Perhaps. But pc gamers already have all of this for years. And Steam still has modding and much cheaper games thanks to free key generation, also something that Microsoft doesn't allow in the Windows Store. Why would anyone use the Xbox app instead of the ecosystem and apps they are used to?
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Perhaps. But pc gamers already have all of this for years. And Steam still has modding and much cheaper games thanks to free key generation, also something that Microsoft doesn't allow in the Windows Store. Why would anyone use the Xbox app instead of the ecosystem and apps they are used to?
I don't think that they "NEED" mods in order to be a successful storefront. Yes, there will be some that don't want to buy those games because they can't mod them or get mods but I'm sure that there's a bigger audience that just want the games than not have them because of no mods. That's my opinion. The prices thing, I agree with, I think digital games should be cheaper but that's MS trying to be everything to everybody *shrug*.
I'm not overestimating Halo's success on PC. As a gaming division, you can't have your premier title not work correctly on a system that you are trying to push towards. It doesn't have to set the world on fire like PUBG or something, that's not what I'm stating. They just need to make sure that that game isn't a failure because of their system, not because of the content of their game.
You stated that it doesn't make sense to alienate the pc crowd by building the system that they did...that part already happened and it they had their reasons for it, no matter if anyone agrees with it or not. Also, you'd be surprised how many people want a "Xbox GUI Mode" on their PC...I've seen that more than I thought I would over the years.
But just as you said, time will tell.
You ask why anyone would use the Xbox app...well, that's on the person to decide...a reason I could suggest is communicating with friends who are on Xbox. Also, PC gamers use a multitude of things, be it Steam, or Skype (when it was more relevant) for voice comms, or Discord. PC isn't just Steam's ecosystem, it's whatever the user chooses to use (ya know, the beauty of being open). As I recall and correct me if I'm wrong but Steam doesn't have a Tournaments type of service and I know that they don't have Twitch nor Mixer integrated (outside of third party stuff). But I mentioned those things that they already have to say to the other user that MS already has a Steam competitor. To me, MS doesn't have to "beat Steam", it just has to be able to be launched beside it like Origin or GOG games or UPlay or Battle.net.
That's my opinion as well. I don't need all my pc games on Steam, and I value competition between different stores and ecosystems.
But it also is important to me that certain ecosystems aren't trying to push pc-gaming in a direction I don't like. As long as those ecosystems are meant to sell 1st party games of the owner, I don't care since I can simply ignore these games. But if that certain ecosystem also tries to push 3rd party devs and publishers inside, I'm getting worried.
Moneyhatting 3rd party devs seems to be Microsofts favorite way to compete with Sony nowadays. I'm afraid they'll do the same on pc to compete against Steam. I don't think that keeping games hostage to a certain ecosystem is competition in the first place. Especially when that ecosystem has significant drawbacks compared to others.
But an Xbox focused topic is probably not the best place to discuss this :)
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I'll post this here. Back in october, Gamesindustries.biz reported Studio Gobo was rebranding its second team and making some changes to the way the studio works. Esentially, they'll now work as two separate studios. Before the rebrand, the studio had two teams: Studio Gobo Hove and Studio Gobo Brighton. The Brighton team is now a full-blown studio named Electric Square.
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Studio Gobo Hove will remain as "Studio Gobo". From the interview:
As stated in the article, Studio Gobo will remain co-developing projects (they're working on an unnanounced project with ubisoft) and Electric Square will now develop full games for Microsoft and other partners. Both the Ubisoft and the Microsoft projects are AAA-budget games.
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Electric Square's Website
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Studio Gobo Hove will remain as "Studio Gobo". From the interview:
As stated in the article, Studio Gobo will remain co-developing projects (they're working on an unnanounced project with ubisoft) and Electric Square will now develop full games for Microsoft and other partners. Both the Ubisoft and the Microsoft projects are AAA-budget games.
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Electric Square's Website
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Read above: Electric Square (formerly Gobo Brighton) is working on a full project for Microsoft, although we already knew about the Gobo - MS partnership. This is just confirmation & more details.
From the gamesindustry.biz article (link above):
Reads more 20's to me, very deco and the woman looks like she's got a Flapper hat and hairdo.
Oh man if this is a Dieselpunk Fable I might just lose my mind. Way, way too big an ask. But HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE LIKE DAMN
Sorry to ask here, but I'm thinking of buying an xbox one soon and have a question.
My internet cap is tight and was wondering if there's a way to transfer game or system updates between consoles? My bro has one and if I could transfer his updates to a new console that would help.
My internet cap is tight and was wondering if there's a way to transfer game or system updates between consoles? My bro has one and if I could transfer his updates to a new console that would help.
Thanks for the reply. Could I transfer the data to a hard drive then move it to my system memory? Would it remove the update from my brothers console or could I copy it?
The important thing to note here, is they only have 55 employees.
So this could be a smaller project like Recore.
Not really related to first party but i'm surprised Microsoft hasn't pushed more for esports. They have enough games with esports presence to have some sort of big invitational like nintendo did at E3 this year.
You guys think a new Phantom Dust is in the works?
You guys think a new Phantom Dust is in the works?
There's a rumour going around about the next Forza Horizon being set in urban Japan. Would be called "Forza Horizon 4: Drift".
There is also an image, but I'm on mobile right now.
Looks fake to me, but Japan has been a highly requested setting from Forza Horizon fans.
There is also an image, but I'm on mobile right now.
Looks fake to me, but Japan has been a highly requested setting from Forza Horizon fans.
Is it actually FH4 (true sequel), though? And is it exclusively Japan?
Because FH:Drift could be a PGR "sequel", and Japan is one of the locations.
Not really. A new trailer for Crackdown 3, SoT or SoD 2 would make more sense.
Yeah. If those 3 games are supposed to be out in spring at the latest, they each would get trailers
I think it would be wise for MS to go the "A Halo Story" way after 6.
Plus, if they have improved a lot, the time to be showing them off would be now rather than late.
FH: Drift would be a spin-off of a spin-off! I find it unlikely. But I'd love to see some open world Japan.
With Sony focusing on PSX, it would make perfect sense for MS to use TGA as a platform for new trailers, teasers or announcements. And the real benefit of an event like TGA over the traditional press conference or PSX, is that you're not only marketing to your existing fans, but to everyone watching TGA. And Microsoft really needs that.
It almost makes too much sense. But then I don't remember MS having much of a presence (if any) previously and they do seem to be spending cautiously with their marketing budget these days.
Playgrounds next game is a action rpg :)
https://mobile.twitter.com/WeArePlayground/status/933286955978252288
Can't wait to see how it looks
https://mobile.twitter.com/WeArePlayground/status/933286955978252288
Can't wait to see how it looks
Yep. With tweaks to the Halo 5 engine there's not much needed on the technology side. Basically ODST, but something new.
Well if you were going to diverge from the standard FH formula but remain within the arcade realm, then that would be the way to do it.
I just want my street circuits back. You get people saying "but FH has closed courses and street circuits" but the fact is that nobody knows the name of their favourite track, their best time and their highest skill score. FH doesn't fill that void, and I'm a little tired of open world.
Those and PUBG. If I were a betting man, I would bet that they only show two trailers. PUBG and State of Decay 2 are my bets.
Yeah it's tough evause literally all 3 could be there. But I'd say Crackdown would make the biggest splash if you show the MP mode and I said above that PUBG is a given
Not signed but more or less making sure ports of games are coming out on the Xbox. You look at stuff like code vein, Valkyrie chronicles, sword art online etc all normally would've skipped the Xbox.
Honestly, I'd ask for ports of stuff that missed the platform like Persona and Neir. Some fighting games too.
I'm still puzzled as to why Microsoft chose Crackdown as an IP to spend the amount of time/money it has to resurrect. I like Crackdown, but I don't feel it differentiates the platform over say, a new Fable, Perfect Dark (with genre change), or a new IP. Hoping it'll turn out well for them and for Xbox/PC gamers especially, but it looks like a game stuck in the past in an environment with many more high quality competitors.
Few things, Crackdown is
-open world sandbox
- co-op campaign
- guns action
- new multiplayer cloud mode etc
Crackdown is a much better choice than fable, unless you were going to change the core of fable and last time that ended up being fable legends.
I'm talking about differentiating the platform more than maximizing profits. What you've listed sounds an awful lot like any number of games out there right now. Regarding Fable specifically, with the right focus you could still have a MP component like Legends, but also a deep, huge game set in a world that people are still fond of. And in my opinion, there are a lot of open world RPGs but not many that had the charms and character of Fable.
The issue here is it looks like a low-budget game. I hope that the extra time MS gave to the devs is used to improve graphics and performance. The E3 demo looked like a 60-70 MC game.
Fable Legends was a gorgeous game, but it burned too much money (I think it was around $80M, it wasn't even finished and no marketing) and it had core gameplay issues.
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Ye it looked super rough, that's a huge shame too because they showcased something that will stick in potentials players memories now. As a fan of the original (the sequel was shite) I sincerely hope this new game is great, given the extra time to polish.
So potential AAA exclusives from both Electric Square and Playground?
What about Brexit made Microsoft decide to start working in the UK more than before...?
If Playgrounds game is an exclusive RPG I don't see how ES's game can be Fable (or at least a Fable people would want). As they would be competing with each other if they were to release in the same year. Unless one of these games is farther off in the future than the other by a year or more.
What about Brexit made Microsoft decide to start working in the UK more than before...?
If Playgrounds game is an exclusive RPG I don't see how ES's game can be Fable (or at least a Fable people would want). As they would be competing with each other if they were to release in the same year. Unless one of these games is farther off in the future than the other by a year or more.
The website says 150. So maybe they just hired a lot of people?
I wouldn't mind that to be honest. While I like love AAA games I'm glad indie and AA RPGs can be made in the market as well.
Playground is probably multiplatform. There were rumours about MS rejecting PG's pitch for that new IP.
I don't know if ZhugeEX or shinobi602 have any more details or if they can share those with us.
That rumor came from a sketchy source. I wouldnt put much faith in him.
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