind of company unless third parties are making games for them. Thats more of a Nintendo and Sony thing. Most of Microsoft's titles are coming in third and fourth quarter.



Ryng on 24 February 2015
TheGoldenBoy said:

Their strategy worked out for them last holiday season so it's not a surprise they're going for it again. I do think that QB was at one point rumoured for a Spring release, like Titanfall was last year, but got pushed back. It might be a combination of both development problems and wanting to put all their focus on the holiday season.

Honestly the ideal situation I think would be:

August - Forza 6 Motorsport

September - Halo 5 (It worked well for Destiny and the further away from Call of Duty the better.)

October - Fable Legends

November - Quantum Break

December - Rise of the Tomb Raider

Something similar to that.

August - nothin. usually August isn't a good month for the game's.

September - Halo 5

October - Feable Legend + Forza 6

November - Rise of The Tomb Raider + Marcus Fenix collection

December - as August



method114 on 24 February 2015
NightDragon83 said:
So if we're saying, strictly based on exclusives, that the X1 has "no games" till the holidays , then kindly remind me and everyone else what system-selling exclusives the PS4 has between the release of Bloodborne which is next month and the holidays?


lol I love how you carefully worded your statement here. It's not enough that Sony is realeasing exlusives they have to be system sellers or you wont count them am I right? Like the order obviously wont count because it got shit reviews.

We wonder why companies release COD and AC titles 2 times a year. Then when a company tries to release a new IP people don't waste anytime tearing it down. I'm not saying we have to like every new IP that comes a long but it would be such a better industry if we just criticized them without the insults and at the end of it all appreciate the fact that they took a chance.



Seece on 24 February 2015
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Microsoft has never been a year round exclusives kind of company unless third parties are making games for them. Thats more of a Nintendo and Sony thing. Most of Microsoft's titles are coming in third and fourth quarter.

Not true, they've had some good years offering exclusives all year round. (First and third party)