Phil Spencer On Xbox’s First Party Lineup: The Proof Will Be In What We End Up Doing

Microsoft has often been criticized for its lacking first party lineup- never more so than now, with some high profile cancellations leaving them with what looks to be a rather dire lineup of games, in number and variety. The old refrain of Halo/Gears/Forza has often been used to describe the Microsoft first party- and there is starting to be an element of truth to it these days.

[Overload]

"The Proof Will Be In What We End Up Doing"

That's ironic.

At E3 2013 he said they would be creating 5 first party studios, the only one that happened was the Coalition and they make Gears Of War, after they cancelled Shanghai and changed the studios name.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Or are we talking about starting now?

[XXanderXX]

Shanghai was a tech demo , just like the Samaritan was for Epic all to show off what they can do with said specific engine. Also black Tusk had been around for some time the name change came after they were entrusted with the recently purchased Gears IP .

[Kabaneri]

"name change came after they were entrusted with the recently purchased Gears IP "

Yup and forever doomed to be a Gears factory just like 343 with Halo.

[XXanderXX]

@Kabaneri they knew that when they took a vote amongst themselves to decide if that's what they want .

@Overlord

Black Tusk started with a team of approximately 20 full-time staff in 2012 as the project began preproduction, adding staff to grow to almost 100 by the end of 2013. That’s when the Microsoft Studios mothership presented it with a unique scenario and a difficult choice.
"We could continue working on the IP we were working on," Crump says. "Or we had the opportunity to take on Gears of War."

"Microsoft was in discussions with Epic," Crump says. He and other senior members of Black Tusk assembled to discuss the studio's future. "We were hugely invested in what we were working on. You don’t spend a year and a half working on a game without getting attached to it. There was a lot of discussion."
The committee understood that not everyone at the studio would react positively to the change. "I’d be lying if I said there weren’t some people on the team who were disappointed when they found out the thing they’d been working on for so long was going to be shelved," Crump says. "If you’ve been in the game industry long enough, you’re going to go through project cancellations. People go through this period of mourning a bit. You have to give them that space and time to go through that, the sense of loss that people have around something they’re invested in."

But according to Crump, in the end, the final decision was a "no-brainer."

"We went around the table and everybody was in favor of going for Gears of War." On Friday, January 21, 2014, Crump, former General Manager Hanno Lemke and the management team announced to the studio that its in-development project would be canceled, and Black Tusk would immediately transition toward Gears of War.
Crump is cagey about what that game was. "We were in late preproduction. We didn’t have a full vertical slice," he says, referring to a limited, playable build meant to demonstrate a game's core features internally, and perhaps later at shows like E3. "That was something we were working on."

Those are certainly interesting comments if you compare them to what Phil Spencer had to say about the game/project last year:
"The thing we showed at E3 last year, it was something that was done in Unreal and more of a concept piece," Spencer said, calling it "an asset" created by the team to get their creative juices flowing, not necessarily an in-development game.

"The studio has really been incubating different ideas over the past six to nine months on what they might work on," he said, "but the discussion with Epic obviously didn't start yesterday. We've been in this discussion for a while. The leadership team there has known for a while."

[Overload]

Not true.

The mystery of Black Tusk's 'next big entertainment franchise'
http://www.polygon.com/2014...

Black Tusk Studios working on four Microsoft IPs
http://www.shacknews.com/ar...

What happened to Black Tusk's "highly ambitious" new IP?
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

"Microsoft has had big plans for the studio for some time: Black Tusk was revealed in late 2012 to be toiling away on a new franchise that Microsoft hoped would be "the next Halo".

Whatever they were doing (Shanghai or not) was cancelled in place of Gears Of War 4.

[andrewsquall]

@Overload Don't bother dude. If a "fan" of Xbox like XXanderXX wants to actually be a blind fan and doesn't even remember how events went down the last 5 years, then just let them. They aren't going to listen to reason no matter how hurtful the reality/facts are.

[XXanderXX]

Am blind yet i provided actual commentary proof from a conversation that involved The Coalition studio manager Mike Crump and what he stated . Yet am blind , guess I need to cry more or pray a company refuse to do what best for its self . lol

[notachance]

cool, you explained tons about one of them.

so where are the other four first-party studios he promised?
better reply and better reply four times as long as your comments about black tusk, fanboy

[Muzikguy]

Starting now would be my guess. Until that fails and they come back with this talk next year. They'll probably be "releasing more games than ever in the history of Xbox and have the best holiday lineup ever" too

[ultimize]

Hahaha

[dumahim]

Right, because the proof isn't at all about what they've done so far.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed I actually think that the best course of action for Microsoft right now just from a public relations standpoint is to Simply shut up

they need to seriously stop talking about this crap because all they're doing is aggravating their fan base.

I've yet to hear anyone from Microsoft come out and acknowledge that they don't have a lot of games and don't have a lot of studios and will do something about it instead you're being real rest assured that they have enough and that they're doing just fine no one's really addressing that there's a problem.

Microsoft made an extremely big mistake going into this generation simply because they did not prepare.

While Sony was out here purchasing multiple Studios last generation to gear up for this gen what was Microsoft doing?

So in order for us to get some sort of resurgence from Microsoft game studios we need to see them purchasing multiple teams with the understanding that their purchasing them to create new content for Xbox consumers

At this point Sony is already 10 years ahead of these guys as they started purchasing Studios as way back as 2006 and you're starting to see the fruits of their labor if you haven't already.

There's almost nothing Microsoft can do now to reach where Sony is at , they simply have to start investing in hopes of getting there in 4 to 5 years

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Why don't you let them show their hand?

[Overload]

There is no hand to show in this case. There are no secret studios that have been hidden for 3+ years. It wasn't true.

[trooper_]

They've had plenty of time to show their hand. They're doing more talking than showing.

[DevilishSix]

We are in the fourth year of this generation if there was a killer hand we probably would have seen it or have some idea about it by now. Personally I don't think Microsoft cares about console gaming, it is small money compared to their other businesses. I just think they are trying to hold on to all those Live subscriptions and slowly converting everything over to Win 10 and PC. Just my opinion don't cut my head off.

[rainslacker]

I'm sure everyone is letting them. Some have been asking for them to do that for quite some time now. They just aren't doing it. And if they have, then they are worse off than even I can believe.

MS tends to talk about it a lot, but the actual show seems to be an issue for them. MS has more PR speak than they have games, and some of us are asking what exactly they have. Over, and over, and over again. I've been asking what they have since they started on with the Cloud and CD3, and so far, it's been Forza, Gears, Halo, and now CD3, with some 2nd party stuff thrown in for good measure.

I'm curious where this billion dollars they have invested since before the gen started went, because I haven't seen them publish a billion dollars worth of games.....marketing included. Maybe 1/2 billion, with most of that being Gears, Halo, and 4 Forza games.

[trooper_]

Microsoft needs to stop talking and just *DO* what they're claiming they'll do.

[S2Killinit]

basically MS has kept games so they can release the limited number of their exclusives announcements in a short period of time so as to create the illusion that they have a lot of games. Same thing they do with games releases around the holiday season.

[dp277407]

@S2Killinit
They always do this in some way or another, when a new system comes out hey are notorious for doing it.

[frostypants]

Yeah well, this time they super duper mean it!

/s

[rainslacker]

They're super cereal?

[rainslacker]

Ironic because some of us have been saying that for years now, but no one listened.

Show, don't tell, has been something I've been repeating since their whole cloud stuff was the secret sauce of the day.

Oh well. Close enough to E3 now that maybe we can see what they are ending up doing. Nice to hear about it, but MS hasn't instilled much faith to think their constant rhetoric is actually believable.

[Relientk77]

I think at E3 they're just gonna highlight Project Scorpio and not show many games

[freshslicepizza]

Hope not. They do need to show some commitment in new IPs. Sea of Thieves looks great but they need more than that. Other games need to be well done too such as State of Decay 2 and Crackdown 3. Forza 7 in 4k and 60fps will be a good title to show on Scorpio as well.

If they can get all those out and get favorable reviews that would be a decent year with Halo Wars 2 already out plus a bunch of indie games like Below and Cuphead.

[ShadowKnight]

That's not enough unfortunately

[DARKKENT]

Sheesus that's what Xbox owners think is a good line up?

Microsoft really has cut your expectations down to pitiful levels

[freshslicepizza]

Did Sony and Nintendo release at least 5 big games last year that people cared about? If so list them please.

[georgenancy]

do your parents work for xbox?lol

[JasonKCK]

Where is that list?

[andrewsquall]

@moldybread And then if Sony follow it up in the next 24 hours with ONLY 5 minutes of The Last of Us Part II gameplay, they will instantly crush anything Xbox showed. ^_^
But wait they won't just show that, that will be just one of the stunning highlights of PlayStation's E3 2017 conference. But you don't need me to tell you this since you will be looking at it live with the rest of us, even if you are in Europe and it is 2am.

Its really funny the way people are saying for the 7th time since that infamous Kinect E3 2010 Xbox conference, that "THIS years Xbox E3 is gonna be awesome". Will you ever learn?

[-Foxtrot]

I think they are hoping the reveal of Scorpio will be enough to wow the gaming industry enough so they forget about the lack of games. The "promises" of games and new studios will be used as another excuse to buy them time...for whatever it is they are planning.

[GrubsterBeater]

More and more it feels that their plan is to keep talking and hyping the future of XBox so that they can ignore what's wrong with the present. They keep doing this, hoping that people forget some of their promises, only delivering once in a great while and releasing maybe two mediocre to high rated games around the holidays. Along with them almost hyping last generation games with BC to make customers believe there is tons of games to play.

I feel sorry for any XBox One owner... especially the ones that can't accept they were shat on by MS and their Lord Phil.

[MorpheusX]

@Foxtrot

Exactly. Its more talk, to buy more time, MS is full of it. smh

[Youngindy21]

Didn't they already say they were gonna do a Pre E3 event to highlight the Scorpio and then focus on games at E3. Dude Keep Up.

[TheCommentator]

Yes, Phil just said they may have to do that. Of course you'll get disagrees from people who didn't see the interview with him yet.

Honestly, what else besides games could they show at E3 if Scorpio is unveiled beforehand?

[meka2611]

Yea really hoping we start seeing some of the upcoming games like Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves.

[Macosan]

Just from reading the comments it seems as most people only read the head line and did not listen to the interview.

[aconnellan]

If you listened to the whole interview, you'd know that he mentioned they're looking into doing a pre-E3 Scorpio reveal and leaving E3 to focus on games

[Chano]

highlight project scorpio and not show many games? did anyone here even watch podcast unlocked? phil said they wont focus e3 on hardware

[tyasia0]

Who says "maybe we have more games"? Either you do or you don't. And I don't know why someone would say maybe if the answer was yes. Clearly what they have talked about is what they have but they can't stop from trying to mislead people into thinking there is more.

[Goldby]

most likely becuase they are unsure if they want to support the game.

its safer to say maybe and have the title cancelled than say yes and have it cancelled (look at what happened with Scalebound)

So while i do agree if there are concrete games in the pipeline, they should be promoting those, gives not only the developers confidence that Ms is supportin them, even if they aren't namign developers or games, but also new gamers a reason to buy the console.

[MRMagoo123]

I dunno ......I think a concrete game would get boring pretty fast

joking btw in case that flew over some heads

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Play on words as well as playing coy is one tactic. E3 is not for a little while I mean not having no games to announce at, still the biggest stage would be a tad bit ridiculous...but just a tad though.

[tyasia0]

If he had more games he would just say "we'll have more games". He doesn't have to say what games they are, just that they have them.

No one would dodge IGN throwing them a such a huge bone if they had something.

And even if they show something at E3 it's not going to be out this year.

[Xb1ps4]

"And I don't know why somone would say maybe if the answers was yes" clearly you are implying that they are not working on games so how is he misleading you into thinking there is more? Maybe can mean just as much yes as no but since you know of no one that does that....... it must be no..

Do you genuinely think that ms isn't working on games? I mean seriously you really think that all while they are about to launch another console?

It's like going back to the argument of consoles are dead all while multiple consoles in one generation are being launched..

[FallenAngel1984]

The Xbox audience aren't as receptive of certain genres though

[gangsta_red]

“every year it’s Halo/Gears/Forza,” and then we have a year that’s not those things, and people are like, “oh, now you’re in trouble!” But I look at Crackdown, I look at State of Decay 2, I look at Sea of Thieves, I’m having a great time with Halo Wars 2"

It's because fanboys seem to switch up or change their arguments to suite their agenda and non interests. And then when you do mention the non Gears/Forza/Halo games that MS is bringing then it becomes a topic of "are those games from 1st party studios?"

But it is good to see that phil is reading that criticism even if it is mostly from fanboys. Now we just have to see if he's going to do anything more about it. Even though it still wont be enough for a certain fanboy base, it should be exciting for actual fans of the Xbox.

[Why o why]

'But it is good to see that phil is reading that criticism even if it is mostly from fanboys'

ha, you think its mainly fanboys hes listening to.....c'mon Red

Whether he's jumping or being pushed the net result should be better more consistent and a wider array of content/output.....to that I say....

.........Go Forth and Good Luck

[gangsta_red]

The ones that keep saying Forza/Gears/Halo, yes I do. There are valid concerns that we all agree on but none are as dire as to think that those three franchises are the only ones MS is putting out for Xbox.

I also say good luck and also.....execute order 66!

[CapitalGamerNZ]

I have never seen the problem with releasing Halo/Gears/Forza games every couple of years, especially if they deliver improved experiences each time. However, what's needed is for the non Halo/Gears/Forza "console exclusives" to actually deliver! For example, Quantum Break should have been a system seller!

Oh, and for gamers to claim Forza is an annual franchise - please, enough! Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon are two completely different racing experiences.

[nowitzki2004]

“every year it’s Halo/Gears/Forza,” and then we have a year that’s not those things,"

"I’m having a great time with Halo Wars 2"

Guess it is Halo every year

[tyasia0]

So 4 games in 12+ months is acceptable? I mean this is the problem, you Xboners just accept anything this guy says. No wonder you only have 4 games it's because you they give you crap and you still eat it up.

I mean you call us fanboys but we're actually doing you a favor in demanding better. And the sad fact is it should be you guys who are unhappy. Personally I could care less if you only have four games, I bought more games than that for PS4 in January alone.

[gangsta_red]

Lol, no, you are not demanding better. You're just shitting on something you hate.

Like I said the criticism is and Phil has heard it, but let's not pretend it's the Sony fanboys that are the saving grace angels preaching the Sony Talmud to the Xbox fans.

[omegaheat]

Why the hell do you care? If you're truly happy with your PS4, why are you even here? Or is this an example of your benevolence. Yeah right.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Crackdown 3 is dead. Delay many times and Xbox keep Saying is alive until they drop the mic and cancelled the game like Scalebound.

[rainslacker]

It could be because outside their staples, the other games are mid-tier at best. Not that they'll be bad games, but where is the games like Horizon or TLOU or Zelda or any other high profile game from the competition?

They're non-existent. Even MS knows that things like CD3, SOD2, and SOT are not high profile games. They're those mid-tier filler games means to fill in the gaps and help round out the audiences needs for different things. QB was quite literally the only other high profile game they had this gen outside their staple. Ryse had potential, but it was a last gen game updated for the current gen.

But MS has absolutely no high profile games on the level of Halo, Gears, Forza, or any of the big games coming from the competition.

No matter how good the games line up may be, you can't argue that their line up is simply weak in comparison to Sony's mix of mid-tier and high profile, and if Nintendo manages to push out good games, they'll pale in comparison to them too.

So, who cares about the fan boy base? Can you argue that the three remaining games are actually high profile? All three are games that if they were multi-plat, would never get much attention. They're the Saints Row of open world games. They're the Dark Cloud of JRPG's. They're the Left for dead of shooter games. I'm sure you get the idea.

[yomfweeee]

Wow the third new Phil Spencer article today. With nothing to show. Still all talk. Don't talk about proof until you have the proof to show.

[Toiletsteak]

You know he is doing interviews right?? It would be strange if he didn't talk.

[yomfweeee]

That's part of the point. Stop doing interviews all the damn time. Keep your mouth shut until you have something to show. All he does is talk.

How come you don't see Sony doing all these interviews talking about all these great things to come? How much did Sony talk about the Pro before it was revealed?

[aconnellan]

Lol I don't know why you're getting so many disagrees. He literally just did an interview with IGN, and all these articles are based on things he said.

Of course all he can do in an interview is talk, especially given that he was being asked direct questions - what a ridiculous criticism

[-Foxtrot]

Usually when a new game is afoot

Horizon launch - Shit load of articles

Zelda launch - Exactly the same

[aconnellan]

Yeah, I'm sure IGN coordinated their interview with Phil in order to downplay the launch of games they loved

/s

In regards to his Twitter comments that always get made into articles, that happens at least a few times a week. It's annoying, but of course if it happens that often then at some point it's going to coincide with a scheduled event like a game launch

[TheCommentator]

Um, Phil says you'll see proof in what they end up doing, so he's not talking about proving anything via the interview. What Phil indicates is that he hears the "no games" conversations and proof will be defined by their actions going forwards, not their words. He is essentially alluding to change coming from MS without spoiling any of this year's E3.

It's kind of funnyto me, honestly, that you want proof today of more games coming when E3 is where most games debut.

[Chano]

@yomfweeee all talk? .-. please tell us that you know what a podcast/interview is lol all these articles are about the interview if i go to another article about this, i won't see you hating about the same thing there right? that's some fanboy dedication if so

[yomfweeee]

Yes all talk. Spencer has been talking for 3 years and all you got was BC and shit for exclusive games.

[marquisray]

Its funn i also go to sony ign but man when Microsoft say anything sony fans come here in heards like cattle are you all getting paid by sony or would you all be happy if we all just bye a ps just face tge facts the Scorpio is going to be the shi. Lol you all must be hurt or scared

[Kaneki-Ken]

Xbone/Scorpio have exclusives or new ip exclusive ? When was this announced. Crackdown 3 suffer delays and their no news if is even coming this year. State of Decay 2 developers started showing more concept art instead of gameplay. Halo 6/Gears 5 probably going to be announced. Next Forza already confirmed

[guyman]

Hurt or scared?

*Continues to enjoy Yakuza zero, horizon zero dawn, Nioh, Tales of beseria, Kingdom hearts 2.8*

Sorry i was too busy playing top quality exclusives, but continue waiting for that scorpio

[LexHazard79]

As in Crackdown 3, Sea of Thieves and State of Decay will all look amazing on Scorpio. And whatever else they cheffing up. He even says hes confident it will show games that look better than any console. And he said that with Horizon Zero out.

[Critic4l_Strik3]

Cancelling games...?

[Godmars290]

Yes. Yes it will...

[xxjabberxx]

The proof is in the company's name...you have micro amount of software.

[PizzaSteve]

They haven't done anything lately so what is there to look forward too when all there's been is the same old, same old.

[Traenon]

Do something already.

[RAM0N]

Halo 6 confirmed

[Godmars290]

Thought it already was?

[MRMagoo123]

you could say halo 14 is confirmed and still be right though , I don't think they will ever let that franchise die , it's been on life support for a while but no one wants to pull the plug.

[XXanderXX]

Why would anyone platform maker want to pull the plug on a game that its fans want, why cause a certain few don't like it . As long that fan demand is their they should continue and best part its a space game so its stories are endless .

[trooper_]

XxanderxX

Because they need to give the franchise a rest already.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Well Phil did said that they want to make upto Halo 9.

[XXanderXX]

Bring them on CC at the ready

[NotAFanboyyy]

Honestly growing tired of Phil. I think he means well, but he has talked way more than deliver since he took over in 2014. Looking forward to Scorpio but if new games aren't coming to Xbox then it's going to be much of the same. I absolutely loved Horizon 3, but Microsoft can't continue to rely on the big 3 forever. Why not bring back Perfect Dark or something if you're scared new franchises won't sell? Would love to see that franchise make a return on Scorpio.

[CaptainObvious878]

I'm sick of him too, but I don't think he means well.

He's just another suite. After the disaster that was matrick, ms needed a gamer head to change their reputation. The most suitable candidate just happened to be phil because at the time he had a 'gamer vibe' about him.

So at best he's just a figure head with no real control, and at worst he is making all these decisions that are just hurting their customers.

Either way I see ms continuing their old ways... promising everything and almost never delivering. But if the foolish ms fanboys keep bending over for them time after time, no matter how many times they're tricked, never questioning, always defending, then they deserve to get shafted.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me more times than I can count by now, shame on me.

[MorpheusX]

@CaptainObvious878

Somebody has figured it out. Look @ MS track record.

Why would ANYONE think its going to be different now?

They are who they are, and they ARE up to something, but as usual MS will Lie, the Media will Lie, because whatever they ARE up to, is not going to be consumer friendly.

MS is spearheading the digital age campaign, that's what they ARE UP TO, just watch. smh

Ive said this before and I will say it again. Ive always felt MS was going to have a "Steam" app for there Xbox entertainment hub, and it looks like they could be almost ready to spring this bombshell on the public.

Just remember who said it, and wonder how I could figure this out, its not hard, Ive been studying/analyzing the Media and MS's BS for a Looong time. Its not hard to tell.

If you KNOW the Interactive Entertainment Industry aka Video gaming wants to bring about a digital gaming age, look @ there actions, who is the main provider of digital gaming on PC? Steam. MS has been cancelling games and has only a few internal studios, this Gen has proven to be sparse on IP's for MS....the writing is all over the walls.

Mark my words, this is what MS is UP TO, @ least partially.

[Vasto]

Phil all eyes are on Microsoft.

This better be good.

[Einhander1971]

NINTENDO, SONY , thank you very much and good night :)

[SynestheticRoar]

Damn Philly sounded like trump.

[CaptainObvious878]

But Trump actually delivers on his promises. I think you're confused.

[jmac53]

Tax returns and we will see about that wall. I will be holding my breath.

[Silly gameAr]

it's Nintendo and Sony that are actually delivering games and hardware, but when it comes to xbox articles, all you see is Phil's face and talks about the future all throughout N4G.

[MorpheusX]

@Silly gameAr

Wha? Nintendo delivering games? uh No, no no no, they have not.

I get it, there this feel good moment because of the release of the newest Zelda, but please smh, don't get carried away by the hype.

what have you been smoking.

[Silly gameAr]

It's just my opinion, and how I see it man. You're more then free to disagree.

BTW, I've been smoking that bs bud from the swamps. You got a better hook up bro?

[rainslacker]

Nintendo has had more new IP's in the last 5 years than MS has had in the last 10.

Just to put things in perspective.

Nintendo has also released more games for the WiiU, on a much smaller user base, than MS has on the X1.

Just to put things in perspective.

Nintendo also heavily supports a 2nd console in their 3DS, which has even more games released for it by Nintendo than MS can manage to get on their singular bread and butter console.

Just to put things in perspective.

Nintendo isn't without their faults, but Nintendo does deliver games. Generally really good and highly rated ones.

If you disagree, I'd like to see your lists of the new IP's and published and developed(1st/2nd party) games from each company, without the dismissals because it somehow doesn't meet some arbitrary standard which you put in place, but rather raw numbers. If you disagree, it's upon you to prove it. I'm tired of doing the work for others who don't listen anyways.

[Skankinruby]

'The proof will be in what we end up doing' lol what? Just let it go bro, xbox is a halo/gears/forza machine everyone is well aware of this now. He'll I'll still buy one for the right price. Bundle the gears limited edition xbox with MCC for 250 and I'll jump ship.

[butchertroll]

OK, Phil! New Forza is coming this year

[VsAssassin]

So if Scorpio is just like the PS4 Pro, and no exclusive game is coming for it, what sort of new experience can people expect from and be excited about it outside better performance? Let's face it, even if you have a powerful console, but you have dwindling games to play on, it won't matter. If only the Scorpio is a new console, people can be more excited for it, because they would think it's going to be a revolution and woo in devs to make tons of games for it. But, no, MS said it's not a next-gen console.

The point is, and MS needs to grasp this, people need appealing exclusives, and if MS doesn't deliver on this front this year and the next with the Scorpio, I don't think this beefier console will make any difference.

[Sm3000]

Scalebound getting canned was a huge letdown for me. I wanted to play it on pc

[_LarZen_]

With PlayStation just totally dominating. I feel that Microsoft need to have an incredible E3 this year. We need to see the new console. And we need to see some incredible exclusive games running on it.

If not....then nothing will change.

[snoopgg]

Ok phil we are going to hold you to this. Make me want to buy a scorpio by putting out some good exclusives. I will have to wait and see.

[gamer7804]

As long as it isn't a bunch of indies...

[TechnoGoat]

Uh huh... I believe it when I see it.

[Petebloodyonion]

Ms is really in a tight spot regarding 1st party game.
PPL always complain about MS doing only HALO/Gears/Forza but they are also only buying theses 3 titles
How many bought
Killer Instinct?
Ori and the blind Forest?
Sunset Overdrive?
Rare replay?

Last I check theses were all praise titles and barely made money.

[Cussing]

Lol "The proof I'll be in what we end up doing" uhh yeah no shit. And the ground will get wet when it rains.

[FyBy]

That guy knows how to talk! But seriously if they touted Scorpio because they knew their train is already leaving (and also as reaction to Pro - so anyone knows MS didnt give up :-) ), why should they keep secrets now? MS cant afford it. Sony is unstoppable now. They also made some mistakes. For example poorly communicated Pro - because they didnt want to upset current users. But their dedication to games and new IPs is outstanding.

I wish MS will do better. All companies need competition right? :-)

Look at Intel and Amd! Intel made so much money during their last monopoly period.So no one wants arrogant big company like Sony knows how to be :-). So MS go go go! Fingers crossed! Let the competition finaly begins!

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[BIGBOSS08]

And what you'll end up doing is what you always do, lie. Than you'll cover the lie with another lie and on it goes. Microsoft are becoming so transparent.

[extermin8or]

"We'd don't. Have gears or Halo this year" forza 7 confirmed then. Then he mentions Halo wars 2... Lol so they did have a half of sorts this year.... Crackdown isn't a new ip but tbf looks different. State of decay was good but it's not an AAA game let's not compare it to horizon, uncharted, gt sport, God of war seems likely and maybe even days gone.... Tbf I'm expecting Sony to release days gone next spring, God of war in November, gt sport on June or September. With horizon just gone that give us uncharted chloe game in June ish. They will have a top game in every part of the year and Microsoft will find that hard to crack. Infact only crackdown stands a chance and even then I don't think it will be as good.

[MagicBeanz]

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[MecheSlays]

I hope they announce the game that Playground Games is working on.

[corroios]

Games take years to make and a good studio also. Maybe 2022 you can reach that, but, for now, is just another wait for speach.

[jmac53]

Well for all the promises of MS, we have Playstation releasing two amazing games in Nioh and Horizon Zero Dawn and it's only been 2 months into the year.

[Unchartedshark]

"The proof will be in what we end up doing."

Call it a hunch, but this feels like the exact wait-and-see mentality that killed Wii-U. I feel like there's no integrity in Microsoft anymore. The scariest proof of which is that there's no vitality in their game line-up and yet they want to dish out a premium console. I wanted to get an Xbone but they've been so shifty it's hard to take them seriously.

[ultimize]

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