Never remember they making any real risk besides the one you mentioned... on IP for the OEMs I can only think of Sony making real risks all the time.

Same here, I don't play MP unless it's couch colaborative, so I'll stick with Sony for the IPs I like and for Co-op I have to go Nintendo.

Because that would mean doing something more than just moving his mouth and we know he won't do it.

Maybe that's ur opinion. I'm not the biggest gears  fan anymore  but 4 is every bit as good as 3. It's not a buggy mess like 1 and 2 where. Halo 5 got a 84 or 85 metacritic despite franchise fatigue and a bad singleplayer why? Because it has a awesome multi. One of the best in the series.

Poor Phil, it seems Xbox need to change , they need to separate from Microsoft. Microsoft has the budget but they doesn't spend it for Xbox Division solely . Or maybe they are not serious investing on consoles anymore. I have a hint that there will no future for Xbox, i want Xbox stay on Industry so the video games consoles market can live. SONY alone cannot sustain it. And Nintendo is focusing on Mobile.

Xbox 1st party is really in shambles right now. All of my motivators for getting an XBO are disappearing. It was always about the games, and Scorpio doesn't solve that problem in the least. If I just wanted a more powerful PS4, I'd invest in mid-level gaming PC.

Of course they could. As a matter of fact they re already doing it.

No more "Microsoft" would be a windfall. The hope for Nintendo to expand and investing more into existing and new franchises would be rekindled again. Not that i have high hopes that it could ever gappen, but... to see Nintendo go mobile is... painful.

And yes, they (MS) were never seriously invested in the console-business. They were serious about gaining a foothold in the business and implement Bills vision of a media center in the living room of US-american/western households. That ONE device to fulfill the needs of the customer hungry for entertainment.

Mission accomplished. To them this what counts.

I'm with Platinum on this one. That's goes double if nier turns out well. Lord knows Microsoft cannot do anything for themselves and they do not own the sunset overdrive ip. The way the game sold as an exclusive they would be wise to go multiplatform with that gem of a franchise because i want to see a part two. If Microsoft was a proven developmental studio I would believe them but they aren't even on level with their competition but rather far beneath them.

Xbox first party has been a questionable mess since they entered the industry. It's never been on level with the competition. Nintendo was always great and Sony has always become progressively stronger as a first party (and at a scary rate too).

We've been over this in another thread already, for all the talk you do about how great Sony's first party output is compared to Microsoft's, Sony only has one or two more internally developed new IP's this gen than MS, and that's counting TLG, which is debatable as a new IP. I haven't checked the numbers but I would guess the numbers are about the same for moneyhatted games/partnerships as well, and plain old first party sequels. Either you're very very wrong the way you talk up and down about the two companies, or Sony has just been very very lazy this gen with their lead, pick one.

And I'm aware MS doesn't own the Sunset IP, after all Sony wanting control of the IP is the only reason the PS4 didn't get the game as an exclusive.

Scumbag Microsoft:
-Pays $2.5 billion for exclusive rights to Minecraft ... and makes it multiplatform
-Does not budget $ to complete already announced and advertised Xbox exclusives

Has Xbox ever cancelled or shut down this many games in such a short time? This past year seemed brutal.