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Xbox Game Studios |OT4| When everyone plays, we all win
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No one's gonna talk about that shirt, not to mention the, we'll call it bold, decision to wear dark wash jeans with that shirt?
Another RTS studio to think about along with relic would be Uber Entertainment, developers of Planetary Annihilation...and presumably other stuff. They're in Washington so they'd be close to several other Xbox teams, which helps.
Xbox should just check out Barcelona for acquiring talent or maybe even opening a studio (I know it's not happening, not even in alternative timelines, but still...)
Professional Environment:
- Great strategic location. It's a growing tech hub with companies like Amazon, Facebook, IBM and more. Microsoft already has offices there too.
- In terms of video game studios: Ubisoft Barcelona, Gameloft, King, Social Point (which means that there's talent).
- Medium/Small indie studios: Digital Legends (70 - 90 employees), Nomada Studio (Last game: GRIS; 5 - 10 employees), Lince Works (Last game: Aragami; 10 - 15 employees), Altered Matter (5 - 10 employees), ...
City Environment:
- Great weather and living conditions. The housing market's prices have been skyrocketing for a few years, but it's still cheap compared to the US.
- Secure/safe city.
- International and culturally reach.
- Good transportation system.
Economics:
- Spain is cheap in terms of salary. I don't know how the equal salary thing works exactly at Microsoft, but for instance: a junior designer might earn around 70k/year in the Bay Area (CA). The exact same position in Barcelona is 25-30k/year (or lower...).
- Logistics/Space/Offices are also much cheaper.
What now Phil, I'm speaking in Satya terms >:)
Professional Environment:
- Great strategic location. It's a growing tech hub with companies like Amazon, Facebook, IBM and more. Microsoft already has offices there too.
- In terms of video game studios: Ubisoft Barcelona, Gameloft, King, Social Point (which means that there's talent).
- Medium/Small indie studios: Digital Legends (70 - 90 employees), Nomada Studio (Last game: GRIS; 5 - 10 employees), Lince Works (Last game: Aragami; 10 - 15 employees), Altered Matter (5 - 10 employees), ...
City Environment:
- Great weather and living conditions. The housing market's prices have been skyrocketing for a few years, but it's still cheap compared to the US.
- Secure/safe city.
- International and culturally reach.
- Good transportation system.
Economics:
- Spain is cheap in terms of salary. I don't know how the equal salary thing works exactly at Microsoft, but for instance: a junior designer might earn around 70k/year in the Bay Area (CA). The exact same position in Barcelona is 25-30k/year (or lower...).
- Logistics/Space/Offices are also much cheaper.
What now Phil, I'm speaking in Satya terms >:)
While i agree there should be a Ninja Gaiden 4, i personally hope that if MS is heavily involved with it, it happens in-house and has full dedication to QA after "mess" that NG3 was. However i wouldn't put much faith into a new game anytime soon considering the IP holder which is ofcourse a huge bummer for any NG fan.
With the rise of more traditional action games like Sekiro and DMC5 which seem to be both a financial success, i sure hope that MS is able to pull off an action-focused hack and slash game with it's own gimmick and ofcourse unique worldbuilding.
With the rise of more traditional action games like Sekiro and DMC5 which seem to be both a financial success, i sure hope that MS is able to pull off an action-focused hack and slash game with it's own gimmick and ofcourse unique worldbuilding.
Kind of explains why Microsoft has been cosying up with Nintendo recently. Providing XCloud and Game Pass exclusively on Nintendo Switch will give MS a massive presence.
They would be better off putting GamePass exclusively on Japanese cell phones. The Switch has an iffy Wi-Fi receiver.
Was interesting to read the other day about that Spanish publisher that disappeared off to Colombia and fucked over a bunch of indie devs in the local area, judging by the responses on here and reddit it sounds like Spanish dev scene is a bit volatile, I'm sure if MS acquired a studio (like tequila works) or opened one I'm sure a lot of devs would flock to said studio simply for the job/ financial stability and not having to worry about getting screwed about or layed off.
idk, I think that publisher always seemed shady and wasn't well known. This stuff could happen anywhere.
Can't disagree on the volatile part though. It definitely is in terms of small indie studios, but it's volatile because it is not a sector as mature as others in comparison with neighbouring countries like France or the UK. It's slowly improving though. Lots of universities already offer video game dev/animation/3d degrees and courses, talent is there, and you can start to see the results. On the other side, big devs don't seem to have many issues (specially mobile devs).
hahah damn... I should have been more discrete :p
I glanced at this, and thanks to the light fitting behind him and the clothes he's wearing, I initially thought Darrell had long, black, swept-back hair and was clad in a long brocade coat. As if he was addressing the team from the set of Bram Stoker's Dracula or something.
I was really quite disappointed when I looked more closely.
If Xbox doesn't soon get it's own AAA JRPG lined up, I'm not buying their next gen console.
This generation is still a disappointment.
This generation is still a disappointment.
If I don't see a AAA Gears of War release by the end of the year, I'm burning my Phil Spencer glamour shots.
Yes why not wastes money on a game that most jrpg fans will dismiss and then revealuate some years later and xbox fans will ignore
They can afford it, and they can't afford not to as far as I'm concerned. I spend thousands of dollars on Xbox. It's my main console platform. I don't like Playstation or Nintendo much at all.
I was in it for console RPGs and Japanese games first and foremost every time I bought a console. This generation has been one big disappointment from Xbox. All tease, canceled games, buggy launches, hardware upgrade hype, budget subscription services I really don't need, all of it barely redeemed by pooling back compat games I own already, and the "better late than never" release of some 3rd party Japanese games we already played elsewhere. Now they are teasing studio acquisions to ramp up for another hardware cycle.
Xbox does not appeal to anybody in Japan, but Japanese games drove console gaming for decades and any flagship platform should have at least 1 god damned first party game in all major genres. Scalebound was going to be it, as much as it looked like a dumpster fire.
I won't buy Scarlett hardware unless they shit or get off the pot with a new JRPG for their customer base. Lost Odyssey was more than 10 years ago.
I think that's a fair position to take. I grew up on the Master System/Mega Drive, and for a large part of my gaming experience, gaming essentially was Japanese. I moved on to the Saturn and then the DC, and it was Sega's games that mostly drove me to the OG Xbox (the other piece of that puzzle was Halo; I saw someone playing The Silent Cartographer on a demo station and it blew my tiny mind.)
These days, a decent chunk of the games I play are still Japanese, and I am also disappointed in the lack of them on Xbox. I think this is the first gen that they've really felt lacking on the platform, and every E3 better JP support is one of my main wishes.
At the same time, I can understand why those games are skipping the Xbox One, as disappointing as it is. I think the reality is just that you need a second platform if you want that kind of content. When they do come, I try to buy them on Xbox to show support for those releases and hopefully send a message that there is demand. But I don't think there are enough people buying them. I feel like MS splashing the cash can only do so much if the audience isn't really there.
Despite all that, Xbox is still my main platform (I'd estimate that about 90% of my gaming time is spent there, with the other ten split between Switch, PS4 and PC). But then, I am well over 1,000 hours into Halo 5, so... :)
These days, a decent chunk of the games I play are still Japanese, and I am also disappointed in the lack of them on Xbox. I think this is the first gen that they've really felt lacking on the platform, and every E3 better JP support is one of my main wishes.
At the same time, I can understand why those games are skipping the Xbox One, as disappointing as it is. I think the reality is just that you need a second platform if you want that kind of content. When they do come, I try to buy them on Xbox to show support for those releases and hopefully send a message that there is demand. But I don't think there are enough people buying them. I feel like MS splashing the cash can only do so much if the audience isn't really there.
Despite all that, Xbox is still my main platform (I'd estimate that about 90% of my gaming time is spent there, with the other ten split between Switch, PS4 and PC). But then, I am well over 1,000 hours into Halo 5, so... :)
Does it have to be JRPG? What about an action game?
AAA JRPGs are going the way of the Dodo.
A lot of AAA games are going the way of the Dodo. But Dragon Quest 11 is still pretty rad.
Today, the official Xbox twitter account posted a single word: "Xbox."
It's been their best tweet in almost a year.
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Oh that. Yeah, really odd tweet but it may be just them having fun on Friday.
It actually looks like everyone is responding back with their Gamertags/profile names.
For example, Larry put "Major Nelson", Phil did "P3", Obsidian did "Obsidian", Gears of War "Gears of War", Greg Miller "GameOverGreggy", etc.
The OG Xbox had loads of exclusives and below I have made a list of just some of the ones I was curious about the future of...
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding (Indie Built)
Amped 2 (Indie Built)
Blinx: The Time Sweeper (Artoon)
Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (Artoon)
Breakdown (Namco)
Brute Force (Digital Anvil)
Conker: Live & Reloaded (Rare)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (FASA Studio)
Dino Crisis 3 (Capcom)
Gunvalkyrie (Smilebit)
Fuzion Frenzy (Blitz Games)
Jade Empire (BioWare)
Jet Set Radio Future (Smilebit)
MechAssault (Day 1 Studios)
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf (Day 1 Studios)
Midtown Madness 3 (Angel Studios)
Otogi: Myth of Demons (FromSoftware)
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (FromSoftware)
Panzer Dragoon Orta (Smilebit)
Phantom Dust (Yukio Futatsugi)
Project Gotham Racing (Bizarre Creations)
Project Gotham Racing 2 (Bizarre Creations)
Quantum Redshift (Curly Monsters)
RalliSport Challenge (Digital Illusions CE)
RalliSport Challenge 2 (Digital Illusions CE)
Steel Battalion (Capcom)
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (Capcom)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Starbreeze Studios)
Voodoo Vince (Beep Industries)
Does Microsoft own the rights to any of these games? Jade Empire for example was developed by BioWare but could a future remake or revival continue to be an Xbox exclusive? Quantum Redshift could be the Xbox answer to Wipeout on the PlayStation and deserves a second chance? Even though FromSoftware most likely owns the Otogi IP, does the fact that it was exclusive to Xbox mean anything if it was to be revived? Most importantly would anyone welcome the return of these games in future?
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding (Indie Built)
Amped 2 (Indie Built)
Blinx: The Time Sweeper (Artoon)
Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (Artoon)
Breakdown (Namco)
Brute Force (Digital Anvil)
Conker: Live & Reloaded (Rare)
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (FASA Studio)
Dino Crisis 3 (Capcom)
Gunvalkyrie (Smilebit)
Fuzion Frenzy (Blitz Games)
Jade Empire (BioWare)
Jet Set Radio Future (Smilebit)
MechAssault (Day 1 Studios)
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf (Day 1 Studios)
Midtown Madness 3 (Angel Studios)
Otogi: Myth of Demons (FromSoftware)
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (FromSoftware)
Panzer Dragoon Orta (Smilebit)
Phantom Dust (Yukio Futatsugi)
Project Gotham Racing (Bizarre Creations)
Project Gotham Racing 2 (Bizarre Creations)
Quantum Redshift (Curly Monsters)
RalliSport Challenge (Digital Illusions CE)
RalliSport Challenge 2 (Digital Illusions CE)
Steel Battalion (Capcom)
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact (Capcom)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay (Starbreeze Studios)
Voodoo Vince (Beep Industries)
Does Microsoft own the rights to any of these games? Jade Empire for example was developed by BioWare but could a future remake or revival continue to be an Xbox exclusive? Quantum Redshift could be the Xbox answer to Wipeout on the PlayStation and deserves a second chance? Even though FromSoftware most likely owns the Otogi IP, does the fact that it was exclusive to Xbox mean anything if it was to be revived? Most importantly would anyone welcome the return of these games in future?
Jade Empire IP is owned by EA. Would have been fascinating to see where peak BioWare might have gone with it.
With it not being on EA Access I wasn't sure if this was a sign the rights to the IP was owned by someone else...
I'd really like to see something similar to Quantum Redshift make a comeback. As much as I enjoyed Redout, it really doesn't itch what I feel WipeOut has brought. Really miss those games.
Microsoft sold off indie built/access software to 2K, yes. Top Spin and Amped are owned by them, but they closed the developer.
MS has really weird notions about names. Honestly they should just call it the Xbox 5 since apparently they're deathly afraid of giving an Xbox console a lower number than Sony's PS.
Yeah... that's why they released the Xbox One to go up against the PS4....
Totally forgot about this game and interesting that the developer is Housemarque considering the rumours not so long ago that they would be the next Microsoft acquisition!You forgot Transworld Snowboarding!
Touché. But that didn't really work out for them considering how everyone mercilessly mocked the name.
Does anyone else think halo's popularity could blow up again soon? Like halo 3 levels.
If the pc launch goes well and infinite is as good as it could be I think halo could be king again. I think mcc coming to steam is gunna be huge. At least 5 million players from it, leading into infinite. Halo hype could be 2007 levels next holiday.
If the pc launch goes well and infinite is as good as it could be I think halo could be king again. I think mcc coming to steam is gunna be huge. At least 5 million players from it, leading into infinite. Halo hype could be 2007 levels next holiday.
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