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Microsoft Does Not Force Its Studios to Develop Sequels for their Games

Matt Booty explains the freedom of their studios to choose and not forcing them to make sequels for their games.

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anast1052d ago

However, making a sequel to an already established franchise lessens the likely-hood of the studio getting shutdown for underperforming.

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kryteris1052d ago

that's too bad. I'm sure there are plenty of other studio's willing to pick up perfect dark or kameo.

Shadowsteal1052d ago

Perfect Dark is already getting rebooted.

Sciurus_vulgaris1052d ago

Killer Instinct, Battletoads and Perfect Dark all got rebooted. Therefore, a reboot of another Rare title wouldn’t surprise me.

Teflon021052d ago

I need a new Banjo, Kameo and Conker. Rare was my fav as a kid and really miss the games they use to make.

brewin1051d ago

I'll take all 3 with next gen Series X graphics please!

Sgt_Slaughter1051d ago

Perfect Dark reboot got announced at the VGAs in December 2020, should be getting more news about that sometime next year, probably next E3.

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XiNatsuDragnel1052d ago

It's easier for Microsoft tho.

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VersusDMC1052d ago

2 Forzas, Halo, Hellblade,outer worlds, fable, perfect dark and other sequels currently in development though...but i guess they didn't make them do it? What the hell is he talking about? Why say that?

crazyCoconuts1052d ago

i'd like to be in the MS conference room when 343 leads announce they're not doing Halo anymore lol

VersusDMC1052d ago

Ha! They would be crying with joy because they would be free of their 10 year long desperate fight to live up to the Bungie Halo's.

SpineSaw1051d ago

Ummmm we've already seen that movie it was called.... Bungie not happy being forced to make Halo!

TheGreatGazoo301052d ago

Technically Fable and Perfect Dark aren't sequels. They're reboots. Perfect Dark is a full remaining. Basically using the title and main characters name.

VersusDMC1052d ago

It's the same thing. They used a franchise name and style to make a new game with a built in fanbase. Is a sequel just direct story continuation? Are RE4, RE7, God of War(2018), every numbered final fantasy a sequel or a reboot?

lelo2play1051d ago

If you take a look at Sony and Nintendo games, it's mostly sequels and remakes.

TheEnigma3131051d ago

As MS recycles forza, halo, and Gears.

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lelo2play1051d ago (Edited 1051d ago )

@knightedHollow

Now make a list of all the sequels and remakes since the ps3 era.
(BTW most of the games you mentioned already have sequels and remakes...
Uncharted has 4/5 sequels
The Last of Us 2
Infamous has 3 sequels
Resistance has 3 sequels
Little Big Planet has 3/4 sequels
Demon Souls remake
Knack 2
Shadow of the Colossus remake
Ghost of Tushima sequel soon
God of War has 5/6 sequels and remakes
Spiderman has sequels )

+ many others sequels that Sony has already launched.

Like I said, most (not all) of Sony (and Nintendo) games are sequels and remakes.

brewin1051d ago (Edited 1051d ago )

He's just saying they have the freedom to make the games they want. They don't force the devs to make sequels, but many devs choose to work on sequels because they want to continue to tell stories in the worlds they've built. They have lots of in house devs now, so I imagine there will be a ton of new ip coming in the future.

Darkborn1051d ago

Because he can't not lie. That's why he's always grinning, it's his lying face.

wiz71911051d ago

The key word is “forced” to make a sequel. Reading is super fundamental , they could suggest a sequel but if the developers don’t want to make it they aren’t forced to.

DiRtY1051d ago

New IPs in development:

Everwild
Starfield
Grounded
Avowed
Project Mara
Contraband
Redfall

Games for established IPs in development:

Halo Infinite
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Motorsports
Age of Empires
Outer Worlds

Rebooted IPs:

Perfect Dark (last game released 16 years ago)
Fable (last mainline entry 11 years ago)

That is a decent mix IMO.

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Lightning771051d ago

Playground has always made The Horizon games same as 343. NT wanted to continue the story of Hellblade. Outerworld's sequel was clearly Obsidians choice. Plus Obsidians and NT IP are much newer franchises anyway why not continue those games?

Perfect Dark has been gone for 16 years now that IP needs a completely new make over. The only one that's definitely being forced is a new Fable, again we haven't seen a new fable in 11 years. Most of MS ips people have been asking about for a decade plus now.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

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just_looken5d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty5d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken5d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty4d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken4d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0074d ago (Edited 4d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken4d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

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@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto4d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer4d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek4d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken4d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie4d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12085d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast5d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit5d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export5d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2035d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H96d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1016d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H96d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion6d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_926d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19726d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing696d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard6d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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