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[GuinGuin]

What you personally consider what is pretty much irrelevant. MSFS is absolutely first-party. It's published by Microsoft, co-developed by Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft directly handles all of its services. It's no less first-party than Bloodborne.

Bloodborne was co-developed by Japan Studio. The team that actually came up with the souls concept and brought in fromsoft to help with demon's Souls and then Bloodborne. Totally different.

 

[AJUMP23]

More console waring threads. Will probably be a couple, one from 343, and one from Bethesda.

 

[Balducci30]

Halo - hopefully there is more tho

 

[Abriael_GN]

Bloodborne was co-developed by Japan Studio. The team that actually came up with the souls concept and brought in fromsoft to help with demon's Souls and then Bloodborne. Totally different.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is co-developed by Microsoft Game Studios. Microsoft literally created the series and made flight simulators popular since 1982.

You're getting desperate here. I suggest not to try to play semantics with someone who quite obviously knows the series and flight simulators a lot better than you ever will. It's going to be painful to see.

 

[GuinGuin]

Halo - hopefully there is more tho

I could see them releasing just the f2p multiplayer and giving the single player more time in the oven.

 

[reksveks]

Just added a couple of users to the ignore list, cant be bothered to re-litigated the definition of first party rather debate the definition of a game.

 

[MaulerX]

Its an option on the poll.
Still, unsure if 2020 game re-released in 2021 counts.
I voted on it my self.

Among Us won best 'multiplayer game' and best 'mobile game' at The Game Awards. And it was released the year before so why not

 

[GuinGuin]

Microsoft Flight Simulator is co-developed by Microsoft Game Studios. Microsoft literally created the series and made flight simulators popular since 1982.

You're getting desperate here.

No. Flight Simulator was created by a company called Sublogic starting in 1977 for Apple II. Microsoft payed to license a version of it for PC and slapped their name on that version.

 

[Riky]

Yes.

Console graphical benchmark about to raised, probably for years.

 

[PropellerEar]

More console waring threads. Will probably be a couple, one from 343, and one from Bethesda.

2021 games? Halo and Starfield?

 

[Abriael_GN]

No. Flight Simulator was created by a company called Sublogic starting in 1977. Microsoft payed to license a version of it for PC and slapped their name on that version.

The desperation is getting quite evident. I know you're feeling all bold with your google-fu, but you're cracking at the seams.

Microsoft didn't *license* the series. Microsoft *owns* the series.

 

[Negotiator101]

What dates are confirmed?

You've been told, it ain't worth the ban.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I’m shocked that MSFS doesn’t count to someone but Sony games in the exact same situation do count for “reasons”.

 

[CeeJay]

No. Flight Simulator was created by a company called Sublogic starting in 1977 for Apple II. Microsoft payed to license a version of it for PC and slapped their name on that version.

Yeah and Playstation started out as a Nintendo console, what's your point?

 

[AJUMP23]

2021 games? Halo and Starfield?

HAlo, and it could be Starfield, but it may just be something from the Zenimax banner. I mean you know Bethesda probably had games ready to go for this year that are going to be MSFT only.

 

[Robb]

If MS/Sony/Nintendo fully own the franchise it is first party, any other defintion is strange to me. They have the final say and can choose who they want to allow to develop games in the franchise.

Is the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy , Metroid Samus Returns or F-Zero GX etc. etc. suddenly not considered to be first party Nintendo titles?

 

[GuinGuin]

The desperation is getting quite evident. I know you're feeling all bold with your google-fu, but you're cracking at the seams.

Microsoft didn't *license* the series. Microsoft *owns* the series.

They didn't own it until 1995. So no they didn't invent it or own it at the time they simply licensed a version of an existing game.

 

[FranXico]

Isn't Halo coming this year?

 

[longdi]

/reported for console warring choices

 

[FritzJ92]

While FS2020 is a great looking "game" on PC, for console it will still be niche and most people will try it but i do not believe the majority of the mainstream will really care.

This a typical niche and hardcore game you want to play with a great setup and not with the controller.

So no...it's in no way a system seller.

Not isolating you to pick on you, but its so weird that the topic is a bait one, then I see people giving reasons why an exclusive game should or shouldn't count. The logic just doesn't make sense to me. I mean all games except Mario and call of duty are pretty much niches, lol.