SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Why? Those are the four biggest franchises.
Because since 2007, that's been all the games they have been releasing lol...with the occasional random game like alan wake or crackdown 2.
Why? Those are the four biggest franchises.
Again, they can't make MechAssault. They don't own the BattleTech IP.
I can't see it being Gears, didn't Epic say they were not working on another Gears game yet? No way Gears 4 is this year, no way Gears 4 is until the next Xbox.
%&@! WOOOOOO! #@!*@ COLE TRAIN %#@%!& COMING $#@*& THROUGH!Maybe People Can Fly really is making a Gears of War game?
I should have put an "I" in there my bad. I thought about Perfect Dark, but I don't know how likely that is.Really?
You font think there'd be at least a small handful of people excited for the possibility of:
Perfect Dark?
Killer instinct?
Crimson Skies?
MechAssault?
Project Gotham?
Viva Piñata?
Amped?
Mind you Microsoft is sitting on a whole heap of other IPs they haven't touched in years. Rallisport, Blinx, Azurik, Brute Force, Conker, fusion frenzy, phantom dust plus a few others.
Will any of these be resurrected? Probably not. But that doesn't mean the possible return of some of these wouldn't get some people excited. You're covering a decent amount of genres there and I think all of them could make good games if handled appropriately. IF being a key word here.
RPGs like Blue Dragon or Tales of Vesperia sold 200k and the console itself has already tripled what Xbox sold. It's not like they weren't making inroads, even if it was tough going.Japan doesn't give a shit about MGS either, so you can't really blame MGS here.
I should have put an "I" in there my bad. I thought about Perfect Dark, but I don't know how likely that is.
Licensed not owned.Jordan Weisman left MS, created a new studio and bought all the FASA IPs. I am pretty sure.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/ex-fasa-exec-founds-new-studio-6183766
Jordan Weisman left MS, created a new studio and bought all the FASA IPs. I am pretty sure.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/ex-fasa-exec-founds-new-studio-6183766
Andrex I welcome you to the wonderful world of 2004:
Quantum Redshift 2
Brute Force
Brute Force
Brute Force
Brute Force
RPGs like Blue Dragon or Tales of Vesperia sold 200k and the console itself has already tripled what Xbox sold. It's not like they weren't making inroads, even if it was tough going.
Technically Kinect Sports and Dance Central are among the bestsellers now, iirc.I hope this doesn't end up being:
Halo 4
Kinect Sports Season 3
Dance Central 3
Fable 4
Japan is still a significantly important region for development, even if it's market is only 3rd to the USA and Europe. 360's still going to get multiplatorm games from the big guys and some choice niche digital stuff, but support's already fallen off to some degree in favor of PS3. Wii U will probably only make that worse, and MS may find themselves in a tough spot next gen with JP devs after allowing 360 to drop off so badly in the tail end.I don't know, I don't think selling only three 360s in Japan is all that impressive.
Jokes aside, the 360 is a niche console in Japan, and the general audience doesn't care about it or want it, so why should they waste time and money on courting an audience that doesn't really care? Japan is a lost cause for them.
Gears. Technically not first party, but MS would never let it slip.
I expect MS to hold on to Gears this gen, but next gen Epic will take it multi. I think Gears 1-3 will be locked up tight though still, don't expect a Trilogy release on Wii U or PS4. Or even Steam.hasn't Epic expressed interest in taking it multi-platform though?
Microsoft doesn't own the IP so if Epic wants the next Gears game on PS3 there's nothing to stop them
hasn't Epic expressed interest in taking it multi-platform though?
Microsoft doesn't own the IP so if Epic wants the next Gears game on PS3 there's nothing to stop them
You mean forum posters have expressed intrest in taking it multi-platform.hasn't Epic expressed interest in taking it multi-platform though?
Microsoft doesn't own the IP so if Epic wants the next Gears game on PS3 there's nothing to stop them
Japan is still a significantly important region for development, even if it's market is only 3rd to the USA and Europe. 360's still going to get multiplatorm games from the big guys and some choice niche digital stuff, but support's already fallen off to some degree in favor of PS3. Wii U will probably only make that worse, and MS may find themselves in a tough spot next gen with JP devs after allowing 360 to drop off so badly in the tail end.
Gears
This is fine for now, yes, but it may bite them in the ass during the next transition. If PS3/WiiU/PS4 provide enough market coverage overseas, I can see even the larger Japanese pubs scaling down their Xbox commitments.Japan is definitely important for game development, but Microsoft can afford to ignore the domestic Japanese console market since it doesn't really care for the Xbox brand anyway, while Japanese developers can't really afford to ignore the Western Xbox market due to its size.
This is find for now, yes, but it may bite them in the ass during the next transition. If PS3/WiiU/PS4 provide enough market coverage overseas, I can see even the larger Japanese pubs scaling down their Xbox commitments.
Perfect Dark top 10? Nice! The XBLA port sold pretty well. A bit over 400,000 units last I read.360 Exclusives, sorted by US NPD sales descending, by sales of top instalment--data is not 100% complete but it's fairly complete so I'm pretty confident in the order:
1. Halo (Halo 4 already announced)
2. Gears
3. Left 4 Dead (not exclusive, PC/360, but magazines frequently refer to stuff like that as exclusive)
4. Kinect Sports
5. Fable (The Journey already announced)
6. Dance Central
7. Crackdown
8. Splinter Cell (* not exclusive as a franchise, but Conviction was PC/360, see Left 4 Dead)
9. Forza
10. Perfect Dark
Worldwide shipments and including pack-ins and not including PC/360, I'm reasonably certain it's Halo > Gears > Fable > Forza.
Obviously
MechAssault
Crimson Skies
Rally Sport
Voodoo Vince!
Really?
You font think there'd be at least a small handful of people excited for the possibility of:
Amped?
And why would they do this if Microsoft's market share is even remotely close to what it is currently?
Pretty tired of these franchises now.
Pretty tired of these franchises now.