Join the family, man.It's a sinking ship.
Or let's wait for PS5 bombs to show later this year then it'll be a no brainer.
Keep it a secret
But it's a short game, good for kids as well.
So he knows better than Matt Booty? Let's check out what's his work there might be just a cleaner:
Hmmm? Maybe he was drunk, Xbox fans know better.
www.spieltimes.com
www.playstationlifestyle.net
LOL...I am not saying that, but we know about games like Halo Infinite, AoE4, Forza and FH that are all AAA games, Hellblade I still consider a solid AA game. So M Booty comment is obviously not 100% accurate. Just saying that, as that twitter person said, it is naive to believe that there will be no AAA games from MGS.
In addition, don't forget about this;
Xbox's New Team Is Stealing Developers From Sony
The Initiative, which is based in Santa Monica, has taken various names of a certain weight: Ian Miller, Kai Zheng, Chris O'Neill, and Ray Yeomans.Another God of War Veteran Has Joined Microsoft's The Initiative - PlayStation LifeStyle
Microsoft's The Initiative, a "AAAA" studio working on high-quality next-gen experiences, has hired another senior God of War dev.
Lots of developers from big publishers were hired by the Initiative
Oh almost forgot...full interview with M Booty;
He says that these type of high-quality AA games (that you can finish in 10-15h) fit perfectly in between their AAA releases.
Hellblade is AA, SoD is AA, AoE is AAA game, I have spent 100s of hours playing AoE (but I love RTS).
Sony will win the power race with that incredible SSD. No matter how stronger GPU and CPU the Xbox has. That SSD is almighty. When the time comes,SONY won’t even need that crazy fast GPU. The SSD will handle everything alone that the GPU and CPU have to do.Exactly this. I think we're reaching diminishing returns with output res, I prefer super detailed textures myself.
The devs are all fapping over the PS5 tech for a reason, and I can't wait to see what they do with it.
".. the ability to load in the highest resolution version of any asset just in front of you and drop it immediately as you turn around means that every tree can have 3d bark and moss and ants marching on it just when needed, without blowing up the budget. It's going to be great."
AAA is about budget, not length of the game or its quality. AoE is developed by an external studio and that studio isn't AAA size. They have a record of quality releases (I loved Homeworld even though I don't play RTS in general) but you have to notice that this project was passed to them from another publisher. Gamedev history shows that it usually doesn't bode well for sequels.
www.criticalhit.net
wccftech.com
Bend was like 50 people for years building Days Gone. just in the last phase there was support from other sony's studios. and they manage to craft amazing game. one of the best sony's exclusives.
Microsoft's Recent Studio Acquisitions Were Made to Round up the Portfolio with AA Games
Corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios Matt Booty revealed that the recent acquisitions were made to round up the portfolio with AA games.
Ignoring the fact that some of these studios were/are hiring left and right people from SSM, RockStar etc. there was a list I have posted 100s of pages ago showing the scale of talent drain from SSM.
www.resetera.com
www.playground-games.com
We know that most of those AAA games will be Halo, Gears and Forza plus The Initiative game which has just started so it's going to be 3-4 years till its release. That's half of the generation without major new titles. If you're a teenager who likes supersoldier boom-boom and fantasy car vroom-vroom, then fine. Sales of those franchises show that there's a certain, quite substantial market for such games, but that market isn't growing.
What does talent have to do with the budget you're working with? I'll tell you: exactly nothing. A lot of devs have a burnout after working for big studios and they switch to smaller projects. Maybe those projects will be of great quality, who knows. But they won't be big. Having a very powerful console with no games to utilize that power is a stupid idea.I love how Sony fans are reaching and trying to convince themselves that "the most powerful console next-gen" will not have games
Knack was shit and you know it.I love Knack, a great way to start a gen or a mid-gen refresh console
Hope it's not Crackdown 4.
Yeah well this is pretty in line with my internal thoughts. I don't want more open worlds and especially not bigger ones, full of filler. Give me Syndicate, Max Payne 3, Revengeance, 50cent: Blood on Sand, CoJ: The Cartel, Crysis 2, etc... Oh and fucking Black Ops, why the fuck cannot be good anymore. Also Bad Company, semi open world game still can be fun. I sure wish I could stay entertained in AC: Oddysey, but I just could not do it. Only Open World which I thoroughly enjoyed this gen, was...suprisingly 2 Watch_dogs games.
I already considered that big budgets are not a good thing at this point, teams are going for 500+ people, videogames are already a very complex medium, to get all those people working together in a span of 3-4 years is a fuck ton of guaranted problems, I think we are kind of reaching the limit of how it is possible to manage a vast production, at least until we don't get some new magic tech that seriously speed up and make work much easier.
I don't miss dudebro corridor shooters at all, at least not the standard ones. At the very least I need Bulleststorm, Titan Fall 2 saw me sleep after 3 hours because the story, the art style and the I.A. were so bland I couldn't play it for long. However, Doom Eternal...
Some really good classics there. Syndacate is very underrated, but immersive sims and stuff never got enough attention and sales. Also too bad StarBreeze went for other things, Riddick and The Darkness were interesting as well.
Most likely pre-rendered with photomode with added RT.
Fun facts:
In August last year, Sony purchased Insomniac Games, developer of the PS4-exclusive Spider-Man. That game has been the most successful superhero game of all time, selling 13 million copies. ... According to an SECC filing by Sony they paid $229 Million, mostly in cash, for the studio. That's a bit of a bargain.
Sony bought Insomniac for $229 Million–and that was mostly in cold, hard cash
In August last year, Sony purchased Insomniac Games, developer of the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man. That game has gone on to be the most successful superhero games of all time – selling 13 million copies. Buying Insomniac was a logical move; the developer had worked with Sony on several exclusive...
Go Big, or Go GamePass.
If I had to be honest I found Spiderman pretty average, swing swing aside. Very simple and standard design.
Recore is one of the most fun game in this gen. I hope we can get a sequel. I liked recore much more than HZD if I need to b honest.
I kinda impress what they could archieve with such a small group. In the other hand Days Gone got compromisse with bugs and crash, with for me was a let down.
So he knows better than Matt Booty? Let's check out what's his work there might be just a cleaner:
Hmmm? Maybe he was drunk, Xbox fans know better.
I never said scaling back= good games lol
LOL...I am not saying that, but we know about games like Halo Infinite, AoE4, Forza and FH that are all AAA games, Hellblade I still consider a solid AA game. So M Booty comment is obviously not 100% accurate. Just saying that, as that twitter person said, it is naive to believe that there will be no AAA games from MGS.
In addition, don't forget about this;
Xbox's New Team Is Stealing Developers From Sony
The Initiative, which is based in Santa Monica, has taken various names of a certain weight: Ian Miller, Kai Zheng, Chris O'Neill, and Ray Yeomans.Another God of War Veteran Has Joined Microsoft's The Initiative - PlayStation LifeStyle
Microsoft's The Initiative, a "AAAA" studio working on high-quality next-gen experiences, has hired another senior God of War dev.
Lots of developers from big publishers were hired by the Initiative
Oh almost forgot...full interview with M Booty;
He says that these type of high-quality AA games (that you can finish in 10-15h) fit perfectly in between their AAA releases.
Hellblade is AA, SoD is AA, AoE is AAA game, I have spent 100s of hours playing AoE (but I love RTS).
www.windowscentral.com
I don't think it will go like this, but if so then I will finally move to PC to at least play some experimental/indipendent stuff, otherwise I will likely play far, far less.
Look at the curriculum, all freelancers
Xbox Game Studios 'The Initiative' talks 'staying small, staying agile'
Xbox Game Studios 'The Initiative' talks 'staying small, staying agile'
Microsoft is setting expectations for its The Initiative studio, "staying small and staying agile" for its early days.
all new studios gonna make AA, Indies, filler for gamepass.
AAA?
Halo "5h" 5, like AA
Gears
Forza.
www.windowscentral.com
Article you shared is from March 2019, but then in Dec 2019;
God of War Senior Environment Artist joins Microsoft's 'The Initiative' studio
The Initiative isn't done hiring.
PlayGround is also saying that they are working on "AAA" action RPG.
Remember XBSEX will be "the most powerful" next-gen console and it is very foolish to assume that with all that studio acquisition there will be no AAA games. It is obvious that some of these studios will be tasked with producing AA/Indie games for GamePass updates, but there are others that will be working on AAA system sellers.
I am not a fanboy but I get very annoyed when people throw sh*t around and trying to create narratives that are matching their preferences.
