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Spencer: Our Games Line-Up This Year Had an Incredible Reception from Gamers Everywhere

Microsoft's Phil Spencer boasted that this year's Xbox games line-up (ReCore, Forza Horizon 3, Gears of War 4) had an incredible reception from gamers everywhere.

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ccgr2752d ago

That's what happens when you make fun games!

uptownsoul2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

"And our games line-up this year has had an incredible reception from gamers everywhere, from ReCore to Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3."

I wonder if (in January) the Xbox group will announce how their holiday line-up sold like they did last year.

bouzebbal2752d ago

With MS as long as they don't communicate sales numbers then it's way below expectations.
Recore was apparent broken.. I think only gears was worth it and that sold close to nothing.

uptownsoul2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

@bouzebbal

That's an interesting point. Your theory is also supported by the fact that Spencer says "our games line-up this year" and never even thinks of mentioning Quantum Break. Which is odd because back in August Greenberg said “Quantum Break sold really well, it exceeded what we expected it to do. We were really pleased with how Quantum Break did." ( http://wccftech.com/quantum... )

Gazondaily2752d ago

QB was meh and whilst I haven't tried Recore, it doesn't look all that.

But Horizon 3 smashed the competition (well the only real competition was its predecessor) and I guess Gears did well. More needed from MS tbh.

Alexious2752d ago

They probably will. Sounds like Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3 are doing very well

Kingthrash3602752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

Forza and gears were quality games.
Recore and quantum break were not great games.
If ms thinks their games received "incredible reception " while 2 of 4 tanked and gears sold less than the worst gears in the series (judgment) then I'm worried that they don't feel they need to..."step their game up" like Sony apparently needs to do.
I swear the backwards journalism is hurting xbox more than helping them.

Unspoken2752d ago

Hey! You're back in an MS article spreading false information! Get the digital sales numbers and then you might have accurate information. Until then, piss off.

Automatic792752d ago

@uptownsoul

I wonder if (in January) the Xbox group will announce how their holiday line-up sold like they did last year.

Why not, there games have done fantastic. Perfect compliments to the great third party titles out now.

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ShadowKnight2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

The only fun game was Forza imo. Gears 4 story was disappointing and cheesy.

lxeasy2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

They have really stepped up their game , no pun intended

QUIMICOMORTAL2752d ago

Really? if thats the best lineup MS can come up, then xbox players are in real trouble.

BTW, I think they kind of are right now, only scalebound, sea of thieves and the sequels to Halo wars and crackdown remain announced.

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Chris_Wray2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

It's mostly PR talk, of course, but certain MS have done well this year. At the same time, this year was always going to flatter them because they had an absolutely dire 2014/15.

-Foxtrot2752d ago

He says roughly the same thing every year...yet the majority of the year apart from the Holidays are just blanked in favour of the "Holidays" or around that time. Reminds me of this from Family Guy

https://youtu.be/sacn_bCj8t...

Imp0ssibl32752d ago

ReCore in particular is criminally underrated.

andrewsquall2752d ago

Or perfectly "rated" if you consider how mediocre it is.

Alexious2752d ago

Just because a game isn't great, doesn't mean it's mediocre. ReCore is a solid 7/10

AngelicIceDiamond2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

Ok so right but yet the faithful still this very day defend tf out of the Order despite it being mediocre

XanderZane2752d ago

Did they fix all the bugs yet? I was waiting until they patched it to death ad got it running smoothly without all the issues. Then I'll pick it up.

vega2752752d ago

I haven't experience any bugs. The load time could be a lot better. But i enjoy the game. It's a fun little game for $40.

christocolus2752d ago

Good to know. I actually bought all those games. I am halfway through Recore still playing Gears 4 and Forza H3. I wonder when Phantum Dust is getting released?

Alexious2752d ago

I think we should hear more about that soon.

AngelicIceDiamond2752d ago

Phantom Dust needs to come quick I seriously can't wait for it.

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Alexious2752d ago

I just wish it was brand new instead of just a remaster....

Rimeskeem2752d ago

SO much damage control coming from Spencer and Greenberg 😂

LabRat2752d ago

Because they said gamers liked their games? Yeah sounds like crazy damage control......

uptownsoul2752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

Your right. Its not damage control. Its just the standard PR mumbo-jumbo that all corporations do. I mean, what does "incredible reception from gamers everywhere" actually mean?

Answer: Absolutely anything you want it to mean since that phrase is a completely subjective phrase.

Rimeskeem2752d ago

They said this right after the Pro. And now they see that the Pro is getting a lot of attention and is selling a lot. They could have said this days or even a week before the Pro and it wouldn't sound nearly as damage control(y).

Kiwi662752d ago (Edited 2752d ago )

Right just like it must be damage control when execs from the other companies say something related with who they work for even when its their job to do so or should they keep quiet whenever another company releases something

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty3d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken3d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty3d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken3d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0073d ago (Edited 3d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken3d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie2d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai5d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H95d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1015d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H95d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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The Witcher 3 REDkit Q&A - CDPR & Yigsoft Confirm Steam Workshop Support; Further Changes Planned

CD Projekt RED and Yigsoft have launched The Witcher 3 REDkit on PC. We interviewed both studios to discuss the release of these mod tools.

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