Does Microsoft have a past of milking (Skylanders), annualizing (Call of Duty) or running franchises into the ground (Guitar Hero)?
Yes(Halo), yes(Forza), and yes(too many to list).
Does Microsoft have a past of milking (Skylanders), annualizing (Call of Duty) or running franchises into the ground (Guitar Hero)?
Does Microsoft have a past of milking (Skylanders), annualizing (Call of Duty) or running franchises into the ground (Guitar Hero)?
Yes, please (and it had better not include Rare). I might learn something new.
Yes(Halo), yes(Forza), and yes(too many to list).
Um, Yes, they do. What rock have you been living under?
Yep. 2.5 billion was simply too much for Activision or EA.So the lesser of the 3 evils with the biggest check got the deal...neat.
Um, Yes, they do. What rock have you been living under?
Really? Annualize, sure; milk? No entry has been truly bad or awful, or even mediocre.
Dude, MS is charging for skins, texture packs, everything. Minecraft has so much DLC it's crazy.Glad MS got it. Either of those 2 would have been horrible.
Um, Yes, they do. What rock have you been living under?
Really? Annualize, sure; milk? No entry has been truly bad or awful, or even mediocre.
Wouldn't you if you forked out 2.5Billion for a franchise?You and I see Microsoft in a completely different light from each other.
MS are gonna milk the living shit out of this franchise, just as the other 2 would.
Yeah Activision or EA would have been bad, but if Activision let the Blizzard side handle it, they probably would have done something amazing.
Dude, MS is charging for skins, texture packs, everything. Minecraft has so much DLC it's crazy.
Halo is mediocre compared to what it was before. The MCC is still a broken mess. Fable has been mediocre since the third entry and that's just two of their franchises. Crackdown 2 was crap, Rare is practically dead
Given Microsofts involvement in getting it on XBLA/consoles in the first place, they were the obvious choice for buying it, for me. Regardless of the money I think the relationship with some people at MS was important to Notch
Since the third entry, Lionhead have been making various spin-offs, it seems they are being allowed to make the games they want to make, if MS forced them to do something else, as usual, you'd be complaining anyway. Plus they are making a new IP. Crackdown i'll give you, MS made a huge mistake there, but at least they are bringing it back (again).
Given the success of Kinect Sports and avatars on Xbox 360, i'd say Rare have probably never been more alive under Microsoft than they are now.
Does Microsoft have a past of milking (Skylanders), annualizing (Call of Duty) or running franchises into the ground (Guitar Hero)?
Yes, please (and it had better not include Rare). I might learn something new.
I wouldn't complain because I actually want a Fable 4 game. Fable 3, though it was clearly flawed, was still a fun game.
The whole Rare thing, sure I'll give you that but I couldn't care less about their latest Output. The Rare of old is dead in my eyes.
Yes(Halo), yes(Forza), and yes(too many to list).
Forza 5 wasn't a very good game, it has tons of issues.Posters are complaining about a yearly Forza now. Such threads never surprise. Forza is a wonderful franchise. Which Microsoft built ground up. Halo has had disappointing entries, not bad ones.
Shadowrun
Mechwarrior
Mech Assault
Age of Empires
Perfect dark
Banjo-kazooie
Crimson Skies
Halo has had disappointing entries, not bad ones.
They have killed those franchises though which is a damn shame but it's exactly what the other poster was saying that Microsoft has never taken a franchise and killed it or did anything with.I wish they milked or annualized these franchises.
I wish they milked or annualized these franchises.
Forza 5 isn't a very good game? Lacks content yes, but not very good game I suggest you go play more racing games before you comment about that. It's a great game lacking content and was filled with micro transactions, stop reading threads and go play the game, if that is not very good, would love to see what you consider good, in terms of gameplay and features.Forza 5 wasn't a very good game, it has tons of issues.
Forza Horizon 2 is a great game but that doesn't excuse Forza 5. Masterchief collection is not just dissapointing, it's bad.
They can improve it and hopefully they do but with all the issues it's inexcusable.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but on a constant basis you complain about the Fable, Forza, Halo, Gears cycle... so, I don't really think they can win.
Rare are going back to their older IP, that much is obvious. If Double Helix can make a good/great Killer Instinct, no reason Rare can't do the same with their own IP.
Yes it's not a very good game, I didn't enjoy Forza 5 at all especially compared to previous games in the series like Forza 4, The microtransaction really killed the game.Forza 5 isn't a very good game? Lacks content yes, but not very good game I suggest you go play more racing games before you comment about that. It's a great game lacking content and was filled with micro transactions, stop reading threads and go play the game, if that is not very good, would love to see what you consider good, in terms of gameplay and features.
Well for starters, they should have let Horizons stand on its own rather than milking the Forza name (which didn't seem to help much anyways). And yea, I've complained about the endless cycle but that doesn't mean I wouldn't take a solid Fable game Fable 2 is still one of my favorites from last gen, the issue is they haven't been able to do a decent game since 3 (which was rather okay).
I'm more than okay with more Gears, it's been a while since the third. I'm really hoping we get a collection that isn't broken as that'd be amazing.
Rare may very well come back to life. I don't know, I'm only talking about the way they are at the moment. With Kinect thankfully dead now they may just have a shot.
Shadowrun
Mechwarrior
Mech Assault
Age of Empires
Did major damage to the halo series with masterchief collection
Project Gotham Racing
Perfect dark
Banjo-kazooie
Crimson Skies
Fable is a shell of what it was especially after Fable 2
Yearly releases of Forza isn't doing a favor to that franchise.
This isn't everything as well just some of the bigger titles that they have forgot existed or did harm to.
I would call Halo 4 and Spartan Assault bad games.
No that's on MS, it's not on the gamers when MS keeps abusing the same ip's and won't invest in almost any new ips.Are we talking about developers or IP?
Because a lot of IP get shelved because they don't sell - like Project Gotham. PGR4 was a great game, but sold like shit, that's on gamers, not MS.
Forza is pretty much the highest rated racing franchise for the past two generations. The Horizon series is a different beast altogether, and it's still good.
seeing Shadowrun mentioned makes me sad
I wished it was priced at $40 and did not pretend to reference Shadowrun at all
Game was amazing, it deserved sequels
They have killed those franchises though which is a damn shame but it's exactly what the other poster was saying that Microsoft has never taken a franchise and killed it or did anything with.
No that's on MS, it's not on the gamers when MS keeps abusing the same ip's and won't invest in almost any new ips.
I don't see what difference the Forza branding makes, if anything it will have helped the game. Its not like it is another Motorsport game, if you're upset at them "milking" the Forza name (a very well established brand, too) then just called it Horizon, I really don't see what difference it makes. You got a couple of great games that are different to Motorsport, splitting hairs over having the name "Forza" in front of it seems like an utterly useless point.
I bet Playground were delighted that they got to use the Forza name and assets too, for what its worth.
We got Judgment after Gears 3, its not like Gears hasn't been used like any of the others, the only reason we have a gap now is due to the acquisition, moving development to Black Tusk. We'll get a Collection this year.
Shadowrun
Mechwarrior
Mech Assault
Age of Empires
Did major damage to the halo series with masterchief collection
Project Gotham Racing
Perfect dark
Banjo-kazooie
Crimson Skies
Fable is a shell of what it was especially after Fable 2
Yearly releases of Forza isn't doing a favor to that franchise.
This isn't everything as well just some of the bigger titles that they have forgot existed or did harm to.
Except they haven't been... There's a ton of dlcs that haven't made it to playstation before and after the acquisition and the other day I made a thread about the Simpsons dlc which is exclusive to xboxAs long as they keep their word on continuing to support all platforms. If they don't, I'll be mad, but I'll also understand why. They spent the money, it's their franchise to do what they want with.
Also destroy studios?
Good point about the list, I think there's a fair amount of pretty terrible games on that list but they are new ips.Ryse
Sunset Overdrive
State of Decay
Scalebound
Powerstar Golf
Crimson Dragon
Quantum Break
Ori and the Blind Forest
D4
Kalimba
Screamride
Lococycle
Project Spark
Where dem new IPs at? I'll tell you where, in my Xbox, or will be when they launch. All of those launched in 2013 or later btw.
PGR4 suffered from Forza 2s delay and then being out quite soon after Halo 3, that said, Bizarre got bought by Activision so PGR was dead anyway.
Good point about the list, I think there's a fair amount of pretty terrible games on that list but they are new ips.
Dude, MS is charging for skins, texture packs, everything. Minecraft has so much DLC it's crazy.
I don't care who bought it, because the game has been community driven for such a long time, it's impossible to topple.
Oh, you're adding that to the game Mojang? The community added that last year.
I would call Halo 4 and Spartan Assault bad games.
There are much more interesting things in this Forbes article. Notch personal life is very complicated.
What's funny is MS isn't really the main focus of the article in the OP
people really see red lol
I would love to know how they will ever recoup that expense