Hope he doesn't forget their japanese IP's.
Let's just stick with reasonable goals. After what happened to phantom dust...we should just be happy that they are making a concerted push on their first party efforts.
Hope he doesn't forget their japanese IP's.
Hope he doesn't forget their japanese IP's.
Difference is Sony had a huge stable of established devs.This is how the PS3 turned around.
Yes Phil. You know what's up.
He's starting to see that paying off 3rd party companies from blocking PS4 releases only pissed off gamers
Errrrrrr, whut? It's all about $. And nobody has more of it than M$.
True that. The check Microsoft would have to write to cover lost PS sales would be massive. It's a solid strategy, but they need some more long-term studios that can consistently pump out diverse titles.
Great.Hopefully we'll taste the fruits of this investment during the next generation.
Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon sequels pls
Errrrrrr, whut? It's all about $. And nobody has more of it than M$.
MS are sitting on a gold mine of IPs to use so this is a good thing.
Also, don't MS count games where they own the IP as first party? E.g. Phil calls ReCore a first party exclusive, even though its a third party dev.
Out of curiosity, how many did Sony have during the PS3 and how many pumped out good stuff?Difference is Sony had a huge stable of established devs.
Microsoft got started on that waaaaay too late. We won't see a PS3 turnaround with the Xbox One. Sorry, but that was scratched off the chalkboard years ago.
Out of curiosity, how many did Sony have during the PS3 and how many pumped out good stuff?
Or would that be considered list wars stuff?
I see 3rd party exclusives as Tomb Raider, Street Fighter etc which don't benefit any console owner, there's all that talk about SFV not happening as quickly if Sony had not stepped in but I don't believe that nonsense for one second. If Capcom really can't at this point fund a SF then the company is well and truly fucked, don't know how they will cope with making MH games without PS2 assets in the future.
The MS and Sony funded IPs like Sunset and Heavy Rain are fucking awesome, long may that continue rather than the Tomb Raider and SF shit.
MS are sitting on a gold mine of IPs to use so this is a good thing.
Also, don't MS count games where they own the IP as first party? E.g. Phil calls ReCore a first party exclusive, even though its a third party dev.
I don't have a number off the top of my head. I recall -- as 3rd party exclusives diminished -- gaps started showing up in the yearly 360 lineup whereas PS3 had 1st party games (many of them smaller, to be honest) year-round. By the time Kinect came out, it was pretty widely accepted that 360 had become a "Halo/Gears/Fable/Forza" box while PS3 continued to push new IPs.Out of curiosity, how many did Sony have during the PS3 and how many pumped out good stuff?
Or would that be considered list wars stuff?
MS are sitting on a gold mine of IPs to use so this is a good thing.
Also, don't MS count games where they own the IP as first party? E.g. Phil calls ReCore a first party exclusive, even though its a third party dev.
This is about a decade late.
Phil also wasn't in charge 10 years ago.
In the era of Phil, this is happening at just about the right time.
Microsoft added 6 new studios to their first-party (MS Vancouver, Victoria, Lift London, Team Dakota, Twisted Pixel and Press Play, although Victoria was shut down and Lift are on Hololens now) line-up by around 2012 and before that they added a couple of others too, 1st party "expansion" was the plan before Xbox One came out, now they're owning almost all the IP they are making too.
I don't really see much changing since that expansion period of 2011/12, since then we've added some Hololens studios (undetermined size), Decisive Games which haven't been officially announced or detailed and Mojang which employs 40~ people I think?
Im sure that the PS4s success has dented their ability to get third-party exclusives but a focus on 1st party as I said isn't exactly a new thing.
Would you consider Bloodborne and The Order first-party Sony games? I think anything they own is reasonably a first-party game, although he also considers SO/Ryse first party because they funded and published them, which also seems somewhat reasonable although others may not agree so much.
Indeed.
I believe we call this "The Phil Spencer Effect".
I found IGN's article and saw roughly 10-11 solid studios for PlayStation. Can't find anything for Xbox. Is there a thread we can discuss this, I have a feeling that the "Sony has more first party studios" line needs to be reanalyzed with all the studios Xbox created under Spencer.I don't have a number off the top of my head. I recall -- as 3rd party exclusives diminished -- gaps started showing up in the yearly 360 lineup whereas PS3 had 1st party games (many of them smaller, to be honest) year-round. By the time Kinect came out, it was pretty widely accepted that 360 had become a "Halo/Gears/Fable/Forza" box while PS3 continued to push new IPs.
Microsoft closed a lot of studios during that time and re-assigned studios to do Kinect stuff (Rare being the most notable. People seem to forget the intense outrage of Rare becoming a Kinect dev). Microsoft was very much lacking in exclusives and 1st-party devs by the end of the 360's life cycle.
Now Microsoft seems to be rebuilding. It will be a number of years before we see the fruits of their efforts. Meanwhile, PS4 continues to expand the gap between it's own library and the X1's library, especially when you consider downloadable/indie titles.