Well, now this year is almost through, and we can look back on how Spencer has been doing with greater clarity and accuracy- and indeed, he has lived up to his billing. Spencer is the savior that the Xbox brand needed, the one who has brought back a much needed focus to the Xbox One, the one who has, yes, been saying all the right things, but more importantly, doing all the right things too. Under Phil Spencer, the Xbox One has seen a major price drop, aggressive bundles, a refocusing of the Xbox One and its UI on the gaming experience, announcements of anticipated new games including new IPs, and major gamer friendly initiatives. Under Phil Spencer, the Xbox One has begun its path to recovery- right now, the console finds itself in the kind of stage that the PS3 found itself in after a disastrous few years early last generation.
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.
Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland
Athenian Rhapsody is a JRPG with a difference: alongside turn-based combat & exploration, you'll need to complete WarioWare-style microgames.
Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.
Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.
Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.
I like Phil being as the guy is a gamer himself along with taking time out his day to interact with the community
" the one who has brought back a much needed focus to the Xbox One "
Oh come on...Microsoft did, the higher ups in the main branch who decide all the big decisions for all the divisions under them. Phil was just a conduit for these big suits to put in place the changes they had brought in after the old plans blew up in their face during the Xbox One reveal.
If anything Microsoft in general should be thanked for turning the Xbox around not just one guy. I really think people to understand how American businesses like Microsoft work. I still laugh at the fact people thought Don Mattrick was the main person responsible for the Xbox Ones original vision, despite being the head a big product from Microsoft would not be dictated in it's overall plan/vision/goal by one man, especially if it's a brand new product Microsoft in general are investing in. The guys above decided where they wanted it to go and Don put that idea in place, it failed, they were dragged into a shit storm and Don was the scapegoat. From here they now needed someone who wasn't a suit like Don which people would listen to, someone who gamers thought was more trust worthy and likeable...enter the only guy at Microsoft like that, Phil Spencer.
If they chose anyone else, even another suit the Xbox One would be on the exact same course as it is today with the same deals and games announced. What you don't do after a PR nightmare like the Xbox One reveal is get a new guy who, in normal circumstances, would never get to be the Head of Xbox (not for years to come anyway if he worked his way up there) and go "Yeah we trust you to make ALLLLLL the right decisions, we won't get involved". It's like saying Mark Cerny had complete control over the PS4s development without a single drop of input from Sonys higher ups.
If anyone has to be praised for the Xbox Ones new, gamer focused path it's Microsoft in general, they should be praised for corruting their wrongs and putting into effect a new, consumer friendly, vision . If a Puppet master puts on a great show who do you praise the puppets or the puppet master who was pulling the actual strings?
:'D. Well deserved, Phil. Tears of joy for this victory.
You gave us BC for the games we already owned, a New xbox experience dashboard, windows 10 integration with streaming, 2 free X360 BC games per month since November, X360 BC digital titles added to new AAA games like FO4 and Gears Ultimate absolutely free, gave us the best lineup in Xbox history, and continue to answer every feedbacks, questions and concerns with your fans on Twitter.
Truly, the person of the year for gaming in 2015.