Microsoft are “unapologetic about the fact we want to appeal” to casual gamers – because Kinect ”put a huge shot of adrenaline” into their quest to make Xbox 360 No. 1 worldwide.
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
well I wonder how much of this the 'core' 360 fanbase will take before understanding their console is turning into the next wii.
then microsoft should legally change there console name to wii360
They are going after the wrong audience. Hardcore audience buys the games far more often than casuals. The casuals might buy the console but they wont support the console nearly as much. Casual gamers are a short time money boost. Hardcore gamers are long term.
@sin151
Obviously it would outsell most of sony's exclusives when it is all you can buy. 2011 is the only year that the xbox 360 has a lot of good games other than exclusives.
Pretty much every PS3 exlcusive sells over 2 million. M$ only has 4 exclusives that will ALWAYS sell over 2 million. The others do not even come close to a million.
So really sony makes more money on games than M$ does. M$ gets most of its money from XBL gold memberships not exclusives.
I'm completely unapologetic for thinking Kinect is a joke. They built their install base on the backs and loyalty of the core gamers and this is their repayment.