Except you have the news of the last year and a half to actually convince you now.But we've been saying that long enough not to believe until we see it. No trust from me.
Except you have the news of the last year and a half to actually convince you now.But we've been saying that long enough not to believe until we see it. No trust from me.
There is going to be a lot of that in the not toooooo distant future.
It's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...I don't understand this, they have actually put out a lot of new IPs this gen. They have just been mostly duds. What Xbox has lacked is a new AAA IP that acts as a new flagship franchise like Halo and Gears were. Is that in the cards or just a lot of AA, mid-sized IPs that were really implied by the many studio acquisitions?
So Perfect Dark eyyyyyyyyyyIt's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
Even better. Get ready to be wrecked again.
It's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
It's not like he's doing it out of goodwill. Minecraft brings in a ton of money on ps
It's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
Seems like a lot of the studios they acquired excel at AA.Is this an educated guess/assumption or something you know of?
Because the impression I've got is that they want to increase the AAA output. Yeah, there'll no doubt be AA stuff like ReCore but they're words and actions lead me to believe they want to up their AAA output.
There is going to be a lot of that in the not toooooo distant future.
Depends on the studio, Coalition, 343, The Initiative, playground games, Rare, Obsidian and turn 10 yes AAAIs this an educated guess/assumption or something you know of?
Because the impression I've got is that they want to increase the AAA output. Yeah, there'll no doubt be AA stuff like ReCore but they're words and actions lead me to believe they want to up their AAA output.
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
Yeah, Undead Labs and Compulsion are definitely going AAA. I don't think InXile will in the foreseeable future, but they're doing things which will definitely cause them to continue to grow.Depends on the studio, Coalition, 343, The Initiative, playground games, Rare, Obsidian and turn 10 yes AAA
But Double fine, compulsion, undead labs, ninja theory and inxile more AA but also lots of these studious are staffing up now so their aspirations could change
It's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
To maintain the output volume a Netflix for games model demands, MS can't just make AAA games. And they know that, which is why (almost) all the studios they bought excel at making smaller, faster, cheaper games. That's what attracted MS to them, not the desire to change them all into AAA powerhouses.Is this an educated guess/assumption or something you know of?
Because the impression I've got is that they want to increase the AAA output. Yeah, there'll no doubt be AA stuff like ReCore but they're words and actions lead me to believe they want to up their AAA output.
To maintain the output volume a Netflix for games model demands, MS can't just make AAA games. And they know that, which is why (almost) all the studios they bought excel at making smaller, faster, cheaper games. That's what attracted MS to them, not the desire to change them all into AAA powerhouses.
There will certainly be more AAA games than MS put out this gen, but most of their new studios will be focusing on AA+ (AA with a little more money).
It's the right strategy.
So which developers do you see doing AAA games then? Rare, 343, Coalition, Playground, Mojang, Turn 10, and the Initiative?To maintain the output volume a Netflix for games model demands, MS can't just make AAA games. And they know that, which is why (almost) all the studios they bought excel at making smaller, faster, cheaper games. That's what attracted MS to them, not the desire to change them all into AAA powerhouses.
There will certainly be more AAA games than MS put out this gen, but most of their new studios will be focusing on AA+ (AA with a little more money).
It's the right strategy.
.Have you seen how most Xbox threads end up on here or neogaf before?
He's so great that in five years as head of Xbox, he has produced no new IP worth mentioning.
Look, he seems cool, but this perpetual lionizing is pretty tired at this point. I'll take Sony's less hip execs who actually produce top-tier content over a chill dude who wants to sell me Forza again, but in a service this time.
To maintain the output volume a Netflix for games model demands, MS can't just make AAA games. And they know that, which is why (almost) all the studios they bought excel at making smaller, faster, cheaper games. That's what attracted MS to them, not the desire to change them all into AAA powerhouses.
There will certainly be more AAA games than MS put out this gen, but most of their new studios will be focusing on AA+ (AA with a little more money).
It's the right strategy.
Oh god...
It's really going to be Halo, Gears, Fable and Forza again? Those 4 will (again) suck up all the big budgets (maybe we're lucky and get one new big AAA ip?) and the new guys can make smaler titles to fill the Game-Pass ranks with fodder (some games will be fantastic i'm sure).
If this is the internal strategy i'm sad that they don't have the balls to tell their fanbase this. Don't beat around the bush, be honest.
I'm quite sure the backlash from their own fanbase will be quit big if the new studios don't make big games that can battle with Breath of the Wild or God of War.
New ips for the indies - AA games and established franchises (the big 4 again, because people were so happy with them in the end of the 360 era) get the big bucks to create AAA+ games.
And then nobody will understand (again) why people still prefer Nintendos or Sonys games...
I'm not entirely sure why a new God of War or Zelda is interesting, while a new Fable wouldn't be. The last decent Fable game was released 9 years ago.
Meanwhile they will be making a lot of new IP's. Studios like Rare, Ninja Theory and Obsidian will create games nearing that 'AAA' feeling. Just how Hellblade did. More focused and compact games.
Meanwhile The Initiative will be building something new. You just can't expect MS to triple their AAA output. That's not sustainable. If Game Pass really becomes a success, I could see that happen. Two or three triple A games per year seems fine to me. Fill it with 3-4 'AA' games and a bunch of indies and Game Pass is looking to be an enormous value.
But are we getting a new KITo maintain the output volume a Netflix for games model demands, MS can't just make AAA games. And they know that, which is why (almost) all the studios they bought excel at making smaller, faster, cheaper games. That's what attracted MS to them, not the desire to change them all into AAA powerhouses.
There will certainly be more AAA games than MS put out this gen, but most of their new studios will be focusing on AA+ (AA with a little more money).
It's the right strategy.
Oh god...
It's really going to be Halo, Gears, Fable and Forza again? Those 4 will (again) suck up all the big budgets (maybe we're lucky and get one new big AAA ip?) and the new guys can make smaler titles to fill the Game-Pass ranks with fodder (some games will be fantastic i'm sure).
If this is the internal strategy i'm sad that they don't have the balls to tell their fanbase this. Don't beat around the bush, be honest.
I'm quite sure the backlash from their own fanbase will be quit big if the new studios don't make big games that can battle with Breath of the Wild or God of War.
New ips for the indies - AA games and established franchises (the big 4 again, because people were so happy with them in the end of the 360 era) get the big bucks to create AAA+ games.
And then nobody will understand (again) why people still prefer Nintendos or Sonys games...
I have faith in playground games delivering a good take on Fable. I hope they will refresh the franchise and make people very happy. If gears is gearing up for a bright future we're going to see in a few weeks. I'm hoping for it. Loved Gears 1-3 but after that it wasn't anything special imo.
And that's fine but it's just a fact that people didn't applaud MS buying Ninja Theory because they thought they'll be getting the same stuff from them as if Ms didn't lift a finger. What has the gaming-world gained in MS buying these smaler studios if they'll make the same games as if they're still independent?
If i can't expect MS out of all companies in gaming to be able to triplle their AAA output then who? Why is that not sustainable. Do you really think people wouldn't buy a big AAA+ game from Obsidian or Ninja Theory? Especially if it's exclusive?
I have faith in playground games delivering a good take on Fable. I hope they will refresh the franchise and make people very happy. If gears is gearing up for a bright future we're going to see in a few weeks. I'm hoping for it. Loved Gears 1-3 but after that it wasn't anything special imo.
And that's fine but it's just a fact that people didn't applaud MS buying Ninja Theory because they thought they'll be getting the same stuff from them as if Ms didn't lift a finger. What has the gaming-world gained in MS buying these smaler studios if they'll make the same games as if they're still independent?
If i can't expect MS out of all companies in gaming to be able to triplle their AAA output then who? Why is that not sustainable. Do you really think people wouldn't buy a big AAA+ game from Obsidian or Ninja Theory? Especially if it's exclusive?
I doubt Compulsion is going AAA. They are still the smallest studio atm MS has. Going from Happy Few to AAA is also a big step. I liked Happy Few as the story and world are great. But the technical side of things is atm far away from AAA. Dont see them make the leap. Studio wise and technical wise. They need to grow still.Yeah, Undead Labs and Compulsion are definitely going AAA. I don't think InXile will in the foreseeable future, but they're doing things which will definitely cause them to continue to grow.
Did we just get a low key tease that Perfect Dark is coming back? Dont play with my emotions like that.
Oh god...
It's really going to be Halo, Gears, Fable and Forza again? Those 4 will (again) suck up all the big budgets (maybe we're lucky and get one new big AAA ip?) and the new guys can make smaler titles to fill the Game-Pass ranks with fodder (some games will be fantastic i'm sure).
If this is the internal strategy i'm sad that they don't have the balls to tell their fanbase this. Don't beat around the bush, be honest.
I'm quite sure the backlash from their own fanbase will be quit big if the new studios don't make big games that can battle with Breath of the Wild or God of War.
New ips for the indies - AA games and established franchises (the big 4 again, because people were so happy with them in the end of the 360 era) get the big bucks to create AAA+ games.
And then nobody will understand (again) why people still prefer Nintendos or Sonys games...
Do you know who's developing Perfect Dark?It's going to be a lot of the AA titles, with the marquee ones thrown in too, just not as frequently. There will be Gears, Halo, Forza, but also Fable, PD, some other stuff...
Look at Netflix and replace the movies with games. That's the model.
Oh god...
It's really going to be Halo, Gears, Fable and Forza again? Those 4 will (again) suck up all the big budgets (maybe we're lucky and get one new big AAA ip?) and the new guys can make smaler titles to fill the Game-Pass ranks with fodder (some games will be fantastic i'm sure).
If this is the internal strategy i'm sad that they don't have the balls to tell their fanbase this. Don't beat around the bush, be honest.
I'm quite sure the backlash from their own fanbase will be quit big if the new studios don't make big games that can battle with Breath of the Wild or God of War.
New ips for the indies - AA games and established franchises (the big 4 again, because people were so happy with them in the end of the 360 era) get the big bucks to create AAA+ games.
And then nobody will understand (again) why people still prefer Nintendos or Sonys games...
It's Phantom Dust, let go of Perfect Dark...it's lost to the sands of time.
That doesn't contradict what Matt said tho. Most of their recent studio purchases aren't AAA, and don't want to be AAA, and despite internal investments it doesn't seem that MS is pushing these studios to suddenly move up a weight-class and deliver AAA titles. If anything they all seem determined - and even encouraged by MS - to continue at their current niches, whilst utilising MS' superior resources to bolster production values and ease/shorten development times.They're going to let the studios do whatever the hell they want to. For some of their new studios, like IneXile and Compulsion - they'll likely continue to make AA games since their studios are set up for it and that's all they've ever done. Microsoft is pumping resources into all of these studios, substantially bolstering their staff, which puts some of them within the threshold to handle AAA development. For studios like Obsidian and Ninja Theory, who have AAA in their DNA but transitioned to AA titles out of necessity - I think they'll organically end back up where they started over time.
I have faith in playground games delivering a good take on Fable. I hope they will refresh the franchise and make people very happy. If gears is gearing up for a bright future we're going to see in a few weeks. I'm hoping for it. Loved Gears 1-3 but after that it wasn't anything special imo.
And that's fine but it's just a fact that people didn't applaud MS buying Ninja Theory because they thought they'll be getting the same stuff from them as if Ms didn't lift a finger. What has the gaming-world gained in MS buying these smaler studios if they'll make the same games as if they're still independent?
If i can't expect MS out of all companies in gaming to be able to triplle their AAA output then who? Why is that not sustainable. Do you really think people wouldn't buy a big AAA+ game from Obsidian or Ninja Theory? Especially if it's exclusive?