Phil Spencer on why Xbox doesn't have games to rival Horizon and Zelda right now

[winb83]

Y'all just be weaving these feel good narratives

So you're gonna pretend like Skyward Sword wasn't mostly shytted on by the fanbase? Like the Wii U didn't go on to sell under 14 million units in 4 years? Like the Switch had another high profile title for launch? Like Nintendo has ever made a pure open world game before?

They took risks. Microsoft cancels risks. End of story.

 

[qwerty_jones]

Stick to your strengths Sony has single player games, Nintendo has great IP's and Microsoft has great service and multiplayer. There's a reason to own all 3 consoles IMO.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

So you're gonna pretend like Skyward Sword wasn't mostly shytted on by the fanbase? Like the Wii U didn't go on to sell under 14 million units in 4 years? Like the Switch had another high profile title for launch? Like Nintendo has ever made a pure open world game before?

They took risks. Microsoft cancels risks. End of story.

Weave em

 

[Tetris v2.0]

And you wonder why Scalebound got canned

 

[qwerty_jones]

And you wonder why Scalebound got canned

I'm glad it did or else it woulda been a trash game on release day.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I'm glad it did or else it woulda been a trash game on release day.

Maybe, but between Sunset Overdrive flopping (still a good game) and this Xbox fans don't seem interested in these types of games or support them

 

[MartyMcFly]

So let me see if I got this straight then: The Xbox is just for multiplayer games which are mostly FPS then?

 

[winb83]

Maybe, but between Sunset Overdrive flopping (still a good game) and this Xbox fans don't seem interested in these types of games or support them

Let's not forget Quantum Break too. They seemingly got tired of games flopping so instead they just release nothing.

 

[Kingshango]

But Microsoft does have a game that could rival Zelda and Horizon, it's called Scalbo...ooooh right.

Oh but there's Fabl....oh nevermind.

Or maybe they can go into their old OG Xbox catalog an make a brand new Phantom Du....oh.

Well, there's always Crackdown, how's that going?

 

[Fatboi1]

Lol

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

So


Reading between the lines is,we aren't going to pursue single player games anymore and are going to trend hop and make service based games.

This. Which is very sad to say the least.

 

[ORDER_66]

But Microsoft does have a game that could rival Zelda and Horizon, it's called Scalbo...ooooh right.

Oh but there's Fabl....oh nevermind

Or maybe they can go into their old OG Xbox catalog an make a brand new Phantom Du....oh.

 

[David_TheMan]

Xbox aint been the same is OG Triple OG Peter Moore left.
The man brought us the Dreamcast, then the Dreamcast perfect Xbox 1, then left us with Xbox360, been down hill ever since.

 

[BlaccSunrise]

Xbox aint been the same is OG Triple OG Peter Moore left.
The man brought us the Dreamcast, then the Dreamcast perfect Xbox 1, then left us with Xbox360, been down hill ever since.

OG Xbox is the GOAT

Conker Live and Reloaded
Halo CE
Ninja Gaiden Black
Blinx The Time Sweeper
Project Gotham Racing
Unreal Championship
Jet Set Radio Future

 

[winb83]

Xbox aint been the same is OG Triple OG Peter Moore left.
The man brought us the Dreamcast, then the Dreamcast perfect Xbox 1, then left us with Xbox360, been down hill ever since.

Phil Spencer has made some good moves but he's pretty much left the actual game lineup barren. The refund policy, dropping Kinect, dropping the TV focus, cutting the price. The problem is most of what he's done have been common sense moves again not really with risk involved.

Let's not act like the original Uncharted was this huge selling game initially. It probably sold as well as a Sunset Overdrive or Quantum Break but Sony stuck with it and Uncharted 2 came out and the rest was history. Part of this is believing in your product and the studios that make it and giving them that chance to make the next big thing instead of taking a half measure and putting stuff out and when it initially doesn't set the world on fire completely abandoning it.

Even going back to something like Lost Odyssey. Who is to say that couldn't currently be a franchise with multiple sequels by now? They put out a single game. It sells ok and they abandon the IP. It's the same old story with them.