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Phil Spencer: '2017 won't be Halo FPS/Gears led'
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Watdaeff you humble me but also sadden me
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Scalebound had tons of appeal yet Microsoft canned it. Explain that.
If they didn't care enough about that game, what makes you think they're going to care so much about a remaster for a 13-14 year old game?
Phil actually has power to do things, and has. So no.
isaacnukem
Member
Wow, I think this game was announced at the first Xbox One reveal? Is it really releasing on 2017?
Oh Below, why art thou forsaken me?
Chobel
Member
They will definitely masturbate about the hardware too much for the fanboy audience, the big question is whether or not that will happen before E3.
goldenpp72
Member
Like Voodoo vince while losing Scalebound.
Even if you're correct and all of those come out this year........
Don't expect MS to have hardly any AAA games with a story driven campaign as the main focus from here on out.
isaacnukem
Member
Weren't Platinum to blame for Scalebound? Who would salvage it if Microsoft chose to go on with it? Also I've read it didn't look that good with its footages.
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
I can't wait for Scalebound, it's one of the games I was most excited for!
If they have their own masturbatory pre-event thats fine, just dont spend the grand moment in the spotlight that way
The greatest timeline or the worst? You decide
isaacnukem
Member
Deep Down and Below are nowhere to be seen. Coincidence with the titles?
MS Scorpio HW event right prior to E3. Go all out on the specs; 4K/TV/VR/apps/etc there with some slick tech demos & couple of gamplay teasers from upcoming titles. Then lead it nicely into their E3 for extensive software demonstrations on Scorpio. I'd like that format. That way they can spend all the time on Scorpio HW/partnerships in their dedicated event and blow the lid off the software at E3.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Probably, but we don't really know that yet.
They have both been buried?
They will, along with the inevitable Forza 7.
Jaguar Victory
Member
Umm, it's wrong to be excited about new gaming hardware? Have you seen the 1,000,000 switch threads? This is GAF. It's what we do best lol.
blue_phazon
Member
Hey that's what PS4 is for, since Sony doesn't have many (or any?) mp-focused games.
Single-console owners be damned, but not like I care about them
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Halo 6 and forza horizon 4 are safe assumptions for 2018. Not sure after those two.
Losing? More like axing. Also launching new consoles, providing BC and green lighting projects. He has control, unlike Reggie.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
He says what the fans want to hear being smartly ambiguous.
GHG
Member
Platinum have an excellent track record for producing quality games on time and on budget.
Microsoft have a poor history of dealing with third party developers, especially Japanese ones.
Obviously a lot of the details are enknown, but assuming it's Platinum at fault rather than Microsoft seems misguided.
There's only so many times you can be consciously going "don't worry I hear you
)))" until it becomes a dick moveIt's not evening everywhere in the world
haha, i don't even know what time it is, yo. I'm too sick to care right now.
Console exclusives, right? Below and Voodoo Vince aren't exactly Xbox exclusives. iirc Capy is on their own with Below now (and still don't have a release date, right?), Voodoo Vince is being self-published with Microsoft's blessing. Ashen's MIA. Fable Fortune is pretty fun. I've enjoyed my time with it. Releasing on Steam too, which is cool.
Wouldn't it make sense that if they're announcing Scorpio this year (and Spencer's said in the past that he prefers to reveal closer to release than most), that their slate would seem kinda thin? You'd want to have a blowout E3 (I'm skeptical of this right now), so of course you wouldn't announce any of your 2018 games if you wanna save 'em for a new console that's releasing in the fall, yeah?
Hey that's what PS4 is for, since Sony doesn't have many (or any?) mp-focused games.
Single-console owners be damned, but not like I care about them
lol what's ironic I almost posted something along those lines.
Switch for my Nintendo fix
PS for my single player games and franchises I mentally associate with Sony like Final Fantasy
XB for my MP games
and until Sony can get a good solution for hard drives most other multi platform games
Or he's being ambiguous because it's Jan and would ruin E3 where most of this stuff becomes clear. The entire forum though Halo was leading the charge this year, which shows how little we know
We dont know anything about the circumstances behind Scalebound officially. Speculating based on stuff we dont know makes no sense.
What i'm saying is that Phantom dust with this re-release is primed an ready for a huge resurgence, and its up to MS marketing the release properly and giving it the proper exposure it needs to flourish
Do they even need it? Its not where their userbase is at, and generally speaking, multiplayer has always been the main focus for Xbox, what drives user engagement
He was hinting MASSIVELY at Scorpio around this time last year IIRC
Um, no
You been asleep?
Very few people thought that Halo 6 would launch the same year as Halo Wars 2.
Edit: People think that Halo 6 will be teased/announced at E3, but released in 2018.
Nope. The entire forum did not think there was a Halo game frontlining this year. Please show me those threads
Thank you
ChosenPredator
Banned
don't forget state of decay 2
I don't disagree with you. Just responding to a poster who was stating they were missing.
So in a world where doing MP betas is often done, that's your takeaway????
Lol ok.
Yeah, it wouldn't make any sense anyway. Unless MS was developing spin-offs.
Chobel
Member
As long it doesn't take time from game announcements, then no, there's nothing wrong with it. However MS have limited time in their E3 conference (90 minutes), so there's the worry MS won't show too many games if Scorpio hardware reveal takes too much time.
On the flip side if they stretch out the reveal that fills a lot of the 90 minutes if they don't have much in software to discuss.
I'm expecting 30 minutes minimum dedicated to Scorpio. In addition to Some thing like the controller lab they introduced last year to hide their software gaps along with some esports
Sonys format was great last year:
game, then game, then game, bit of context and chatter, then game.
MS had a good E3 as well but the format of:
Game, then context for the presentation, then constant chatter over the presentation, then game again is getting old
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
That would be a Quick turnaround time considering halo 5 just released a little over a year ago. I honestly don't see that happening.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Because the MS software situation is so desperate are people really wishing for another mainline Halo even faster than normal? Come on, I think it's pretty clear ut won't release 2017. Forza 7 is there though.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I mean you could also argue that the game looked really rough at every showing, clearly was in some form of development hell at an overstretched development studio and that MS only cancelled one of their biggest exclusives out of necessity.
Not that I believe this or anything, like I said we just don't know.
Pretty sure MS said they WANTED to do a 2-year Halo thing, but that doesn't appear to be working out for them right now. I hope development of Halo 6 is faster than 5 since their multiplayer formula seems to be working out for them better this time than Halo 4. Last time I saw the sales data, Halo 5 was doing really good.
they cant allow them to rest when they are their tentpoles...
Its not as if first party games on XB1 are so important that they have to be actively muzzled for some reason as an emergency because they are bad Halo 5 was a good game and so was Gears 4, what's the issue?
For different types of games, third parties have plenty of games coming out this year on XB1 already
Yeah they're good games, I won't object.
But you get diminishing returns and interest
See: Assassins Creed, Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero
They need to rest, or at least release them out with other additional diversified titles