They already have a lot of big studios (200+) 343, Coalition, Playground, Obsidian, Minecraft and Rare (potentially the Initiative.) I don't know if they would want any more tbh.
If they cannot buy one, they need to get back to that partnership they had with Mistwalker, maybe we get Cry On.
Gaming is a long term play, and businesses like to play it safe unless they see something really promising. Outside that, you will simply see them hiring talent from those areas and incorporating them into their established studios.
No lol. They have more than enough great studios already, but obviously the more the merrier.
I understand that, but even if people are hired from that region, it feels like making a story actually revolve around someone from that region is a far way off. Like, if movies/games is just starting to pay attention to making stories about minorities in the US, the chance of them turning an eye towards us feels like it's going to take forever. But it's not like the regions are bereft of opportunity though, India is growing like crazy, people where I live are starting to get more used to the idea of subscriptions, there IS a huge growth potential.
I'm european and I don't care.
IMHO the next big focus for SOny and Msft will be east asia, SK, Taiwan, Hong Kong and so on. Not sure about China due to its complicated nature
Yeah, I saw several job postings on the Xbox side for SK (mostly for publishing, if I remember correctly). I think it can act as a sort of "new japan" in a way.
Can understand the point you are trying to make. The biggest problem we have is that companies most of the time want to stay away from controversy or subjects that may not lend themselves to commercial success. IMHO, I think that Ninja Theory with Hellblade ought to be a start in encouraging people to make more games that tackle some of the more uncomfortable social issues. Question is whether or not publishers will bite.
how many did MS have at the beginning of this gen to make games for the then new Xbox One and how many actually delivered AAA games?
Yup, I have yet to play Hellblade but I'm genuinely looking forward to it. This is unrelated to the current conversation, but one of the things I like about Ninja Theory is that can seemingly switch between two completely subject matters between Bleeding Edge and Hellblade.
Agreed again. Just the convenience of having built-in subtitles for Netflix shows instead of having to go download a file online then find out it's synced incorrectly has started swaying younger people here. I genuinely hope MS starts to pay any sort of attention to us here, because telling people you can play 100+ games for a nominal fee would be huge.
this is pretty interesting, you have any link tha sums up everything?
Yes. If we think about Xbox as a basketball team, so far they've added lots of great role players. People who specialize in a certain areas that help the team perform better overall. But you still need that big free agent with the box office draw. That player that's gonna fill the stadium. They need their LeBron or KD.
7studios at the start of the gen but until recently we had just 5 devs.
This was in South Africa. Multichoice biggest advantage was Premier League games. With vastly cheaper internet coming in and without data caps, more and more people are stopping their subscriptions and streaming online whilst also subscribing to Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.
Multichoice basically had a monopoly until Netflix arrived... to an extent Multichoice still has a major hold in the region but its gradually breaking up.
And their prices showed that. When it comes to games, I believe that the same thing can happen if Microsoft somewhat opens up their product and starts hardware support.
They could, like I've said there is a huge potential, but I also get why they may want to focus on just getting the core areas locked down first before expanding. They may want to make sure that there is a steady stream of stuff for game pass and the studios are working well together before spreading themselves too thin by expanding to new markets. The problem is Google/Sony aren't in the same predicament and can start that expansion faster than MS. There's pros and cons to waiting or expanding and I'm not sure which would be better.
Since you updated your post with a further question:
Well the AoE studio doesn't even have it's name yet lol.
The output of MS with 5-7 studios tells us what we should expect from MS with 15+ studios?.... Huh?
i am the most unemotional person you would find on this stuff just stating reality and i am not saying you or any other person cant point out the wrong thing they...but you or any person since you have taken it as if you are the person am talking about with the kind of reply you are giving, should do so withouth derailing the thread because of of us are aware of the comparative analysis between sony and micorsoft in terms of gaming...it has been said over and over again even in this thread...it will be great if you and the the other people gave us a break by not being repetitive about...i dont want microsoft to be like sony, i want them to present us something unique that benefits and befits all of us and worldwide gamers interest...remember this is an xbox thread...lets leave it here
What i meant was what did the many Studios MS had at the start of the xbox one actually deliver. People are excited with the prospect of 15 studios working on the next gen but looking back many studios dont mean guaranteed output.
yeah i think this is their next target nordic,japanese or france...brad sams said there is one studio he knows of outside US or north america...so its exciting
the main question is how long would they stay on Gears 5 after it has been released?..that would influence how quickly they move onto another project that or having multiple teams but another angle is wont them having multiple teams affect the development cycle of the next gen Gears game?...all interesting questions
That's not accurate. At all, in fact. We've read it plenty.
then its either you have not been here long enough or you have just decided to turn a blind eye to what has been posted in this regard....it has been said over and over again here....you wonder why there are complaints about people trying to derail this thread many times......
Dude come on the 2 most complained things are "MS aren't making enough single player games" and "ms doesn't have any Japanese games"
It's not just a bigger number of studios, it's what the bigger number of studios means for Xbox as a whole. It shows that MS has more confidence in the division and has given them more power. It'll allow all the studios to work on their games longer and ensure that they release polished producst since Xbox won't be grasping at anything they can to fill wholes in the lineup.
