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Microsoft Studios (& Partners) Current and Future Landscape
- Thread starter Banjo-Kazooie
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Yep I'm thinking Phantom Dust HD or Armature, there the only logical options by far.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I don't have a problem with factory studios. I have a problem with them in the context of MS' situation. That is, only a few studios who are factory studios. Also, Zelda and Mario aren't facing major decline from previous iterations.
Rare's situation is good but I would prefer if they had at least a few more studios in a situation like that to go with the bigger factory studios.
I've always wanted chainsaw in Halo, and hey now they don't need to make the flood cause the swarm coming for your master chef.
The ntkrnl leaks were amazing.
PanicFreak
Member
Well if you want to get technical, I seriously doubt that Mario 3D World did better than Galaxy or even sold anywhere near the same level.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Is Shinobi talking about a game or a studio?
SoT, SoD2, CD3 have all said on social media that they are looking forward to 2017. Scalebound though.....
SoT, SoD2, CD3 have all said on social media that they are looking forward to 2017. Scalebound though.....
LukasTaves
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They were working on the next big Ms franchise, but development wasn't that smooth, they even restarted from scratch once or twice IIRC.
Mass Effect
Member
My problem with second-party development, as we've seen earlier this generation, is that it leads to an issue of not getting follow-ups to some games. At some point, people are going to want more of a particular game, especially when one has a great concept, but maybe is flawed in its execution. Hell, it doesn't even have to be flawed. Maybe it's just something fresh or unique (See SSOD, or even Forza Horizon).
And new IPs are great of course, but sometimes I also want those new IPs to turn into new franchises. It's about balance.
Sales can affect the potential for sequels, scope of sequels, quality of life, or even just the existence of your favorite studio or IP. Sales matter to an end consumer whether you like it or not. Now in the specific cases of Gears and Halo, you're probably right; sales won't majorly affect your enjoyment of the game. Those two franchises aren't going anywhere any time soon.
But let me put it this way: If Sunset Overdrive had sold 5 million copies, do you think we'd be getting a new one?
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
"What that means is we are working on Microsoft's next big entertainment franchise," studio manager Mike Crump told the Vancouver Sun. "We're not working on an existing franchise, we're looking to build the next Halo here in Vancouver, for example, which is really exciting. We are building something from the ground up."
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Didn't Kamiya do a lot of interviews at E3 were he talked about how supportive Microsoft have been, more than any other publisher has with him in the past. Would seem like a strange move after E3 having a large gameplay chunk for it to be cancelled. Especially with that leaked amazon April release date which would be great for that game with no competition around.
Samurai G0SU
Member
no nononono no no no no no no no no no !!!!
Awe shit here we go again. Will wait for more sources though.
Well shit....
Hockeymac18
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shinobi602
Member
Yep.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
And now at the very least I believe it. Jason doesn't go thru with stuff if it isn't the least bit credible
Bits N Pieces
Member
There were dozens of us
Looking at the relevant Twitter accounts: JP hasn't tweeted since December the 27th, the Scalebound account was last active in September and im blocked from Kamiya so don't know what he's been up too, lol.
My money would be on Scalebound. FUCK!!!
Nightengale
Member
When was the last time that a AAA game that came out from MS goes dark 3 months before its release?
Even if Scalebound is coming out, it's unlikely to be a 1H game, but a fall game.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Damn.
I thought Shinobi was just talking about a delay...
I thought Shinobi was just talking about a delay...
DriftingSpirit
Member
Now Torro is vouching for it....fuck.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Feels like MS hired Phil Spencer to slowly destroy MS Studios.
Could you not have warned us abit earlier this was gonna happen. Would have soften the blow.
I also was looking forward to it! THE FUCK MAN! *sigh* Cancelled? Jesus.
SneakersSO
Member
CD3 expectations should start being tempered immediately.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Today is a sad day ...... i want to cry a lil
Bits N Pieces
Member
Here we go.....
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Yeah figured it was sb or cd. Someone told me shinobi doesn't have japanese game info. Makes sense.
Samurai G0SU
Member
I thought first party studio person was Shannon Loftis, no? Phil doesn't dabble all of his time into that anymore
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Wait another one canceled too? CD3??
Why?
Yeah, the page for it is gone, it redirects to their homepage
www.xbox.com/games/scalebound
www.xbox.com/games/scalebound
SneakersSO
Member
Scorpio isn't a platform - its a souped up X1. Scorpio gameplay is an X1 game running in 4K. You really should lower your expectations on what Scorpio is exactly.
As for CD3, i've heard its development hasn't been rosy either. But that at least has a much higher chance of coming out, severe worts & all. Then again, its not a game we have seen an extensive gameplay demo, and the dev diary that has been seen by the public looked awful.