While Sony got out to an early lead in recruiting indies to PS4, Microsoft has recently closed the gap with the success of its ID@Xbox self-publishing initiative. It's scored some big gets with Capy's Below and Playdead's Inside, among others. The Xbox One list of of home console exclusive indie games is becoming quite impressive. Here's a list of the upcoming Xbox One indie exclusives.
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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.
The word "exclusive" needs to stop being used, unless its used with 1st party titles or honest exclusives.
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No. First party titles in general. Things like the Tomb Raider BS which have made the term a spoilsport maneuver if not wholly worthless.
Sony's become no better in using it, but MS is still the worst offender. Them possibly buying Minecraft just as its been put on everything short of smart watches says that.
arrrgghhh the non exclusive exclusive argument AGAIN?!
Godmars290 totally agree with you
Below, Inside, and Cuphead look great.
But this list pales in comparison to what PS4 has coming. No Man's Sky, Hotline Miami 2, Binding of Isaac, The Witness, N++, Axiom Verge, Salt and Sanctuary, Galak-Z, Assault Android Cactus, etc.
Smite is coming to x box 1, a big deal to be first to have a game like this on console. Dota and league of legends are the other big two games of a similar genre.
Surprising i agree with Kayant above@Personally it's fine as long as it says something like "first to console", "console debut", "First on Xbox" etc which shows it's timed.
This is more honest and true.
Ori and the blind forest.
That's all I want. Although, there are some interesting titles in there.