Now that the E3 and its aftermath is behind us, we can focus on what is really going on with these new consoles. Sure, the buffed graphical output and new IP are all that developers and gamers are raving about; but the real milestone here is social gaming.
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.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
Only if it's well implemented. Games that just post updates on your twitter or facebook are the worst. Nobody wants to see that
That's one aspect that I just care about at all, just like trophies and motion control this gen
I love the social aspect through apps. I want to share my screenshots, gameplay vids and achievements with my friends on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. I'm excited for the new features on PS4 and XBOX One. I just wish Nintendo would get on board with external social sites. If they would add a trophy/achievement system, and the ability to take screenshots and share them on Facebook and Twitter without going through Miiverse, they'd be doing themselves a huge favor. Everytime an "achievement earned" notification pops up on Facebook or Twitter, it's free advertising... Evey time someone posts a screenshot to the same sites, it's free advertising. Iwata has publicly said that he personally is not interested in suck things, but there are millions, if not billions that are. So just because he has no interest, the rest of us should do without.
Personally I love the social functions that are coming on the next consoles. But I understand that many do not care about it at all.
So there should always be a choice, forcing something on people never goes well.
Oh hell no. At least not always, hopefully.