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Phil Spencer acknowledges ‘it’s been too long’ since Xbox’s last big first-party game

MOTM

Banned
Years and years and years and years and even *more* years to come of Phil Spencer over-promising, not really delivering at all and downright lying through his teeth but the Xbox Defense Patrol still riding *hard* for the man, that's some next-level brainwashing, give Phil credit where it's due 👍.

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Oh shut up.

Every Xbox owner is happier with the direction Xbox has taken since he's been at the helm. It hasn't been perfect but he has made owning an Xbox 10X times more enjoyable.

Probably the main reason Sony fanboys get a hater boner for him.
 

XXL

Member
Why would they keep a consistent stream of releases?

They have forums full of fans excusing it, consistently acting like it not a big deal and promoting GamePass 24/7 for free, while looking to the future constantly as a rectification of any issue.

That sounds like a great business model more than anything.
 
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SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Why would they keep a consistent stream of releases?

They have forums full of fans excusing it, consistently acting like it not a big deal and promoting GamePass 24/7 for free, while looking to the future constantly as a rectification of any issue.

That sounds like a great business model more than anything.
Yep. See below. Literally posted seconds before your post.

Oh shut up.

Every Xbox owner is happier with the direction Xbox has taken since he's been at the helm. It hasn't been perfect but he has made owning an Xbox 10X times more enjoyable.

Probably the main reason Sony fanboys get a hater boner for him.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Microsoft needs a different leadership. This man phoned in an entire generation last gen after shoving Kinect trash down our throat in the second half of the 360 generation. And now, the first two years of this generation have been equally terrible.

I secretly want Sony to fail because I saw them turn to bolstering their first party output in the PS3 era with exclusive after exclusive to the tune of 4-5 AAA games a year. Then just taking it to the next level in the PS4 era. I saw MS fail with the xbox one, but their first party output didnt improve. If anything it got worse. It's been 9 years since Phil took over Xbox. Things have never been worse for MS first party.

I say bring back Don and instead of having him lead Xbox, just have him lead first party. He was really good at securing 2nd party exclusives like Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Ryse and Scalebound. He had Coalition working on a new IP which Phil cancelled. He had Lionhead studios working on Fable which Phil cancelled. He was responsible for Playground Games making Forza spinoffs which is now the best MS first party franchise.

Playing Bayonetta makes me realize just how talented PG can be. Scalebound looks amazing and better than anything MS has produced in the last 9 years. How hard can it be to make Bayonetta or Scalebound with PG. Why are you getting outbid by fucking Nintendo??? Team Ninja is making a Ghost of Tushima clone for PS5. Why didnt you go ask them to make it an Xbox game?? Invest and have them go all out with next gen visuals. Why is Crytek slumming around with remasters instead of Ryse 2? Why let Respawn, Crystal Dynamics, and Insomniac be sold for $300 million each while spending $85 billion on Zenimax and Activision?
 

johnjohn

Member
Thankfully this is the last year of any sort of content drought from Xbox. 2023 is already jam packed and we don't even know what's coming second half yet. They're definitely blowing past their goal of one AAA game per quarter.
 
I know its sad, (and been sad for a while) but if Xbox was more competitive, Sony probably wouldn't be remaking Ps4 games.
Sony has these remakes because their development time is shorter, the main talent isn’t used, and it fills in gaps so there isn’t dry spells Xbox gamers are so accustomed to.


“Xbox has no games” - Phil Spencer
 

levyjl1988

Banned
Where the fuck is Banjo Kazooie 3?

The big fucking problem with Microsoft is that they don't create hype on the levels like Nintendo.
Have select IPs and build around just that.
Get people serious and passionate about the franchise and work on that.
 

OmegaSupreme

advanced basic bitch
Where the fuck is Banjo Kazooie 3?

The big fucking problem with Microsoft is that they don't create hype on the levels like Nintendo.
Have select IPs and build around just that.
Get people serious and passionate about the franchise and work on that.
Where the fuck is Killer Instinct? That's my biggest curiosity. Surely an exclusive fighter would have value.
 

TheShocker

Member
Microsoft and their developers have been really good this generation at acknowledging their shortcomings. And then continuing to not put out anything substantial. Looking at you 343i.
 

FoxMcChief

Gold Member
I feel like the media isn’t being loud or giving Phil shit about the lack of games. I’m sure it would’ve been making headlines if PlayStation didn’t release games.
I think the difference is Microsoft is still consistently putting out new games on Game Pass. What does it matter to the peeps if they come from first party or third party? New games are new games. I think forum folk are the only ones that care, and that’s a very small vocal minority.
 

ungalo

Member
I think the difference is Microsoft is still consistently putting out new games on Game Pass. What does it matter to the peeps if they come from first party or third party? New games are new games. I think forum folk are the only ones that care, and that’s a very small vocal minority.
The majority still won't buy an Xbox.
 

Shwing

Member
I do like Phil - think he's a top bloke, and good for the industry...
However, we've been hearing the same sh*t every year from him regarding lack of titles. They've spent billions on gaming studios, and yet have very little to show for it. Yes next year will be different (so he's said for the last number of years), and I'm sure when the fruits of all the buying come to fruition it will be. But... come on... change the record!
 

SHA

Member
lol Starfield, that buggy game with graphics from 2013 that was promised to have 1000 planets and you people believe it will good.
believe in company known for lying and not delivering what was promised.
1000 planets with their own stories or quests or what ??!!
Todd Howard lies are exceptional.
 
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Elios83

Member
Spencer should stop with the usual "Hey fans, I'm with you and I'm disappointed just like you, please wait for next year".
He should give an update about the state of Starfield and committing on the game not being delayed until holiday 2023 (which given the state the game was at E3 and considering Bethesda's pedigree is more than possible).
And he should give some hints about what's actually coming in 2023 besides delayed 2022 games.
 

anthony2690

Banned
It's okay Phil, I can't even keep up with everything I want to play as it is :(
I need to win the lottery & have more time.

Joking aside the worst part is, I feel like I've rushed through some games a little faster than I would haved liked in a bid to try keep up.

I have 23 sealed games sat on shelf (granted a lot of these I've played on game pass) I'm going to try priotise smaller/shorter titles and get round to stuff like persona 5 royal, star ocean later on (what both I'm really looking forward too)

I have sonic frontiers and evil west coming November too!

I wish these titles were spread out a bit more evenly throughout the year, as summer time was a dry spell for new titles that interested me, so I went back and played older titles like killer is dead etc :)

& Early 2023 is pretty silly too, one piece Odyssey, wild hearts, wo long, Hogwarts, redfall, like a dragon, resident evil 4, wanted dead, it's just never ending!

I do like Phil - think he's a top bloke, and good for the industry...
However, we've been hearing the same sh*t every year from him regarding lack of titles. They've spent billions on gaming studios, and yet have very little to show for it. Yes next year will be different (so he's said for the last number of years), and I'm sure when the fruits of all the buying come to fruition it will be. But... come on... change the record!
Unfortunately games don't just appear over night.
& Redfall & Starfield got delayed out of 2022.

Assuming already announced titles don't get delayed, first half of 2023 is looking very good on the first party front.

AOE2
Forza Motorsport
Redfall
Starfield
Tokyo Ghostwire

& We don't know what they have planned for the second half, according to a document from 2021 they had 9 first party titles planned for 2023 (obviously these titles could've been delayed too)

Game pass has done all the heavy lifting for Xbox series s/x so far though.

& All my fellow game pass buddies reading this go play psychonauts 2 :D
 
they say AAA first party xbox games on gamepass day one and i keep subscribing but there is barely any
 
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