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[EverydayBeast]

Phil Spencer

 

[turtlepowa]

Fine, then they will buy PS5 because of word of mouth and everyone else is buying it. Better?

No. I'm fine with: They will buy whatever is cheaper at launch, like always.

 

[Vawn]

PLEASE MICROSOFT (and SONY)... enough with the CGI trailers.

How far along do you think Fable, Avowed, Hellblade 2 (the engine they'll use isn't even available to them yet) and Everwild (they don't even know what type of game it is yet themselves) are?

They can't show gameplay for games where gameplay doesn't exist yet.

 

[Flintty]

I'm ok with him being interviewed by fans but the last person I would think of is iJustine.

When I think iJustine I think Apple.

Never heard of iJustine. Any affiliation with iCarly?

 

[Arkam]

Can anyone pull up the list of MS 1st part studios and map of announced games. Would help us set expectations real quick I believe.

I just made my own

DISCLAIMER: This is just from wikipedia. So number of employees may be inaccurate as the source years range widley. But should give us an idea the number of teams.

Studio	Founded	Acquired	Employees	Last release	Release date	Current known	release date	Current known	release date
343 Industries	2007	—	450	Halo 5	2015	Halo Infinite	2020
Compulsion Games	2009	2018	40	We happy Few	2018
Double Fine Productions	2000	2019	65	Rad	2019	Psychonauts 2	2021
inXile Entertainment	2002	2018	70	Bards Tale 4	2018	Wasteland 3	2020
Mojang Studios	2009	2014	70	Minecraft Dungeons	2020
Ninja Theory	2000	2018	120	Bleeding Edge	2020	HellBlade 2		Project : Mara
Obsidian Entertainment	2003	2018	200	Grounded	2020	Avowed
Playground Games	2010	2018	200	Forza Horizon 4	2018	Fable
Rare	1985	2002	200	Sea of Thieves	2018	Battle Toads		Everwild
The Coalition	2010	—	200	Gears 5	2019
The Initiative	2018	—
Turn 10 Studios	2001	—	100	Forza 7	2017	Forza
Undead Labs	2009	2018	60	State of Decay	2018	State of decay 2
World's Edge	2019	—
Xbox Game Studios Publishing	—	—

Looking at that I think we should expect announcements from the following:
1 from Compulsion Games,
1 or 2 from The Coalition
1 from the initiative.
1 from World's Edge.

 

[supernova8]

lol iJustine. At one point she/they seemed to get confused between back-compat and cross-gen. Phil seemed to just ignore and talk about actual back-compat when she was actually asking about cross-gen.

To be fair her video quality is fantastic and it makes him look even more stupid with his Logitech webcam. It's a shame they don't just pay her a one-off consulting fee to get him fucking kitted out with some good camera and audio equipment. It really is not that hard to do.

 

[fermcr]

How far along do you think Fable, Avowed, Hellblade 2 (the engine they'll use isn't even available to them yet) and Everwild (they don't even know what type of game it is yet themselves) are?

They can't show gameplay for games where gameplay doesn't exist yet.

If they don't have anything to show about a game, then don't show it. Simply announce a game and show gameplay/screenshots when it's ready to be shown.
What's the point of CGI trailers? Does it really make a difference? They spend money and time making a CGI trailer for nothing.

I've never heard anybody say that they wouldn't purchase a game because it's CGI trailer was bad.

 

[kretos]

Xbox fans excited again? don't do this to yourselves, enough torment

 

[JLMC469]

I'm surprised we haven't gotten news stories of a development crisis with the XSX, because something just doesn't add up.

Because maybe there isn’t?

 

[JLMC469]

Xbox fans excited again? don't do this to yourselves, enough torment

Why wouldn’t I be excited?

 

[Psykodad]

If they don't have anything to show about a game, then don't show it. Simply announce a game and show gameplay/screenshots when it's ready to be shown.
What's the point of CGI trailers? Does it really make a difference? They spend money and time making a CGI trailer for nothing.

I've never heard anybody say that they wouldn't purchase a game because it's CGI trailer was bad.

Battlefield 5?

Edit:

If MS would do what you say, you realize the only thing they could've shown from their studios is Halo Infinite, right?
All the other stuff is just CGI.

State of Decay is still in pre-production and the studio behind Everwild doesn't even know what kind of game they want to make.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Shill dispencer shilling. Nothing to see here.

Fanboys are brutal with nicknames.

Some of my non gaming friends were unreasonably amused when I explained to them what an 'xboner' was.

 

[kretos]

Why wouldn’t I be excited?

 

[cireza]

I can really imagine him saying "2020 is going to be a pretty average/meh year for Xbox, can't wait for our fans to see the show !"

 

[skneogaf]

You mean 9/10 core gamers. 9/10 casuals didn't even watch one of those events and they are the vast majority of the buyers.

I picked a free newspaper the other day at my workplace and it had Craig and halo infinite memes in it so 8ts not just here.

 

[Psykodad]

I picked a free newspaper the other day at my workplace and it had Craig and halo infinite memes in it so 8ts not just here.

People really underestimate word of mouth. That's the major reason Playstation and Nintendo are such strong brands worldwide.
That's what creates the mindshare.

And now, with social media, any news spreads like wildfire.

 

[Kamina]

On one hand its obviously damage control, on the other hand i hope we will see the cool stuff we didnt last time.

 

[Klayzer]

Sorry, didn't know it was a cult and only verified members of said cult are allowed to voice their opinion.

Good grief. Everything wrong with what's going on in one post.

Just like only Xbox fans can have an opinion on Phil. Its amazing how some criticism of self inflicted screw ups, can cause these pissy reactions. Its absolutely true they like to dish it out, but when its their turn to be ridiculed, they want to cry about being trolled or Sonygaf or change the format.

You cant talk as much shit as Microsoft does and not think it wont be flung back at you when you slip up.

 

[JLMC469]

Good thing I can buy both. Shame some cannot.

 

[Klayzer]

Props for consistency Phil.

 

[Max_Po]

hoping for better showcase....

 

[GamerEDM]

holy shit the comments on this thread are toxic

 

[pawel86ck]

I dont agree that they dont care. This is a huge undertaking to develop this game for potentially 5 different platforms. All the information we have shows that this is a mismanaged project with expectations that were too high for everyone from the studio to the fans.

Also the 500 million number has never been confirmed.

Leaks suggest there are serious developmental issues behind the scenes. If these leaks are true then 343 management clearly dont care about quality of their game.

 

[Nikana]

Leaks suggest there are serious developmental issues behind the scenes. If these leaks are true then 343 management clearly dont care about quality of their game.

A game having trouble doesn't equal management not caring. There could be a multitude of different issues that can cause a game to fall apart/not live up to expectations.

 

[kuncol02]

I just made my own

DISCLAIMER: This is just from wikipedia. So number of employees may be inaccurate as the source years range widley. But should give us an idea the number of teams.

Studio	Founded	Acquired	Employees	Last release	Release date	Current known	release date	Current known	release date
343 Industries	2007	—	450	Halo 5	2015	Halo Infinite	2020
Compulsion Games	2009	2018	40	We happy Few	2018
Double Fine Productions	2000	2019	65	Rad	2019	Psychonauts 2	2021
inXile Entertainment	2002	2018	70	Bards Tale 4	2018	Wasteland 3	2020
Mojang Studios	2009	2014	70	Minecraft Dungeons	2020
Ninja Theory	2000	2018	120	Bleeding Edge	2020	HellBlade 2		Project : Mara
Obsidian Entertainment	2003	2018	200	Grounded	2020	Avowed
Playground Games	2010	2018	200	Forza Horizon 4	2018	Fable
Rare	1985	2002	200	Sea of Thieves	2018	Battle Toads		Everwild
The Coalition	2010	—	200	Gears 5	2019
The Initiative	2018	—
Turn 10 Studios	2001	—	100	Forza 7	2017	Forza
Undead Labs	2009	2018	60	State of Decay	2018	State of decay 2
World's Edge	2019	—
Xbox Game Studios Publishing	—	—

Looking at that I think we should expect announcements from the following:
1 from Compulsion Games,
1 or 2 from The Coalition
1 from the initiative.
1 from World's Edge.

InXile has one more game (VR so no XBox, unless...):

Frostpoint Is A New Multiplayer AAA VR Shooter From inXile, Creators Of Wasteland And Mage's Tale

The renowned developers of classic game franchises like Wasteland and The Bard’s Tale, as well as VR dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale, are unveiling their next VR-exclusive project: Frostpoint. This is a change of pace for inXile Entertainment, being a first-person multiplayer shooter instead of...

uploadvr.com

I wouldn't say that Grounded is "released".
Coalition is currently working on two titles for XSX (Gears Tactics and Gears 5 "remaster"), so i wouldn't expect anything from them.
Double Fine could show new game and there is chance that Forza Horizon 5 will be announced.

 

[Lestat Phoenix]

I love how fans throw this "powerful" buzzword on everything related to Microsoft.

I'm now interested in Phil his power level?

I'm a fan of no one Tiny Tim..

 

[IbizaPocholo]

this

Phil Spencer Interview - Halo Infinite and Xbox Games Showcase, Next in August

www.neogaf.com

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I'm guessing iJustine is getting a free Xbox Series X.
Can't wait to watch her "Oh my God guys!!!" unboxing video.

Let’s hope her sister gets one too...

 

[JLMC469]

holy shit the comments on this thread are toxic

Threads right now are like Dollar Tree stores, all they attract is trash.

 

[3liteDragon]

They fucking better have some event in August.

 

[The Alien]

So true, people on here think there is no outside would.. No one comes to gaming forums only a few.

I'd even wager there are less things each casual looks for when buying a new console. Price being the first and foremost, maybe an exclusive game or two...and maybe what their friends are getting.

Most casuals probably arent even aware of the recent XBox showcase and reactions to Halo, etc.

 

[Balducci30]

Halo games used to impress people with it's graphics (halo 4 was the best looking X360 game next to gears of war 3) and many people thought halo infinite will be a XSX power showcase.

Sure graphics in halo games is not everything but if developer dont care about graphics in their game at all, it tells me they also dont care about other aspects as well. Why levels in halo infinite reminds me minecraft? Why everything looks so static? Why AI in this game is even more stupid compared to halo 1? This game is shaping up to be a totall disaster and I cant believe MS has paid $500 million for something like that.

gameplay looked hella fun to me. Graphics looked shit. But I’d be playing co op anyway - these AI claims. Hard to make because it’s a demo specifically for a show. The claims on graphics are totally legitimate - but I played halo from the beginning. Yes it used to be a powerhouse. Then it wasn’t. Halo 2 for massively downgraded which pissed me off at the time. Halo 3 was the whole halo 2.6 debacle - halo 4 looked good but was basically a corridor shooter and the enemies sucked. Halo 5 looked like trash barely had a campaign, has you play as Locke most of the time and didn’t have couch co op (the worst offense out of all of it). So this to me looks a hell of a lot better than what they were doing fun wise - even halo 2s campaign was too corridor shooter and the space opera storyline I couldn’t have cared less about. So no, graphics don’t make or break this to me - because that was never why I played halo. It was definitely rad when the graphics were great but I don’t think delaying the game based off of that is a good move at all. Frankly I don’t get the 4k thing or the 60 FPS thing - that means nothing to me personally as I play casually. If it’s a fun game it’s a fun game, and I want to go around an open world halo with my friends at my place regardless of the damn graphical prowess.

 

[DGrayson]

Are you a fan? Because if not then shut your mouth and let actual fans speak.

Yes the majority are complaining about the visuals looking dated but for the actual gameplay and game itself everyones hyped since it looks more halo than the recent installments (including reach). More core halo than ever.

Lets tone it down a bit please.