See Matt's comment about it not including acquisitions.
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See Matt's comment about it not including acquisitions.
I think he meant not including new 2019 acquisitions which would automatically add hundreds of people to the overall headcount.
One thing to remember is that all these companies are still more than just games companies. They're all going to be committing resources to games now, but by no means all of their resources. Same way Xbox doesn't get all of Microsofts money, they're a small part of the whole. I think Sony and Nintendo will still be able to compete, same as they've been able to compete with Xbox. No reason to think Amazon or Apple will be committing significantly more of their resources to games than Microsoft already is.
I think, and this is just my opinion, the biggest move we would see any of the new players make is to acquire and fully integrate a small to midsized publisher. More likely you'd see them each buying a couple and starting a couple of studios, which is something Nintendo and Sony are just as capable of doing.
No ones going to go scorched earth here, these companies all have lots of other things to do with that money already.
I took it as 15% included the acquisitions from last year. But didn't include any new ones going forward. You think he meant the studios from before e3 2018?
No problem.
No one was saying it wasn't a serious issue or one not worth discussing. But at the same time no one was actively trying to steer the discussion away from it either.
just going by all of the job postings it's clear that the number isn't including acquistions.
That's not what he said though.
Technically it is though. Matt said Xbox internal studios will grow around 15%. Playground games and the rest are Xbox internal studios. He said it didn't include any acquisitions. Playground and the rest are internal studios not acquisitions.
Which would include all the recently acquired studios. But he said it didn't include fire ones io my knowledge.
I've been wondering about this aswell. Things to show not even including games
- next gen consoles.
-xplay
-gamepass stuff
- Xbox on pc stuff potentially
- new studios
That's quite a bit of info to get out there. I'm sure it will be 2-2.5 hrs.
Unrealistic expectations IMO. They've never even gotten to 2 hours, and last year was packed.
And I personally doubt we'll get much about new consoles, if anything at all.
And I personally doubt we'll get much about new consoles, if anything at all.
No way, maybe 2:30 if we are pushing it since we will have a lot more third party AAA games on stage.
If they blow their load at E3, Gamescom & XO19 are going to be boring.
The conference will probably focus on Xbox One, because it has one last Holiday to get through. And it still has a lot going for it (Ori, Gears, Battletoads etc). Next-gen Xbox will probably get another quick mention, but that's all that I expect.
Agreed. What would they even show off as "next-gen"? The hardware won't be final.
It's always 90 minutes because they air it on TV simultaneously, don't they? Doubt that's gonna change.
I don't think Microsoft will go longer than two hours, but there's other things they can do. They could do an Inside Xbox episode at E3 and talk more about xCloud or some of the other technical and service announcements. They could also do a separate ID@Xbox showcase video like they're doing this week to get the ID@Xbox stuff off the main show.
Halo Infinite and if the gods prove to be kind ones Fable....they aren't going to be tho D:
yeah maybe ending the show with a tease on how the next gen consoles will look. like silhouettes of the boxes lol. thinking about it gets me hyped. then a hint of the color scarlet. :P
Well I think some expect a follow-up to Phil's comment about how the hardware team is hard at work on the next Xbox.
Yea, which is fair, but again, I would rather expect something like the Scorpio tease reveal. It makes much more sense from every angle.
Currently $15, according to twitter.
I'm expecting another teaser video with a bunch of developers, like this.
In a world in which prior to any new console releases all their games are already coming to PC, that feels kind of odd to me unless you are calling out specific benchmarks for your new hardware...but along with any detailed talk of the new hardware that also feels pretty early to claim some resoultion/framerate target for specific titles.
Yeah, agreed.
Its just Ori 2 and Gears 5, lol, they need to show next gen stuff.
I actually don't know how true that is. I think we'll see Halo, which is almost guaranteed to be a cross-gen and maybe one next-gen game tease, but I think there's very little chance they show more than one non-Halo, next-gen game.
Microsoft needs to be a lot smarter about not showing games early and blowing out the launch window 18 months before the console launches can only lead to disaster.
good thing all games will be playable on Xbox One at the very least with Xcloud moving forward :D
I believe it will stay 90 or maybe 120 minutes. They'll marginally touch next-gen just to lay out the general strategy - compatibility, power (raytracing?), multiple SKUs - and show some early developer reactions. They'll show xCloud more deeply, will reveal a couple of new games (maybe a Fable teaser, NT's new game and show the future of Forza Motorsport), go much much deeper on Gears 5, show a new Infinite tech demo (but not the actual gameplay) and announce some third party collaborations. And yeah, a couple new studios and PC strategy should be in.
There might be an Inside Xbox side-show to off-load the main press briefing from the least important stuff, too.
There might be an Inside Xbox side-show to off-load the main press briefing from the least important stuff, too.
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They have unannounced games releasing on XBO...Ninja Theory's next game, and Obsidians other game as well as others
According to Klobs LoIs post (letters of intent) from twitter, I would imagine at least a couple acquisitions this year probably headed toward E3 announcements. Not sure if Matt was hinting towards a giant purchase by MS or not anyone else know?
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