Who is Xbox's best first-party developer (revisited after Bethesda acquisition)?
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Probably BGS for me. I wasn't a huge fan of FO4, and FO 76 did absolutely nothing for me, but they are super ambitious, and have made at least two of my favorite games ever, so I'm really hopeful Starfield can live up to what we all know their potential is.
It's an ansolutely absurd amount of studios to have under one organization. They're gonna be good at RPGs, at FPS/TPS, at driving games, at immersive sims, at co-op games, at service games, at strategy games and so many other things. They have both the variety as well as the specialization.
This is gonna be an amazing generation for Xbox :)
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After the first few it becomes pretty tricky, because it feels like a question of potential more than the quality of their recent output. Top three would be Arkane, id and Playground for me, in some order. Rare, Obisidan and Ninja Theory are probably the three that I'm really quite excited about for the immediate future. With a lot of the devs, like BGS or 343i or The Coalition or Turn 10, they've got the IP and the funding to generate great games, but their recent output has been so underwhelming. There's also a good few where it's just a total unknown.
I hope that within five years time the absurd potential of this developer lineup has turned into something truly tangible.
I hope that within five years time the absurd potential of this developer lineup has turned into something truly tangible.
my vote also, they are one of the few developers that I'll buy hardware specifically to play their games.
I still can't wrap my head around all the studios Xbox has. Considering many of these are working on multiple projects, they currently have about 35 teams working on games.
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Alright, I'll try to rank them all..
(not ranking the mobile developer, The Initiative and World's Edge that has yet to release a game, also not ranking the Global Publishing since that's a total wildcard)
1 - Obsidian Entertainment
2 - Arkane Studios
3 - Playground Games
4 - ID Software
5 - Bethesda Game Studios
6 - Ninja Theory
7 - Rare
8 - inXile
9 - Turn10
10 - Tango Gameworks
11 - Double Fine
12 - The Coalition
13 - MachineGames
14 - 343 Industries
15 - Roundhouse Studios
16 - Mojang Studios
17 - Zenimax Online
18 - Undead Labs
19 - Compulsion
(not ranking the mobile developer, The Initiative and World's Edge that has yet to release a game, also not ranking the Global Publishing since that's a total wildcard)
1 - Obsidian Entertainment
2 - Arkane Studios
3 - Playground Games
4 - ID Software
5 - Bethesda Game Studios
6 - Ninja Theory
7 - Rare
8 - inXile
9 - Turn10
10 - Tango Gameworks
11 - Double Fine
12 - The Coalition
13 - MachineGames
14 - 343 Industries
15 - Roundhouse Studios
16 - Mojang Studios
17 - Zenimax Online
18 - Undead Labs
19 - Compulsion
Bethesda makes Elder Scrolls. Regardless of your feelings for Oblivion and Skyrim and where they differ from earlier titles, these games are insanely popular and highly rated.
Ehhh, hard choice. Playground are wizards, and Obsidian are amazing storytellers. Rare made a pretty awesome game in sea of Thieves, but has been hit or miss. Arkane has been amazing for a long time, and Id is super quality as well. I think it depends on your style of game. In terms of long term sustained quality I'd have to go Playground or Arkane
I still can't believe this is an actual thing.
Imagine how much these new studios will push some of the other studios forward once they are in network.
My top pick is impossible but I love Bethesda, ID, Arkane, Tango, and Playground. The Coalition and Ninja Theory are amazingly talented art studios as well...I can't pick...too many great studios.
Imagine how much these new studios will push some of the other studios forward once they are in network.
My top pick is impossible but I love Bethesda, ID, Arkane, Tango, and Playground. The Coalition and Ninja Theory are amazingly talented art studios as well...I can't pick...too many great studios.
For me it's Obsidian, then Bethesda Game Studios. I'm a massive fan of Obsidian though. There's also InXile that I'd pay attention to. Between them and Zenimax Online (for ESO) the amount of RPGs Microsoft are going to be able to pump out has me extremely excited for what's to come.
Based on tech achievements alone I have to do with Id Software. Technology wise they're far ahead of the curve and they also make great games.
id have the best performing technology in the whole industry. While Coalition have done fantastic things with Unreal Engine, they're still using someone else's engine. id built the best performing engine on the market themselves. id are number 1 from a technical perspective.
