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MS marketing director: "We are going to kill Sony at E3!"
- Thread starter amstradcpc
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They might actually have secured a franchise that was previously multiplatform... who knows. I just know that MS has been puffing their chest out and Sonys been sitting quietly.
The thing about them having "tonnes" of money is that the investors/board won't let them spend that much money. We gotta keep in mind that XBox is only a part of MS, they can't dump that much money into it. Hence they spent just, yea just lol, $1Billion dollars into games... they could have spent more, tbh they could buy up a lot of 3rd party studios but their investors would never approve of that.
Well yeah.
Crackdown > Infamous
Halo > Killzone
Gears > Uncharted
Viva Pinata > LBP
Banjo < Ratchet
PGR > Motorstorm
Forza sucks. GT sucks.
Alan Wake > Heavy Rain
I mean, I can keep going, but that's just in my opinion. Does that mean the Sony games sucked? No, not really (Heavy Rain and Killzone 2 did) but this myth that Microsoft has no first party games is laughable.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
It would kill Microsoft as well.
HocusPocus
Member
I like the new Microsoft attitude and confidence hehe. Maybe they will completely bomb this generation but they don't give a shit what forums like this think. They have a plan and their sticking to it. I think they are going to hit a home run with this console but maybe I'm wrong too 
. Can't wait to see the games at E3!
Not concerned about DRM because I pay for my games and don't share them, not concerned about always on because most everything I have now is always on (IPhone, Ipad, Kindle, laptop, etc.), and my only worry is Kinect because I didn't like the original beyond voice commands for Netflix or HBO GO watching. Willing to give Kinect 2.0 a shot.
. Can't wait to see the games at E3!Not concerned about DRM because I pay for my games and don't share them, not concerned about always on because most everything I have now is always on (IPhone, Ipad, Kindle, laptop, etc.), and my only worry is Kinect because I didn't like the original beyond voice commands for Netflix or HBO GO watching. Willing to give Kinect 2.0 a shot.
swordsman720
Banned
I am expecting no less from MS at E3 that they are not going to drop a regular bomb, but a NUCLEAR BOMB.
My predict:
Dead Rising 3 (exclusive)
Morror edge 2 (co publish, so exclusive on Xbox One)
FIFA 14 (3 months exclusive on xbox One)
COD Ghost (3 months exclusive on xbox One)
New Gears
Halo 5
Rare games (banjo kazooie and PD and Killing Instinct)
Just Cause 3
PGR 5
lots of other.
My predict:
Dead Rising 3 (exclusive)
Morror edge 2 (co publish, so exclusive on Xbox One)
FIFA 14 (3 months exclusive on xbox One)
COD Ghost (3 months exclusive on xbox One)
New Gears
Halo 5
Rare games (banjo kazooie and PD and Killing Instinct)
Just Cause 3
PGR 5
lots of other.
I like the new Microsoft attitude and confidence hehe. Maybe they will completely bomb this generation but they don't give a shit what forums like this think. They have a plan and their sticking to it. I think they are going to hit a home run with this console but maybe I'm wrong too
Personally I don't see the Xbox being a big success.
It won't affect my purchase of course, same way the WiiU bombing didn't stop me buying one.
GoofsterStud
Member
If it results in NO DRM and ability to play used games/rentals, please break the curse.
SlowRevolution
Member
The games don't matter if the policies don't change (or if they get cleared up and still suck). Saying "I hate what they're doing, but they've got a cool Halo game coming out so who cares I'm going to go buy that" is the problem.
This is the part where we vote with our wallets.
This is the part where we vote with our wallets.
Problem is money won't help without the talent and even talent is nothing without direction. It just isn't that easy to build good new studios from the ground or bring back the former genius to a company like Rare.
I am sure we will see some impressive looking concepts at E3 - if and how fast they'll turn into good games we'll see.
Best bet for Microsoft short term would probably be enormous money hats to buy exclusives. Maybe some companies, but again Rare shows it isn't that easy.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Not interested in any of those (as a Sonybot). Mirror's Edge - only slightly; not a system seller for me.
MS just like every publisher doubled down on thier most successful ip in the last few years. Now is the time when they'll start focusing on the core again as they have a expensive console to sell.
Ill take an avatar bet that there will be no full game exclusives on fifa or cod, willing to take the bet?.
Living under a rock much?
Do you mean that in the "the Xbox One is successful, but ends up crashing the industry, thus resulting in a DRM-free rebirth years later" sense?
Or did I get the "third console curse" thing wrong? Haven't all the third consoles of every company been a failure? Like SEGA's Saturn, Nintendo's N64, and Sony's PS3?
Well that is your opinion man. I personally would have thought most would prefer Sony's first party games.
Have you played crackdown recently btw? It has aged pretty badly
megashock5
Member
Whatever. I'm only buying one of these anyway. If Sony can deliver a reasonable price and no DRM, my choice is easy to make.
TigerKnee
Member
You underestimate how rich Microsoft is
Thats not stopping those being kinect games and arcade game though, you really think that those 15 games will be core new ips?.
It will be in tNorth America, imo. Its chances of beating Sony in Europe are slim. Asia has already spoken. The emerging markets have been Sony lands for ages.
MrCookiepants
Member
Forum myths die hard. For example, people think Sony games don't sell. But in 6 out of 8 of those comparisons you made, the Sony game sold better.
MS has a lot of great franchises. They're not as great as Nintendo's or as varied and numerous as Sony's, but it's not a bad effort for being only two generations in the industry.
I reckon they will be. Oddly, the more negative press I read, the more I suspect they'll do well.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Looks like some people can't interpret fulls sentences properly
"Google translated from an IGN Spain opinion article:"
How much do you want to be it was a mis-translation
"Google translated from an IGN Spain opinion article:"
How much do you want to be it was a mis-translation
CosmicGroinPull
Member
They'll be a combination of every type of game. The Kinect games will still be there but so will games for the core. Games like RYSe will support both methods of control.
EdibleExplosives
Member
People in this thread who speak Spanish have already confirmed the statement.
Ms arnt scared to kill a division though, if they see the division as a complete money sink and no signs of it turning around they will cut their losses. Thats a total extreme example but people who think that ms as a massive corp would continue to pump money into xbox division willy nilly is wrong. Again this is an extreme case and not one i think would happen but its a business at the end of the day and they need to make the sums add up. They couldve killed sonys gaming division this gen if they wanted to pump stupid amounts of money into it.
You overestimate their willingness to lose billions.
could be confidence, could be arrogance, could be distraction tactics.
No it hasn't. It's still awesome.
Thats what im saying, this is a core gaming forum and people keep bringing this 15 number up there is no chance those will be 15 ips aimed at us. They will be kinect fitness stuff, kids stuff things not aimed at us in that number.
dollartaco
Member
Cool. How much will I have to pay per month to play the games I'm borrowing from them?
Some will be timed exclusives and/or on PC as well.
The Xbone doesn't even offer a component connection without even going into requiring an internet connection. They are really just going after the US market first.
Just as well. Capcom put no real effort in anything other than Xbox releases of that franchise.
Assuming said game even exists, a bombshell it is not (no more than the first game was).
Yes, that's what EA and Activision will do: put two of their biggest respective multiplatform titles on only one system with a limited install base for a quarter of the year...surely.
Probably. Wouldn't have especially high expectations for sales performance after Judgment, though.
It's possible.
And no one will care because modern Rare are worthless (or said games will be more Kinect crap following the studio's shift to focusing on Kinect titles).
Depends upon Square Enix's priorities following the change in leadership/ongoing organizational overhaul.
Didn't they discontinue this series in favor of prioritizing Forza?
All in all, I'm not seeing anything especially "nuclear" here.
The statement is correctly translated.
The 15 is only first party. There will be 3rd party exclusives in show and not to mention partnerships with 2nd party's. There will be loads aimed at the core gamer dude.
Nevergiveup
Banned
I believe it Sony has a ton of eggs in the ps3 and vita basket
I'm not sure abount the current connection rates but back in 2010...
...27% of 360 owners had never connected online vs 23% of PS3 owners.
I'm sure more connect now... but I'd hazard a guess that 15% of current consumers have never put their hardware online (that's not to say they don't have broadband..they just don't bother connecting their consoles).
Microsoft starting to get so arrogant and angry already. Infinite power of clouds is turning in to a storm.
If they really invested 1 billion $ for exclusives and are able to pull cheapest next gen console launch price (with a mandatory live subscription, which no one realizes when buying) they might pull it off though.
Competition is good, will buy everything worth buying for a gamer nevertheless.
If they really invested 1 billion $ for exclusives and are able to pull cheapest next gen console launch price (with a mandatory live subscription, which no one realizes when buying) they might pull it off though.
Competition is good, will buy everything worth buying for a gamer nevertheless.
Impeccable
Member
Sadly, you killed yourself before you had the chance.