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Xbox Game Studios |OT5| The Cult of Phil in the Age of Booty: A Case Study
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Xbox and to an extend Sony's results for past 1yr have been helped and masked by Fortnight and it's success.
Phil Strategy is the right strategy. Decoupling Software and Services from Hardware is the right way forward. It's what MS has done with Office, Azure and Windows. Which was the main reason for one of their most profitable quarters. It's what Apple is doing with Apple Music and their services. More places to access and purchase their content.
At the end of the day, we as consumers shouldn't give a rat's ass about any corporation's profitability. MS isn't crying tonight having banked a net income of $12.4 billion and Xbox adding 2.53 billion to MS's overall rev of 33.7 billion.
You're right. People don't understand the difference between being a Fan and a Fanboy/FanGirl.
Jez is a Fan of MS but he is very critical of MS and Xbox daily. Also once you understand how the sausage goes together you view thinks differently. Not every mistake or news needs to be bashed or harped on for 2yrs.
I'm glad the biggest takeaway from E3 this year is that Keanu Reeves is now summonable.
Doubt Disney has a hand on this guy leaving. At this point it could a long list of publishers. Sony, Microsoft, Google and etc. There have been a lot of publishers (except Activision) expanding or wanting to grow. It would be cool to have him on XGS but I don't know if MS wants another shooter studio unless he plans on doing stuff beyond FPS.
Microsoft creating a studio in Texas with this guy in the lead. I hope.
Microsoft has 4 RPG studies (?) Another shooting study is feasible.
Yeah, I don't think a publisher is in the cards, independent of the kind of precedence it sets, like you said maybe if someone was going under and selling off assets or something, but that's a whole thing. Even what I've said a dozen times, a smallish Japanese publisher, probably isn't likely just because of all the tangle and loss it would cause. Partnerships make a lot more sense and generally would probably offer better results.
As for Japanese studios, CC2 and a fully evolved Mistwalker both sound good to me. I'd also throw Silicon Studios, Matrix Software and Tri Crescendo.
I'd like to also say Grounding Inc and Access Games, but they're probably a little small. Any two or three of those studios I mentioned above though would more than satisfy me in terms of Japanese potential.
Milkshake duck = someone you thought was cool who turned out to be a POS.
Hoverhand = when you take a photo with people and you don't place your hand on them but do position your arms around them.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate's $1 upgrade deal is phenomenal for gamers because of the 36-month subscription match. This offer is extremely interesting.
Essentially, players are investing (at low cost) in a digital portfolio and online services on Xbox with XGS' hope that this 2-3 year "relationship" will:
Essentially, players are investing (at low cost) in a digital portfolio and online services on Xbox with XGS' hope that this 2-3 year "relationship" will:
- Commit players to the Xbox ecosystem as a whole (services, content, hard/software)
- Allow XGS' studios to grow and develop new games
- Drive up the user base going into next generation
- Gears (5 and Tactics)
- The Outer Worlds
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
I wonder if Microsoft has plans for a couple heavy-hitters to drop right at the end of the 36 months time period that a lot of gamers likely used. Some may be inclined to not renew because they might have realized they don't use the service all that much, but if the 36 months finish right as, say, the Perfect Dark reboot is dropping, that would convince a couple people to stay.
This is obviously true, in general, for any month: Microsoft will try their best to convince people to stay. But one has to wonder if we see a spike of potential unsubs around July 2022 that they'd better address with a HUGE game or not.
it would be amazing to have this guy join XGS.
oh boy.
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Milk shake duck can't apply to Keanu Reeves as he's been famous for years.
To be fair they are, to all intents and purposes, there already. Why buy 2 studios when you achieve the same result having 2 large teams in one studio. That's just duplicating overheads.
We know at least Ninja Theory, Obsidian, Playground and Rare all have decently sized alternative teams. That's better than an additional 3 small studios really.
Without console warring, do Sony do this? Or do they primarily brute force single team big budget projects, with all staff working at capacity, barring small teams experimenting on the NEXT game?
Dunno, I think the last thing he made was Devil's Third for the Wii U. Haven't played that, but opinions all over the internet make it clear that the game was a steaming piece of shit.
Japan Studio is the only studio that has two teams. Guerrilla Games was looking to increase from 250 to 400 in a move aimed at getting games out faster.
Just checked Google and I find this https://www.gamereactor.eu/tomonobu-itagaki-to-create-a-brand-new-studio-in-italy/
Interesting, but that was 2 years ago and we didn't hear anything about the studio or the game/s they're creating.
Yup old news i think a collaboration with team ninja is more likely than with the guy
Finally got Hitman 2 through the sale, getting stuck like i did on the one a few years back, really shoulda learnt my lesson I'm shit at games like this.
Looking forward to try out Gears 5 tomorrow!
Looking forward to try out Gears 5 tomorrow!
this guy is constantly trying to derail this thread together with some other guys...just ridiculous...take your shit somewhere else...this is the most pathetic post here whether u like all what jez says or not...you seem to think its cool talking about things no one cares about here...just look at the subject of the thread..i bet you are always giggling as you post all these crap here knowing you are pissing people off...just stop it and go somewhere else...per your posts its like a certain guy who constantly derails this thread and has not been seen in a while just recreated a new account..just stop it
That has to be part of the thought process - all new studios should be starting to pump out games designed specifically for Xbox around then.
Well, if we consider « by 2020 » as « before the end of 2020 » that leaves them 1,5 years to get 5 more studios
Seems pretty doable
Team #20by2020 was focussing significant attention to the "by" bit - by 2020, not "by the end of". It's not looking good but the hashtag is as it is.
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