more out of frustration with MS and the obvious lack of confidence in this project. its been pretty clear for a while now and at this point it seems like inside xbox is about the only push its ever going to get. the only decent look we got at the current game was some random multiplayer footage and no i dont count the terry crews trailers.
Not if they get past 200 million subscribers of gamepass/Xcloud from people playing fifa on their phones XD
I think that Battletoads is very likely planned as a Winter of Arcade title for next year. If they're planning on releasing in 2019, then it doesn't really fit anywhere else on the calendar.
Why so much agressivity? Just because they've invested in studios we've discussed might be interesting to MS?
I wonder if it's a test to see how far a game can get just with word of mouth thanks to Game Pass
But WInter of Arcade, if I'm not wrong, is for indie games. Battletoads is in development directly under Rare, as a first-party title. But who knows…
I'm not predicting anything. I'm just saying what my dream scenario would be. James Bond is my favorite franchise and I'd rather see him get a great video game than anything else.
Every time they've shown the game it has received mixed reactions, so it's definitely a possibility that they want to rely primarily on word of mouth at this point, knowing that it may not be the best looking game, but it'll be a blast to play.
I think comments like this are missing the point. Obviously everyone wants developers to make the games they want to make. I think the point of the OP is that InXile should be given the chance to do AAA, assuming they want to. The inverse of what you said is also true. If they have ambitious dreams and want to aim big, it'd be a shame to relegate them to AA just for budgetary purposes.
But would Microsoft even get the IP in this hypothetical? Is the Star Wars license EA's to sell? Or would it revert back to Disney in the event of an acquisition/merger?
But ms did just that with gears, and that wasn't a waste. and if the series becomes a lillar for Xbox, they can outright buy the IP, like gears
And they should be focused only on that. Without ruin the industry by 'bribing' the biggest publishers, like Square Enix, Ubisoft, Frontier, Paradox, Epic Games, etc. That's not good for free business and competition. But that's my opinion.
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For accounting purposes, all MS would need to do is have EA make more than they would have made in interest on money they have just sitting there. That's how Minecraft was "profitable" for them right out the gate
