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Is Microsoft's Xbox the new RPG powerhouse?
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vaibhavpisal
Member
You will need Playstation 1 era Square Enix to match this output.
Humdinger
Member
I like the fantasy/medieval setting, but I hear you. Bethesda will probably crank out another Fallout at some point, god help us. Not saying that's a "robust TPP gun-based RPG," but at least it's not medieval fantasy.
Derktron
Banned
Why? -- This is just bias as the eye can see. If this was Sony you would be skeeting all over the thread.
Derktron
Banned
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
? Final Fantasy is a bigger rpg franchise than anything xbox has.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
No. Simple as that.
Derktron
Banned
Who cares? Stop spitting on Xbox success that they finally have some games. If you that horny for the game just make a thread about it. -- I said what I said -- Another one in my fanboy ignore list.
YeulEmeralda
Member
So we aren't even waiting for games to release now? Xbox already won.
Chukhopops
Member
Lol what? Obsidian, Bethesda etc all have history of successfully releasing games.
I respect every opinion but that’s quite a stretch, been a while since there was a good FF mainline title.
ZehDon
Gold Member
... what?
FFXV, the last mainline multi-platform Final Fantasy game, has sold around 10 million units since its release. FFVII Remake - a remake of one of the most beloved games of all time, a game hyped to hell and back, and a crown jewel of PS4 platform exclusivity - seems to have only sold around 6 million units (I thought it was more, tbh). Fallout 4, arguably Bethesda Game Studio's worst game (F76 was made by a different team), has sold somewhere around 13 million units. Skyrim sailed passed 30 million copies a while ago. You might have a point if we were only talking MMOs. FFXIV - sitting at over 22 million players having tried it - is doing very well, but, it's worth noting that Elder Scrolls Online has had over 17 million players try it out, and it's still growing. So, if we look at things overall, Xbox's biggest RPG series - The Elder Scrolls - easily eclipse Final Fantasy. And Microsoft have several of these series now, such as Fallout. You're looking at Final Fantasy as if this was still the 90s or early 00s where they're really industry leaders. The reality is that Final Fantasy hasn't been a true industry leading hitter in the west for a while now. Meanwhile, WRPGs have slowly taken over as the defacto RPG experience for western audiences. And Microsoft owns... well, basically all of the developers who make great WRPGs.
Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
Their future output for WRPGs is really is exciting
Starfield and Fable i'm really excited for
Interested in avowed. Outer Worlds was pretty shit but i'll just boil that down to the smaller budget.
I'm hoping Wasteland devs AAA game isn't top down crap though.
Starfield and Fable i'm really excited for
Interested in avowed. Outer Worlds was pretty shit but i'll just boil that down to the smaller budget.
I'm hoping Wasteland devs AAA game isn't top down crap though.
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Umbasaborne
Banned
pretty good chunk of jrpg’s as well, their is some timed exclusivity sfuff with the newer final fantasy games but most of the other ones are on xbox as well. I mean shit, dragon quest, kingdom hearts, and the talesnseries are on xbox and even octopath traveler is on xbox and not playstation. I mean xbox is never gonna become the ideal spot for jrpg’s but they certainly arent lacking
Mister Wolf
Member
They should buy exclusive rights to Baldur's Gate 3.
He's a pretty staunch xbox fan so you're barking up the wrong tree.
Derktron
Banned
No, he just a biased moron who can't let others enjoy the fact the yes after 6 years Xbox has games.
cireza
Member
I play on Xbox. The only PS console I currently have is the Vita
Dude, he has been here for years and years since early xbox one release. He isn't a biased moron, if anything he is bias towards Xbox judging by my interactions with him over the years. There is no need to have some persecution complex and call him a fanboy if he says to wait for the games to actually release.
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Why would it be inexile hired a Santa Monica person for the combat portion of the AAA game. It's not going to be an action rpg. I think inexile has this one covered God of War combat designer and Brian fargo.
A former senior combat designer for God of War has now joined inXile Entertainment
Dean Rymer, whose extensive combat design history includes work on the most recent God of War, has now joined Wasteland 3 developers inXile Entertainment.
Negotiator101
Member
I disagree, a few of these wouldn't have been made without Microsoft backing and funding. Avowed definitely and Fable of course.
SoloKingRobert
Banned
You're wrong. Not everyone likes Final Fantasy, expecially when it's not open world. You're comparing Western RPGs to Japanese RPGs and First Person RPGs to Third Person RPGs. Thanks for your bias comment. I appreciate it.
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Hawke502
Member
Well, pretty big, if you actually consider that most of the last TGAs have had at least one RPG in the contest for GOTY, and then you have Dragon Age Inquisition which won the category in 2014, and then The Witcher 3 the following year. We must also consider that the most hyped game in recent memory was an RPG, Cyberpunk 2077. We got to a point that games that aren't RPG are trying to introduce RPG elements, even Gears of War is doing this.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
I think Elder Scrolls probably sells more than FF honestly.
recursive
Member
You should calm down. The thread asks if ms is the new powerhouse. The guy just gave his opinion. You don't have to like it and certainly shouldn't get so triggered over it. Reading between the lines this guy may just be saying he prefers jrpgs vs wrpg.
Me personally I like both.
Derktron
Banned
Or maybe you should mind your own business before you get clapped by me. Unless you want something then buzz off.
saintjules
Member
Maybe Western RPGs yeah. But to be the full powerhouse, you need the JRPGs as well.
Sentenza
Member
But that's the only type of RPG that actually counts.
Raekwon26
Member
Really?
With all the port begging the Persona series gets I beg to differ.
Also, nice to see Bethesda is liked again. I remember hearing how Obsidian would outclass them and they were past it making good RPGs.
Nice to see that flip.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
PS5 will completely dominate when it comes to games with waifus and dating sim stuff. So I guess the answer varies depending if you’re a virgin or not.
Magic Carpet
Member
I've been roleplaying as Moze in Borderlands 3. This chick is unstoppable.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Reeeeeeee. Where are these games you speak of? Right now they have developers.
Sentenza
Member
Who are you even talking to? I still have a very low opinion of BGS as a developer, frankly.
Then again nothing beyond the possibility of redeeming themselves with ONE single well designed game.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
I take issue with the "new" claim. These aren't new studios for the most part and all their titles would have been multi-platform (or at least on xbox) anyway.
If you look past the marketing angle its apparent that the only difference is these titles will end up on GP day#1, and likely Xbox console exclusive for some period of time - maybe permanently.
If you look past the marketing angle its apparent that the only difference is these titles will end up on GP day#1, and likely Xbox console exclusive for some period of time - maybe permanently.
Sentenza
Member
It's InXile Entertainment, but for illiterate people.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Do we have confirmation of Elder Scrolls and fallout "exclusivity"? I use that term lightly because I can get them on pc.
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