Microsoft is building a huge platform for its gaming future, and that includes home-grown games from teams within Xbox Game Studios. A question of quality and consistency has hung over Xbox in recent years as it pertains to games. Can Microsoft change? Does it even need to change?
Definitely not off the hook. Bethesda being owned by Microsoft doesn't improve Xbox Game Studios game output at all. In fact, for PC gamers like myself, the acquisition is meaningless. I've always bought Bethesda games on PC and I will continue to do so. Meanwhile, Xbox Games Studios continue to languish and lag behind. Great knowing The Initiative is working on Perfect Dark, Playground is working on Fable, and Obsidian is working on Avowed. But until they deliver we are still in this same "wait mode' we've been in for years.
Funny you chose Hellblade for the pic since they bought that studio too. Their "organic" studios aren't making anything new or exciting.
Beth is good with a ton of hype. The lack of polish on their games means they well never be great unless they fix their sh*t practice
Always a waiting game with MS...
How have they ever been off the hook? How didn't the hook get buried deeper with the Halo infinite reveal that as soon turned into a delay?