It seems like MS will start to announce more games that are years away. Everwild, Hellblade II and project MARA are probably a few years away. Hopefully this strategy doesn't come to bite then in the ass like it did with the XBO.

No one at MS or Ninja Theory ever hinted at a huge AAA game. Only the fans seems to expect a GOW type of game simply because they share some themes.

In the video, NT emphasizes how small their teams are and it's pretty obvious they're only interested in smaller AA games.

I just want Ninja to make traditional single player games in the future, I’m talking DMC, Heavenly Sword, Enslaved. Length of a game doesn’t really matter just look at DMC V that game is 14-16 hours long.

Wonder what happened, they moved to a pretty big building and last I heard they were expanding.

I agree from a personal, gaming perspective. But ultimately, they need to demonstrate from before launch that the Xbox Series is going to have some serious and high profile exclusives on an ongoing basis. That these new studios and partnerships are going to bring content on a major scale. Unfortunately, the timing of the studios being obtained doesnt quite line up with the launch or even first year anniversary of Series. The main thing for me is they routinely release good exclusives, even if they're not the ones I am (now) most anticipating.

New Project by Ninja Theory shows pretty well how MS changed the last years. No way they could have worked on that some years ago under MS.

Sony has been doing this for years, generations even. And their fans love them for it. Its an opportunity to write long lists of games in forums, despite being years away and not knowing anything about them. 

I say fight fire with fire.

They should do whatever they planned to do and not let fan expectations alter their vision.

They seem interested in exploring mental illness and i assume that's better potrayed in a smaller, focused, 10 hour game rather a huge game filled with side missions and rpg mechanics.

Personally, I like games being announced shortly before release, and I think we have enough evidence to show that this is generally a good strategy for individual games as well. That said, I totally understand the counter-argument of a platform holder, who's trying to sell hardware, and subscriptions to say it benefits them more, holistically, to give people a larger insight into the content they're producing. This is particularly true for MS, who's gotten the "show, don't tell" response from many a sceptical gamer, even after all their studio purchases. It's important for MS to be able to show those people that yes, they do have a lot of things in production, both short, and long term, as well as demonstrating a great variety in the type of experiences they aim to provide.

I voted it depends. If it's an abandoned IP then announce it early for hype.