Stop eating up PR.
People have no one to blame but themselves. Regardless of how many times people say not to listen to their bad track record of lip service and "it will be ok" tweets.Phil stay feeding y'all bullshit.
Well obviously if they started this late we're not going to see it straight away. No way it would be seen this year.
There has been no new major investment in first party. If it is ever going to happen, it hasn't happened yet.
There was just no need to announce that so early, when they had Rare Replay that E3, it would have been plenty..Sea of Thieves - E3 2015, releasing 2018.
When were Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves and State of Decay announced? Yeah.
MS are no better than Sony when it comes to this stuff, meaning that it's pretty likely that they've got jack shit they are actually ready to show, other than what we saw. Expect the next big unannounced Xbox game to be released early 2020, if we're lucky.
Lol some people think that an initiative to reinvest in 1st party means that two months later you would see all the fruits of that labor already?
That's not how any of this works haha.
Yeah, there was literally no 1st party exclusive announcement.
No, but if they're not ready to even show trailers for the games they have in the pipeline, that means they're far out.Obviously they're strategy has changed.
So are you saying you think they won't have any more first party games after state of emergency?
This isn't our first rodeo:Lol some people think that an initiative to reinvest in 1st party means that two months later you would see all the fruits of that labor already?
That's not how any of this works haha.
We really should have seen some new AAA first party title this E3 if they started investing two years ago.Phil Spencer said:My Strategy is more around our own first party franchises, and investing in franchises that we own, and probably fewer exclusive deals for third party content. I want to have strong third party relations, but paying for many third party exclusives isn't our long term strategy.
This year, the fact that we're shipping Halo 5, Gears of War, Forza 6, Fable, we can only do that and build that best line-up we've ever seen really on the back of franchises that we own. It's great to have Tomb Raider as part of our line-up, but investing in first party, you'll see more of that at gamescom next week, is really core to our strategy.
Next year then.
Obviously they're strategy has changed.
So are you saying you think they won't have any more first party games after state of emergency?
Ori is a first party IP
isn't the idea that around the time they took the initiative to reinvest in the xbox brand by creating the scorpio they would in tandem reinvest in first party and that this E3 when they unveil the XboX they would also show the fruits of the software labor? not that they literally only thought to start to reinvest in first party two months ago.
We will Get Forza Horizon 4 and a new Halo next year.
Like clockwork.
he might've been telling the truth, but we wont see those fruits for 2 or 3 years. wouldnt we of heard about some acquisitions of studios or watnot though?
So for the people who kept saying: "This year is going to be the year that shows Phil's direction on first party".
There it is.
That would've been true with not for the fact that the majority of their first party showing this E3 was at the very least already announced for a year.
If I was someone who was excited for the Xbox One X I'd be pissed by what they just showed.
Where did this pic came from? I keep seeing this a lot lately, lol
Maybe they can't get the funding from Satya to invest.
wasn't that announced before?
either way it's playable on windows and is a ~$20 indie game sequel lol
There has been no new major investment in first party. If it is ever going to happen, it hasn't happened yet.
There has been no new major investment in first party. If it is ever going to happen, it hasn't happened yet.
Pretty much how I feel, actually.
I didn't get excited, admittedly, but I let myself become hopeful, and feel like a chump for it.
MS do not care about games beyond getting the most profit back on the minimum amount of investment. They don't care about the artist nature of the medium, of expanding their audience into less profitable, but more diverse and worldwide focusing directions, and they don't care about their own output.
Honestly this just reaffirms my opinion that MS are fundamentally bad for the industry, and do more to perpetuate anti consumerist practices, toxic communities and a generally dumbing down of games as an artistic for of entertainment, and that we'll all be better of if they just game up on gaming full stop.
Sea of Thieves - E3 2015, releasing 2018.
Right. I'm saying that really hasn't happened. When this slate of games release they will have replacements to announce, but the number or scope of games they are involved with, as of now, isn't really going up.I took it as investing in their franchises, not just increasing their studio count, quite the contrary for what Phil said he wants to keep 1st party studios at a minimum and only increase when it's guaranteed to work.
So for investments he is probably talking about unannounced partnerships.
I'm actually more than ok with that, just wished it showed something already XD
Honestly this just reaffirms my opinion that MS are fundamentally bad for the industry, and do more to perpetuate anti consumerist practices, toxic communities and a generally dumbing down of games as an artistic for of entertainment, and that we'll all be better of if they just game up on gaming full stop.
Maybe they can't get the funding from Satya to invest.
He did make that statement this year, I'm not sure you can expect results immediately. But they do need them ASAP.
See above.The thing about investments is that they take time to pay off.
So change was suppose to happen overnight for some of you, huh?
There's a difference between people who earn money making games, and those who make games to earn money.C'mon dude ... dude no one would be making games if it weren't for money at the end of the day.