Microsoft has revealed plans to make a greater push into the casual games market as it attempts to broaden its hold on a wider consumer demographic.
Chris Lewis, UK vice president of the EMEA home and entertainment division, told MCV that the strategy to target the non-core market is likely to be based around an increase in titles utilizing gaming peripherals and a greater variety of games.
"For 360 to appeal in the way we want it to and for us to achieve our aspirations, we need to be in the broader space as well as investing in the core element," Lewis said.
"Clearly we need to continue toward more casual-based gaming experiences, and more peripheral-based gaming experiences in front of the screen.
"You're going to hear more about that at E3," he added.
While many gaming layoffs are cruel, Tango Gameworks being culled after Hi-Fi Rush doesn't even make sense.
Good read. I think the point is important. Cuz the message it sends is, make a bad game? Well shut you down. Make a good game? We still might shut you down. How the fuck are you supposed to feel any sense of job security under those conditions. The level of core incompetence at play in the upper levels of this industry is staggering. This is common sense shit. You can’t chase trends on a 2 year cycle when games take fucking 6-8 years to make. Just let artists fucking art for gods sake. They don’t understand the basic principle that they’re all haggling for the same slice of fucking pie and the market will not bear it. Find a different fucking pie.
Might be a great game but it clearly did not make enough money to justify having the team make another game (under the MS umbrella).
It's never been just about whether your game is good or bad. The industry is full of great/underrated games that have a cult following or critical acclaim, but that fail to make great sales. Sad but true. It's a high stakes game, and at the end of the day, companies have to be profitable and make profitable investments. At the very least, there has to be the expectation of a long-term profit even if not profitable today. That goes for anything, no matter if the company is gigantic or a tiny mom-and-pop. We don't have to like it, but our buying habits played a hand in creating this monster.
I will keep harping that the industry has overreached its actual market and that it will implode. That implosion is already starting.
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
This looks like a great way to play.
Rocksmith+, the award winning music-learning app that teaches you guitar and piano with thousands of hit songs, is coming to PlayStation and Steam on June 6, and is available to wishlist now on both platforms.
Interesting...they have said before how impressed they are with the Wiimote so perhaps they are to offer something similar
Wow, so Nintendo gets hated on for going after the casual gaming market and expanding the gaming audience, but no one has anything bad to say about MS when they announce the same?
and nothing else. what happened to XNA games???? yeh thats right NOTHING !, its a shame they were the 1st ones to come out this gen, yet sony(litlle big planet ,tekken, warhawk,) and nintendo (wiichannel) are kicking MS in the downloadable content
this is making a game about killing treasure trolls =)
XNA!!
and have any of those been released or planned to be released any time soon