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Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.
Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.
Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.
When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.
The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.
If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.
We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.
I disagree. Part of these games is the support for the mod community. If they move to releasing a "next game" every 2 or 3 years, the modding support plummets and the franchises turn into just another run of the mill RPG.
Make the games good enough to withstand the test of time, to keep people coming back to them and expanding on them with mod support.
Yeah, let's all advocate for smaller gaps between series' releases, then we'll probably get headlines about how the series have dropped in quality and they could have benefited from more time in the oven. Let them cook.
Bethesda [or Microsoft] would have to reallocate internal and external studios towards fallout and elder scrolls titles. Bethesda has the issue of developing 2 big IPs that are large RPGs on rotation. If you want more Fallout and Elder Scrolls, development will have to be outsourced.
1) Halo
I wanted to argue against this point as a whole, but I really can't. However...
"...Steven Spielberg is developing a live action Halo TV series for Xbox Live based on the sci-fi franchise. This is the type of "killer app" that both hardcore and more mainstream gamers will invest in a new console for."
No. Just no.
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2) Kinect
"This bundle is important as publishers and developers will be more apt to support the device, something that has been lacking on the 360."
Fair enough, but will people be interested? Kinect is still largely considered an unfavorable gimmick and I've yet to see a game truly take advantage of the technology.
That, and the fact that Kinect is what's making the Xbox One the more expensive console, makes this more of a negative than a positive, imo. Like, seriously, have you seen the fuss that people have been raising over Kinect?
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3) Titanfall
Yet again, fair enough; however, this is EA we're talking here, so it may very well end up being available on the PS4 after a year or two.
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4) Smartglass
LOL
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5) TV
Yeah, sure, because I'm so stoked about being able to watch TV on my GAMING console. A console that requires a separate cable box to even properly utilize its TV functionality.
Seriously, what is up with people and TV now? I'm a gamer, I don't even watch TV anymore! I get all my entertainment and news through websites.
TV? Honestly...
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If they couldn't beat the PS3 with a whole year headstart, lower price, such huge marketing campaign that built its popularity, they certainly don't have a chance this gen that they are both releasing at the same time and with the PS4 being the preferred console and the one developers using to showcase their games at games conferences, $100 cheaper than the XBone, so much more features and social integration, Gaikai, Remote Play with every single game on PSVita, etc.
From the website:
5 reasons the Xbox One will dominate
1. Halo
2. Kinect
3. Tiganfall
4. Smartglass
5. TV
5 reasons the Playstation 4 will crush the competition
1. The Price
2. The Brand
3. The Power
4. The Developers
5. The Indies
The difference is very clear and tbe focus of each shows in the five reasons. PS4 is all about games while still doing the same as the other console giving us those things as a bonus and not making them their main focus as they have nothing tondo with gaming.
PS4 IS ALL ABOUT GAMES! THE GAMERS! THE DEVELOPERS!
1 reason why it wont:
No it won't.