Angelus said: Microsoft's approach this gen is just too safe. They're acting like they're still shell shocked from the original X1 backlash, and refuse to take any more risks right now. They're constantly trying to rev up old IPs they have the rights to, as if those games were some kind of massive success, justifying blockbuster franchise status. Phantom Dust? Nobody cares. Crackdown? People only bought that game because they wanted to play a Halo 3 beta. Phil keeps talking about "oh I really wanna do all these things with these great IP we own".......BS. You want a hit that doesn't require years of passion and pre-production just coming up with what exactly it's going to be, because you don't wanna waste your time in case it doesn't strike gold. In other words, you're presuming a worst case scenario, and you're gun shy as a result. Much easier to just reach into a bag of names you already own and then throw it at whatever dev can be bothered to crank it out. If they wanna impress me at E3.....show me something new. Show me something I haven't seen before. Show me something that actually looks like it was born of creativity, by some people that aren't making a game just for the sake of hopefully selling enough copies to warrant the budget. Show me something that makes me say WOW, I can't believe they did THAT! Where is your genre defining game MS? Xbox had Halo. 360 had Gears. What does X1 have? A bunch of failed revivals, and continuations trying to just check as many boxes as possible (some doing so very well, others not so much). As of right now, your gen defining moment is still the reveal backlash. Playing it safe for the whole rest of the console cycle isn't going to win people over. I mean congratulations....you stabilized the fucking ship, but it's still not as shiny, nor has as many decks full of entertainment as the one from your rivals. Phil kept saying he wants to win the gen, even after the disaster that was their launch. Well then god damn it play to fucking win asshole. Greenlight something that isn't a total cop out |
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