I understand Fable. I invested in the promise of it in the 360 era and am over it, because it was oversold and underdeveloped. I also got Mass Effect and Dragon Age around the time I got Fable and felt Fable was an RPG on training wheels after part one. Microsoft needs a new IP that that can reach a larger audience this gen more than ever. Remember, Every Microsoft generation has one hit game per generation that makes people buy Xboxes. First gen was Halo and the second is Gears. If you aim low as a console maker with first party then that stands to reason as to why their first party isnt percieved to be on level with their competition. Instead of being complacent I actually want Microsoft to grow. My demand is that they grow from a creative aspect. They are already a great business. I mean...I liked Killzone...but as a company I am glad Sony and guerilla realized it was a franchise wasnt going to grow, excecised their creativity and now Horizon is born. Microsoft must do the same.

Microsoft needs to find out what their identity is and make games surrounding that idea. My bet for a standing title is that they will throw everything  into Crackdown and hopefully put up a new IP. If they can resurface Fable in a major way thats cool too but for the health of their current situation their marketshare is not what it was last gen and Microsoft needs to make first party that the existing group of Xbox gamers and to buy and will make other gamers want to pick up a Xbox. Hopefully they can. What Microsoft needs to be doing to compete is expanding their catalogue with games that essentially sell their mission statement on gaming (Thats what their competiton does). Im not saying be the competition, but find something that makes them unique and can only be expressed properly on their console.

They can make all new IP and won't mean shit if the fanbase doesn't branch out and try other games. This is the problem. They're doing what will sell.

I would personally prefer a new IP over reboot/sequel of existing one. Just because in case of first-party Xbox games this gen I've enjoyed new IPs way more than the sequels. But unfortunately it's all about money so MS will definitely prefer to fund something that will sell better.

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Also, here is my bingo card for E3 from official thread.

I'd take a fable reboot over a new ip. I missed the fable games. It essentially would be a new ip for me. As well as many others. The last came out 7 or so years ago.

A perfect dark reboot would be very welcome too. Think of how many gamers missed that gem on the Nintendo 64.

Why do you think so? I don't remember any hate towards Japanese games from him.

Didn't Phil just recently go to Japan to meet some Developers?

He does obviously not "hate" them. He may prefer Western games which is no surprise, most people outside of Japan and a few other countries prefer "Western" games in general and everyone has preferences. If it's about which region a game comes from or which genre it is.

He might be a guy who doesn't want to pay Japanese devs to bring their games also to Xbox One (and it seems that's the only way that they would bring it to XBO) but that doesn't mean he hates the games, it just means he hates to pay for games to come to XBO.

And that many Japanese devs don't even bring some of their bigger games to XBO is also their fault. Not sure if they expect to get paid or something but for some games there is just no reason to act as if there is no XBO.

Yes, he even said that Japanese devs are interested in Scorpio. Still we don't know what devs and publishers he visited but unfortunately right now I don't see the result of this trip. A lot of Japanese games which get announced are PS4/Switch and Switch has just released recently.