Microsoft spent 1 billion on those 15 exclusives!!!

[PS5 Pro]

Yes everyone, please stop what your doing and give me your undivided attention. I crave it so much, or maybe I just have personality? Well if you are lame you would probably feel threatened by all this E-testosterone so if reading on how one company has GAMERS in mind? Keep reading. If you a fanboy who wants to basically say something unrelated to this threads topic? I'm sure one of our fine MODS would do there job and actually moderate an entire forum instead of being a watchdog

How Much Did Those 15 Xbox One Exclusives Cost? $1 Billion Says Microsoft | WebProNews

At the Xbox One unveiling event, Microsoft said that it had 15 exclusives, with eight being new IPs, planned in the first year of the console’s life. Now the company has come forward to discuss those games and the associated costs.

In an interview with Official Xbox Magazine, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer said that the company has been preparing its Xbox One launch lineup for the past two years. Part of its plan saw Microsoft opening three new studios in Washington, London and British Columbia. That’s on top of the projects being worked on internally at Microsoft, Lionhead Studios and Rare. Speaking of Rare, the once great developer is revisiting one of its classic franchises for the Xbox One. What that franchise is will presumably be unveiled at E3.

Outside of its own studios working on exclusives, Microsoft has secured some exclusive games and content from its third party partners. Remedy, the development team behind Alan Wake, is creating Quantum Break for the console. Activision will continue to provide timed exclusive DLC for Call of Duty on Xbox platforms. EA is also partnering with Microsoft to deliver exclusive content in its various sports titles.

You could argue that the Xbox 360 had a lackluster launch. Games like Perfect Dark Zero and Project Gotham Racing 3 were good enough to hold off the stagnation that the Wii U is currently experiencing, but it sounds like Microsoft is hoping to avoid the drought that usually comes after a console’s launch. At least it better avoid such a pitfall if it’s willing to invest $1 billion into games

Microsoft stay giving $1 billion back to its userbase

 

[Rickdogg44]

Words with Friends

 

[PS5 Pro]

Words with Friends

Nope, Words with Friends while heading to Xbox ONE is not going to be mentioned or even spotlighted like that. I say this because what Microsoft is doing is creating ONE line. Everything interacts with each other. And Microsoft has it so games that will be made on Windows Phones can be played on xbox. What Microsoft and sony is working towards is allowing that to be true in reverse. So you can play your console games via your tablet, phone/etc.

How will all that happen? The Cloud But WHEN is something I cannot answer. My guess is in the form that you would expect? Starting next gen. And while Words with Friends is fun, Wordament is more spontaneous. W with F can be a tedious game if who you playing bullsiits on replying

 

[Ronald]

people shyt on Rare for no reason, all the games they put out for 360 were great. besides the kinect trash

 

[el_oh_el]

Rare is pointless to mention...they are a shell of their former selves

 

[Wcthesecret]

people shyt on Rare for no reason, all the games they put out for 360 were great. besides the kinect trash

Banjo kazooie nuts and bolts?

 

[ChrisDorner]

So does this confirm quality titles? No

I don't understand the point of this

I wanna see gears in next gen though

 

[Heretic]

people shyt on Rare for no reason, all the games they put out for 360 were great. besides the kinect trash

Perfect dark was pretty bad imo

 

[Mowgli]

Money down the drain. Now, everything they do from here on out is going to be looked at negatively.

 

[Anti-Anime]

people shyt on Rare for no reason, all the games they put out for 360 were great. besides the kinect trash

They fukked up Banjo so badly I don't think they could repair the franchise.
Perfect Dark Zero was trash.
That Viva Pinata shyt was .
Kameo was alright.



That's a one hot game every ten-year-average. It's over for Rare in the quality department.

 

[Ronald]

They fukked up Banjo so badly I don't think they could repair the franchise.
Perfect Dark Zero was trash.
That Viva Pinata shyt was .
Kameo was alright.



That's a one hot game every ten-year-average. It's over for Rare in the quality department.

actually perfect dark zero was pretty bad, that's it

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

They better bring back Killer Instinct.

 

[nalej]

What's a billion to a company like Microsoft

 

[Raiders]

So does this confirm quality titles? No

I don't understand the point of this

I wanna see gears in next gen though

I think the point is to counter those who say MS doesnt care about games only cable TV, I guess we will see what one Billion dollars gets them at E3 and if it was worth it.

If it is killer instinct, then it's pointless unless they fixed the D-Pad. I hope it's perfect dark. The one on 360 was trash, but the one on N64 was better than Goldeneye 007, and one of my fav N64 games with super smash, and snowboarding kids 2

 

[Mensch Fontana]

How does the amount they spent equate to the quality of game?