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Shaunodon on 15 June 2020
starcraft said:
shikamaru317 said:

One thing is certain to me. MS needs more studios, especially AAA capable studios, if they want to take the fight to Sony this gen and be the market leader in the eventual streaming war gen after next, or whenever that takes place. Sony's 1st party right now is simply stronger from a AAA perspective, as they have 7 AAA studios currently, with rumors of a possible 8th. Of those 7 current AAA studios that Sony has, all but one of them have released AAA games that reviewed well (over 80 meta) with 4 of them topping 90 meta at least once. Sales wise, 5 of them have released PS exclusives that sold more than any Xbox 1st party series except for Halo, with 2 of their studios actually beating Halo's sales.

Microsoft needs more AAA studios and more IP's with high sales potential. How they go about getting those doesn't really matter. Acquire WB and negotiate those big licenses. Acquire Zenimax. Acquire one of the 3 big but affordable JP publishers. Acquire some of the indie AAA studios like Gearbox, Crytek, Remedy, etc. It doesn't matter which they do, but they definitely need more AAA's, and they need to act fast, before others acquire what remains of the AAA indie industry and other publishers that are cheap enough to be easily affordable.

I think there is little point to this for this gen if the games aren't landing within 2 years, 3 at most (with a lot of hype material available within two years).

That means they'd need to acquire studios with projects already on the go.

Though I take your point that if they're willing to take a two generation perspective it would be ok to be delivering magic in the 4th and 5th year of the Series X's life.

With the amount of studios they've brought in, they should already have enough upcoming titles in the next 2-3 years to show a noticeable improvement. The benefit of buying more studios to start new projects now, is that in the next E3 or two, even if they're only early in development you can still tease them, and it gives consumers an idea of what more will be coming in years 4-5 of the system. It also shows you're not just sitting on your laurels hoping what you have is enough.

Quite frankly, after this gen Xbox has a lot of ground to make up in regards to exclusives, especially in the public perception. It wouldn't hurt to start investing even more now to try and reinforce their committment to delivering them.

You're right in regards to it being a more long-term focus, but even just for this gen it'd still be a huge boon to either help create momentum, or better yet keep momentum if they get off to a great start with Halo. It'd be nice if Halo could really deliver this time.



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EspadaGrim on 15 June 2020
Ryuu96 said:

16. -Insert Fighting Studio-
17. -Insert Horror Studio-
18. Asobo Studios
19. -Insert Japanese Studio-
20. Wildcard.

Announce a studio acquisition to hold us over until July.

MS should try to work out a 2nd party deal with Bloober, Blair Witch was timed exclusive and The Medium is exclusive and looks to be their most ambitious title yet.



starcraft on 15 June 2020
Shaunodon said:
starcraft said:

I think there is little point to this for this gen if the games aren't landing within 2 years, 3 at most (with a lot of hype material available within two years).

That means they'd need to acquire studios with projects already on the go.

Though I take your point that if they're willing to take a two generation perspective it would be ok to be delivering magic in the 4th and 5th year of the Series X's life.

With the amount of studios they've brought in, they should already have enough upcoming titles in the next 2-3 years to show a noticeable improvement. The benefit of buying more studios to start new projects now, is that in the next E3 or two, even if they're only early in development you can still tease them, and it gives consumers an idea of what more will be coming in years 4-5 of the system. It also shows you're not just sitting on your laurels hoping what you have is enough.

Quite frankly, after this gen Xbox has a lot of ground to make up in regards to exclusives, especially in the public perception. It wouldn't hurt to start investing even more now to try and reinforce their committment to delivering them.

You're right in regards to it being a more long-term focus, but even just for this gen it'd still be a huge boon to either help create momentum, or better yet keep momentum if they get off to a great start with Halo. It'd be nice if Halo could really deliver this time.

People have a habit of overstating Halo's impact sometimes - but it is hard to overstate how bad it would be for the Series X if Halo Infinite is a poor game. Especially because there would be no pretending it was a lack of dev time or funding. It would just be clear that 343 doesn't have the calibre Bungie did.



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Barozi on 16 June 2020

1 Month of EA Access is currently available for $ € £ 1 on the Xbox store.
Also NFS Heat has been added to the library so if you're interested in that I suggest to check it out.

DON'T FORGET TO CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION!

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jason1637 on 16 June 2020

I also did not get into the Grounded preview.



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Angelus on 16 June 2020

When you beat Jedi Fallen Order on grandmaster difficulty, only to realize there are no chievos related to difficulty in the game

Fuck you Respawn. 



Angelus on 16 June 2020
shikamaru317 said:
Ryuu96 said:

Looks like the "Spike Grenade" is back.

This drip feed of leaks via toys is killing me.

So, what all have we learned through the toys so far? These are what I've noticed:

Story/Characters

  • Banished seem to be in the game
  • Possibly 3 new Spartan characters

Weapons

Vehicles

  • UNSC Mongoose is back

I've learned that if 343 doesn't hurry up and actually show me the game early next month I'm going to snap and have a nervous breakdown.



jason1637 on 16 June 2020
Ryuu96 said:
Just checked again and the Grounded demo is available now.

I checked after reading this. It appeared for me also. Only 3.37 GBs.



Shaunodon on 16 June 2020
Angelus said:

When you beat Jedi Fallen Order on grandmaster difficulty, only to realize there are no chievos related to difficulty in the game

Fuck you Respawn. 

The achievements were the friends you made along the way.



NobleTeam360 on 16 June 2020
Ryuu96 said:
Looks like I didn't get in.

I got in, SUCK IT.

Edit: and I'm not even going to play it.