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Xbox Game Studios |OT4| When everyone plays, we all win
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Lol i did loved had a lot fun with it, i think that gears 5 will release sooner i hope august
It's a nice break from who is Microsoft is buying next though.
Name #1: Xbox 720 Two
Really, I liked when Microsoft had the year added to the product name. So Xbox 2020
That sucks, im assuming there is no remaster in the future?
Doubt it since 2 and 3 are X enhanced. Microsoft hasn't been doing the remasters thing basically since Gears Ultimate.
Not to be one of those people who post studio wishlists all the time, but I would LOVE Moon Studios to be acquired, I know Thomas Mahler has said they're not for sale, but I really do think they'd be a great studio for MS to add and would really elevate their 1st party as a whole in terms of quality and polish.
I could see Xbox S2 and X2. Wouldn't be bad. Unless MS has a clever name out there I think that's an easy way to fix their naming going forward.
Sometimes I get disappointed thinking Scarlett is probably the best part of 18 months away.
Then I remember Gears 5 is this year 🥳
IO Interactive seems the most likely.
Given the sales of Hitman 2, the talent they've shown in creating open world sandbox games.
IO get more resources to expand creatively. MS get a very talented studio that create types of games that drive the most engagement for platform and services.
Seems a win win for both parties.
Gears of War 4 was an excellent game. One of my favorite Xbox One exclusives.
Gears 4 was a solid game. Most people just found it on the safe side. Which is fine since that was The Coalition's first attempt at a Gears game.
They seem to not be holding back with Gears 5 and I am EXCITED to see what they have to show.
How soon in to the month did they start teasing April game pass game? Less that I'm really aching to find out what May will add and more that I just love their teases.
Ninja Theory was both a well kept secret and their caliber as a studio, especially after their phenomenal success with Hellblade, these factors are what made the announcement so surprising.
I Agree, I'm just saying. Two years ago it was 360 back compat, then original xbox back compat, expanding on Japanese titles like Nier and Monster Hunter. It just seems like either this E3 is going to have a ridiculous amount of "Mind Blowing" announcements, or it may be one of the most disappointing E3s in Microsoft's history! I'm starting to think this may be more than what people expected.
When I think of Studios that are so on top of their genre and have the kind of legacy that Ninja Theory had, honestly one of the first things that comes to mind is Obsidian. That was a huge get, even if we kind of saw it coming.
I think there's still some independents of that calibur around, I think most people would agree that Insomniac, Bungie, and Platinum are all at that level. I know this might be unpopular but I'd put IOI, 4A, Remedy and Quantic Dream at that same level. Relic I'd also put at that level but they're not independent.
Any of those would be as big as or bigger an upset than Ninja Theory, as for whether any of them are likely? Maybe IOI, Remedy or Relic, maybe.
On announcements that aren't studio acquisitions, X-Cloud pricing has the potential to be that kind of bomb. Some kind of big Nintendo partnership would also blow some dicks off. An original exclusive from Kojima studios.
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I wonder how expensive 4a would. I assume a purchase wouldn't include metro series. Which I would actually consider to be a good thing since I it should make them considerably cheaper.
Anyway here is my list of dream studios(good studios that are in the realm of possible)
4a
IO
Turtle rock
Larian
Not a very big list. There's obviously some really other great independents out there like insomniac but I don't think that has a chance of happening. I also don't want to include anyone who is owned by another publisher. Doing so would include every studio in the world as possible.
So that's my list if they can get 1 good studio like those and a couple smaller ones than I think they wouldn't need to get anyone else.
Anyway here is my list of dream studios(good studios that are in the realm of possible)
4a
IO
Turtle rock
Larian
Not a very big list. There's obviously some really other great independents out there like insomniac but I don't think that has a chance of happening. I also don't want to include anyone who is owned by another publisher. Doing so would include every studio in the world as possible.
So that's my list if they can get 1 good studio like those and a couple smaller ones than I think they wouldn't need to get anyone else.
I was thinking about this as well. There's just so much to cover. I would probably open the show with Halo Infinite running on next-gen hardware to transition talking about the consoles. Then showoff Gears 5 immediately afterwards with someone playing new gameplay via xCloud or however they want to frame it. Game Pass will be sprinkled into each first-party announcement within its intro or outro I imagine and the studio acquisitions could slot in anywhere.
We will. Don't come back until then though!Call me when we stop talking about the same studio acquisitions and Halo
Call me when we stop talking about the same studio acquisitions and Halo
That's not entirely fair. Sometimes we argue about Fable.
late to the party, but woooooo boy i like those names.
As I feel licensed to do when this thread dies down, I will ask a random question that I care a lot about but nobody else does (which therey dooms all of these to obscurity). With the imminent release of Dreams, does anyone else miss the promise of Team Dakota's Project Spark? Just me?
I loved the scrappy ambition assigned to this small team to produce something amazing - which, I would say they managed to do. The scale and support of the game doomed it failure, and it never caught on. But, I still find the visual coding language immensely powerful and fun to use. Project Spark was never going to approach the polish or scale of Dreams, because Microsoft didn't truly support it (despite a fair amount of energy around its release).
Since then, Microsoft has changed a great deal. But, creative projects still haven't really caught fire. Paint 3D, MR stuff, Story Remix, etc. are all creativity focused initatives that haven't really panned out. So...
1) Would Project Spark have had a better chance in today's Microsoft 3 years later?
2) Should MS ever try something like that again?
I loved the scrappy ambition assigned to this small team to produce something amazing - which, I would say they managed to do. The scale and support of the game doomed it failure, and it never caught on. But, I still find the visual coding language immensely powerful and fun to use. Project Spark was never going to approach the polish or scale of Dreams, because Microsoft didn't truly support it (despite a fair amount of energy around its release).
Since then, Microsoft has changed a great deal. But, creative projects still haven't really caught fire. Paint 3D, MR stuff, Story Remix, etc. are all creativity focused initatives that haven't really panned out. So...
1) Would Project Spark have had a better chance in today's Microsoft 3 years later?
2) Should MS ever try something like that again?
With the increasing popularity of the Mario Maker series, I think Spark would do better now, if MS pushes loads of their current IP through it.
IDK. MS already has Minecraft. While its multiplatform, its one of the biggest games out there. I dont think they see a need to create a game like Mario Maker and Dreams.
Yeah, I feel like MC takes Spark's place a bit for MS.
That said I realllly liked Project Spark. I loved the music, and I had a lot of fun making quite simple games. For me it was really exciting being able to code stuff when I simply don't know any programming language at all (beyond 'Hello world').
That said I realllly liked Project Spark. I loved the music, and I had a lot of fun making quite simple games. For me it was really exciting being able to code stuff when I simply don't know any programming language at all (beyond 'Hello world').
Agreed. They've got the creative game stuff covered with Minecraft. It's one of the biggest games there is, and neither Mario Maker nor Dreams will ever sell even remotely in the same realm as Minecraft, for obvious reasons.
What I'd absolutely love to see happen for Xbox is a mascot kart racer, but incorporating elements of Modnation Racers. Make your own tracks, make decals and racing clubs, customize the characters, etc. and share it all online.
Yea, I agree with you guys, and Microsoft is using Minecraft to teach kids about coding and AI and stuff in specialized applications.
But. It still feels different, doesn't it? Minecraft is creative and can be used to teach some coding concepts, but the base game is not really set up to experiment with rule creation. It doesn't even necessarily do what Roblox does, for example. So, perhaps if we think Minecraft is the decision... do we see a sort of Minecraft Mod Maker? A simplified and accessible toolset that allows anyone to assemble something different and greater than exists already. Simultaneously more powerful and also much more simplified? Mario Maker is still a very constrained toolset despite being very creative, and that's exactly why its successful.
But. It still feels different, doesn't it? Minecraft is creative and can be used to teach some coding concepts, but the base game is not really set up to experiment with rule creation. It doesn't even necessarily do what Roblox does, for example. So, perhaps if we think Minecraft is the decision... do we see a sort of Minecraft Mod Maker? A simplified and accessible toolset that allows anyone to assemble something different and greater than exists already. Simultaneously more powerful and also much more simplified? Mario Maker is still a very constrained toolset despite being very creative, and that's exactly why its successful.
Eh, that might eat into their Minecraft Marketplace revenue.
They used to open their show with their big exclusive for that year. Halo 5 opened E3 2015, Gear 4 opened E3 2016 after the One S reveal and Forza 7 opened E3 2017 after the One X reveal too. Halo Infinite last year was a bit of an anomaly, so I expect Gears 5 to open this year :)
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