Xbox One Games of 2016 That You’ll Probably Never Play

2016 Xbox One games are huge this year. The company has a nearly all-star lineup with big hitting games like Gears of War 4, Crackdown 3 and the much anticipated Sea of Thieves. Fans are raving about the desire to try out Quantum Break and Fable Legends. With that being said there are a few titles coming out that look just as awesome but have far less hype trailing behind them.

[TheSuperior]

Yeah just like Recore doesn't stick out to me. Seems like a PlayStation game for some reason.

[Hoffmann]

"Seems like a PlayStation game for some reason."

Huh?

[DarkOcelet]

I think he means that PS fans would appreciate that kind of game more.

But i disagree with him because there is a market for that kind of game on Xbox even if it is a small market.

At least MS is trying and i gotta give them props for that. That small market will grow much more when they keep releasing new IP's like those.

[Erik7357]

He meant that it appeals to to playstation more than xbox.

When I think fo xbox I think of halo,gears,crackdown, very shoot em up time of games

When I think of Sony I think of The last guardian,uncharted,god of war, very platform like games. Thats why it seems like a playstation game.

ITs why tomb raider sold like crap on xbox one.

[Genuine-User]

I'm perplexed as well. lol

[mozzie]

@Fries1223

TR may have sold like crap on xbox but it played brilliantly! it's one hell of a game!

[its_JEFF]

@mozzie that's what I'm hearing about the game. It's a shame more people didn't give it a go. I hope that it sell enough on PS, when it finally releases, to warrant another TR game! But who knows, maybe they've already made their money back with the timed exclusivity deal with MS.

[Free_Fro]

A new IP on XO must be too much for you to comprehend ^_^

The times aren't the same.. ;)

[HaydenJameSmith]

@Fries
That was the timing, nothing to do with the platform. It released in a bad window surrounded by huge games, guess what same thing would have happened on PS4.

If your argument is that it would have sold better on PS4 cause it's got more units, well no s***... that's math but MS paid for publishing/development and exclusivity so that's how that works. Sony are doing the same with SFV.

Tomb Raider would have sold better on Nintendo than Xbox ? Now I know your just trolling.

Also guess what CoD has outsold every exclusive on both platform. FPS games are just extremely popular.

[BattleAxe]

@ Fries

You should seriously get that cough looked at.

[christocolus]

"Recore doesn't stick out to me. Seems like a PlayStation game for some reason."

lolwut?

[HaydenJameSmith]

I know right ? What the hell. Why can't people just be happy that MS is investing in new IP's and exclusives... but no it has to be construed into some sort of negative.

[candystop]

Or better yet what's wrong with them being happy with what they have instead of wanting everything on Xbox just with a Playstation logo on it. The same could be said for both sides but these guys seem to be extremely envious, jealous and full of hate. Both consoles have great games not just 1.

[PistolsAtDawn]

Maybe he's saying PS games don't stick out

[GHOSTxx420]

Haters always gonna hate on the xbox one and its pointless because its a great console and i own both ps4 and xbox one

[OpieWinston]

Lead Writer made the biggest Xbox IP of all time

The main hands behind it made multiple top rated Nintendo games. Metroid Prime and Mega Man.

It seems more like a Nintendo game then a Playstation game. But then again everything probably screams Playstation to you.

FYI: Limbo did extremely well on Xbox 360 so Inside is probably fine.

[Thatguy-310]

I mean we don't know anything about the title so I don't see how it fits with what Playstation usually offers. Recore, sea of thieves and scale bound aren't going to be huge. The hype is non existent for those titles.

[christocolus]

"Recore, sea of thieves and scale bound aren't going to be huge"

How do you know this exactly? Hype doesnt always guarantee a game's success. we have so many games this gen which were hyped and yet didnt do so well in the end and besides i see you always downplaying xbox exclusives. why?

[Thatguy-310]

@christocolus
So tell me a game that wasn't hype that turned out to be successful? This article is talking about Xbox exclusives that most people won't bother playing. I'm just speaking base off the topic. For a title to do good people obviously have to know of it. I'm not even downplaying anything. I'm just saying that those games won't be popular when they come out. I literally said nothing about whether they'll be good or not. But I'll leave it at that and I'll stick by my comment. We'll wait it out and see if I was right or wrong once they release.

[TFJWM]

@dboyc310 Until Dawn wasn't hype and it has been successful...

[Bdub2000]

"I'll stick by my comment"

A captain should go down with his ship.

[ChuckTheIceMan]

I believe you're wrong. I'm pumped for all of these games. Maybe some people just like PlayStation games more? Bloodborne was the only Sony exclusive I didn't dislike.

[hidekelleco]

Hello there pony remember the order 1886?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

They haven't really shown anything for Recore...

[badz149]

Yup...no gameplay video released so far which kinda make it hard to believe it's coming out this year. Let's just hope I'm wrong.

[Saranya]

I can remember about Sunset Overdrive that doesn't show gameplay on E32013 but, we can played it on 2014.

[Erik7357]

All of them seem great, im not to worried though cause I know at-least half of them will be on my pc sometime down the road.

[Kribwalker]

Same can be said for a lot of ps exclusives this ten. Anything third party developed appears to be on pc
Street fighter
Ff7
Shenmu
And more, so far bloodbourne is the one that kinda stands out as a solid 3rd party exclusive game.

Try doing what i did, buy both systems, then you're never left out

[NatFanBoyRestricted]

And your money in MS pocket. Buying it in PC won't kill the xbox

[DigitalRaptor]

@Macxb1

Tell me again, which one of these are Microsoft-published games.... Cause that's the only way they get money from your PC game purchases.

[Kiwi66]

Well good for you but it does stick out for some who have an xbox one

[DragonDDark]

Is that supposed to be an insult to PS? lol

[Genuine-User]

What the fudge?

On topic:

I'll most definetly be playing Inside and Oxenfree come release. They're in my most anticipated Xbox list.

http://n4g.com/comments/red...

Although, judging by the number of disagrees for my most anticipated games on Xbox one, this particular opinion piece is a case in point.

[mokkeyrg2]

lol the front on this one.

[XanderZane]

No it doesn't. "Below" and "Inside" are much anticipated games as well. The other games were just announced at last years E3. Not much is even know about those games. I'm actually more hyped for CupHead. There are a ton of games coming out for XB1 in 2016. Going to be a good year.

[ChuckTheIceMan]

It's hard to describe but I know what you're feeling on this one. I feel the same way.

[_-EDMIX-_]

lol, I don't know what that actually means.

Both publishers have made games that would actually make sense if put on the opposing platform.

[BrianOBlivion]

WTF does that even mean? Clarify.

[skratchy]

Come on, man. Don't play into the Xbot stereotype. We like more than Call of Duty and Halo!

[showtimefolks]

xbox gamers have been weird(and i am not talking about he whole xbox fanbase, but it seems like a lot of people only buy the same 3 games every year)

JRPG's don't do well
Platformers don't do well

even halo 5 wasn't up to par as far as software is concerned. when xbox360 launched it had a small install base yet halo 3 did amazing numbers

tomb raider is another

sunset overdrive is an amazing game but why more didn't buy it is beyond me

why is it that same 3 to 4 games sell yearly(and now i am talking about everyone not just xbox gamers)

call of duty
assassin creed
madden
a FPS from EA

these are the games that sell well yearly while so many other awesome games don't get the sales they deserve

gamers always say new IP's please but than the moment a new IP comes out they don't buy it but instead buy the yearly sequel of their favorite franchise

it's so hard to launch and establish a new IP. than we wonder why there are so many sequels

speak with your wallets

[Vasto]

?

Halo 5 has sold over 1 million

Rise Of The Tomb Raider has sold over 1 million

Don't know about Sunset Overdrive but would love to see your source.

http://news.xbox.com/2016/0...

[2pacalypsenow]

Selling 1 million for those 2 Big budget games is a small number, If a game like Bloodborne and Until Dawn (With virtually 0 Advertising) can sell close to 2 million then Halo 5 and TR should have sold quite alot more. And using an Xbox PR link doesn't really say anything I think Halo 5 is the first game I have seen where a company uses everything as a base of sales not just the game.

[showtimefolks]

Vasto

halo 5 should be 3-5 million not 1 plus million. halo is the biggest IT IP for MS. i said it before and research data back up my claim. halo 3 was the peak for the franchise and this 2nd trilogy will not match the sales of first trilogy

i feel like halo was a big deal with halo 5 launch came and went. Oart of the problem also was releasing it in late october

what if halo 5 came out mid september and had month of september and october to itself than the sales IMO would have been greater

MS repostdly paid $10 million dollars for tomb raider timed exclusive. Square enix aren't happy that's why they fired the head of crystal dynamic(crystal dynamic only wants to do xbox one exclusives, most of their game was handled by another studio when it came to porting for ps4 and pc)

so square is changing the culture and they realize how big of a mistake they made.

this is from square enix with reboot of tomb raider

So TR sells 3.4 million, good numbers right? Nope, still below sales targets and the Square CEO has stepped down.

so what makes anyone think selling one million is something square is happy about

also tomb raider has the biggest fanbase on ps consoles. how many gamers will pay full price for a year old game?

how many sales did square lose?

[Insomnia_84]

NOTHING on Xbox looks like a PlayStation game. Microsoft still has a long way to go.

[2pacalypsenow]

I don't think Xbox will ever be as big a brand as Nintendo and Playstation.

[migh_and_highty]

There's a lot of talk about recore but we haven't seen any gameplay yet heard any substantial details. Plus it's from the mn9 studio who's indie, recently formed and working on 3 titles at once.

Just...wait...

[Professor_K]

you wish

[Edito]

I know exactly what you mean and for some reason i felt the same when i first saw the game... i would love to see it on PS4, and don't tell me to buy a Xbox One because i just can't stand that controller not even the Elite...

[Condemnedman]

Well buy the adapter that allows you to use any controller with xbox one and ps4 console. I think it's called chronosmax?

[CartBlanche]

As I mentioned 2 days ago, Scalebound has now been pushed to a 2017 release date.
Will some other AAA game take its place?

[Pixel_Enemy]

@TheSuperior.. You comment was filled with wrong so much so that I had to log in to down vote you and leave this comment.

[3-4-5]

How is one writer, going to tell millions of gamers what games they won't play.

How would this person even know ?

This arrogance is disgusting.

[Lennoxb63]

I'm going to play Inside, Below, and We Happy Few. The other two I don't care for. He just named some of the biggest indie games coming out for the X1. Many people are anticipating them. Dumb article.

[YinYangGaming]

Really interested in Oxenfree, been following that game for a while and glad it's finally coming out. But I don't think inside and below are off the radar, seen a lot of buzz surrounding those games

[crazychris4124]

Cities Skylines is a weird title for any console.

[Major_Glitch]

Yeah. Building sims don't seem to do too well on consoles. Which is is a shame, IMO.

[Jmanzare]

Those types of games are fun but better with a mouse and keyboard

[Major_Glitch]

@Jmanzare While I agree with your point, I do honestly wonder if that's the only reason. More to the point, do the types of games we enjoy dictate the platforms on which we will prefer to play on?

[mocaak]

Disagree with Inside. Limbo was pretty popular and a timed exclusive as well. If the game is as good as Limbo then people will play it.

[syotos77]

This might be weird but below was one of the reasons I got an xbox. Thought it looked fantastic.

[Dinkis]

I'm really looking forward to that game

[OpieWinston]

I'm pretty excited for We Happy Few on Game Preview. The Gamescom trailer was pretty cool and actual gameplay looks like it'll be a fun and different take on the Survival genre.

[HaydenJameSmith]

Didn't know that was coming to Game Preview. Nice. Love the look of that game, very Bioshocky.

[ScorpiusX]

All Day one buys

[ScorpiusX]

@SgtSlaughter212 People are disagreeing with you that these are all day one buys. How is that so hard for you to understand,

So they are disagreeing with the decision of one person on what he plans to buy , cause i never mentioned or stated that anyone need buy these games or even like them.

[Veneno]

I'm looking forward to crackdown and maybe Gears. If Quantum Break has an interesting MP I might look into that as well. I like the TPS.

[PlayTheGameBro]

I for one will be buying/supporting the new IPs this year. Recore, Sea of Thieves, and Cuphead are my standouts for this year. Along with Crackdown 3, Quantum Break, and Gears 4.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Sea Of Thieves and Cuphead for sure, I need to see ReCore before making that push though.

[Automatic79]

Personally, I support new Interesting IP, but i am selective with the games I purchase. I will be looking and assessing, if it is up my alley I will support.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. All games are not created equal. Its hard to gauge how a new IP might be do to gaming being so complex, you really need to convey really well what the game is or you might be buying it for reasons your not really sure of at the time.

Marketing is very tricky with new IPs in that regard.

[Kingoftherodeo]

thats like saying xbox fans won't appreciate all the anime/hentai games ps gets

[iNFAMOUZ1]

theres one from there that i like
very misleading and flame-warish by putting a picture of popular 2016 xbox one titles as the articles picture though

and people wonder why the xbox fans attack sony articles, the n4g bias never ceases to amaze me

[Ricegum]

You do know the bias works both ways right? There have been heaps of anti-Sony articles over the past couple of months in case you hadn't noticed. I'd say there's more hate on Sony than Microsoft lately. But no one really hates on those articles, the Microsoft fans just agree and write fanboyish comments, yet there are only one or two fanboy comments on this one from Sony fans.

[str8duval]

Is no comparison

[secretcode]

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[coolvibu93]

Looking forward to Oxenfree

[DLConspiracy]

Is it just me or do people now judge games solely on how well they sell? It seems to be the thing to do. Games don't have to be #1 selling games to be amazing to me.

Many of these titles will do well on their own. They may not be hyped as something like all the AAA games but they are smaller games. Which means they have less of an advertising budget then these AAA games. Certainly doesn't mean they won't be worth the price of admission.

[Spectre_StatusN7]

"Is it just me or do people now judge games solely on how well they sell?"

I believe that started from the Xbox camp with the whole "Every PS exclusive is a niche title" propaganda.

[DLConspiracy]

I don't know anything about that. I was referring to games in general. If something isn't popular it's outcast it seems.

[PistolsAtDawn]

I'll be playing all these games day one, except maybe Cities.

[DigitalRaptor]

Woah. So you admittedly are only interested in 2 PS4 exclusives in 2016, but interested in and getting some of the most comparatively tame-looking indie games just because they're console exclusive to Xbox One for a short while.... Well you're doing nothing to prove that you're a balanced console gamer. That is hilarious.

[PistolsAtDawn]

Sorry, it's what makes me happy, I did not mean to offend you.

[Funky Town_TX]

I just hope these games don't require "The Cloud" for single player game play. "The Cloud" had my fallout 4 gameplay all screwed up.

[AudioEppa]

Inside looks really good, hopefully it's exclusive time isn't very long.

[evilkillerk]

I havnt heard about any of these so i am excited to see how they turn out, Microsoft does need to improve the cloud if they are going to require the cloud. I definitely want to try inside out.

[Captain_TomAN94]

I will play all of these games (Or at least the good ones) when they come to steam.

[Kerppamaister]

I'll play the shit out of Below when it releases

[BuildTheWall]

It's sad how gaming news sites advertise the hell out of COD & the games that should be getting attention such as these almost never get mentioned.

[beerzombie]

That's because these sites get paid to do so. They get free ps4s like Ign and so fourth. They get free trips to play games then review them. Then the Ps4 is doing great and they want more money so they put down Xbox one.
Microsoft dose theses same things as well they heavily promote theses system with free Xboxes and a game time for reviews. With sites like N4G making money off of hate, when it should be about a great hobby of gaming.

[boodi]

musing aroung videogame has never been so inconsistent and futile as lately , i hope we're reaching the peak so that eventually a new era can begin

[Tobsesan]

Cuphead, Inside, Below and We happy few just look fantastic. Im so hyped for them.

[elarcadia]

I played Cuphead at PAX and talked to the creators for half an hour. The game was awesome and they were awesome. I can't wait!

[Tobsesan]

played it at gamescom, cant wait

[Condemnedman]

For the clicks man

[Picnic]

About 'We Happy Few'. 'It has caught some attention but not nearly as much as it deserves'.

That's because it's not 2006 and we've played Bioshock. It looks a good game but, stylistically, it's Bioshock except the psychedelia is London tinged.

[Seafort]

All those games in the article is either coming to PC or already on PC like Cities Skylines and We Happy Few.

The PC platform seems to be where most of the indie and AAA games are now as we get most of the 3rd party games from both consoles as well as a few of our own like XCOM 2.

Gonna be a good year for all 3 platforms.

[DualWielding]

If you aren't a first person shooter, a racing game, a western rpg or gears and are an xbox exclusive you are not going to be played by anyone, that's just how it is

[dinosaurcrossbow]

It's true. The average xbox players doesn't seem to play games other than shooters. Sometimes the stereotypes about them are true.

[Veneno]

It seems more true now than ever.

[Morgue]

One of the main reasons I bought the X1 was for BELOW and while OXENFREE and that Children game look interesting I doubt I'll buy either and that's because I have so many games as it is. While the PS4 and X1 will always have their " core " main sellers, for me it's always been those under the radar games that never get much mention and some are even better than their major studio counterparts at half the price.

I'll take replay and story over graphics and multiplayer anyday.

[Jag-T1000]

Ok, all these off the radar games....I don't want any of them.

[mysteryraz11]

xbox needs more games playstation is better

[StormLegend]

Only thing interesting on Xbox is QB and Scalebound.

[Relientk77]

We Happy Few looks great