Does MS chase away developers/studios?

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#51 deactivated-60bf765068a74
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@magicalclick said:

It goes both ways. Bioware for example simply got money hat buy EA after its KOTOR and ME are best games on Xbox. And with BizzariCreation with PGR, either money hat on it because PGR is amazing. Even EA money hat on RSC's DICE, although they are more focused on Battlefield. That's not forget Halo was a RTS until MS blow it up as best of the best FPS on Xbox.

What's wrong with MS, is actually giving them too much freedom. Such as grabbed by the Ghoolies.

Microsoft needs to realize its competing with EA and Activision they should have money hatted back at bungie and bioware.

Microsoft is a billion dollar company EA and activision can't money hat as hard as microsoft. Instead they pay 2.5 billion for minecraft and timed deals with tomb raider why didn't they pay that money to bungie?

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#52 DaVillain  Moderator
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@oflow said:

Most of the most voracious cows around here are former lems that got Mbutthurt at the X1 announce and switched to PS4 this gen.

Well you really can't blame'em for switching to PS4 after Xbox One Reveal and E3 2013? They ad every right to be upset so can't feel sorry for MS losing a lot of fans.

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#54  Edited By Vallixas
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^ It's ok that Sony delays because then we mostly get good titles. There isn't a single game in MS library that compares to either TLOU or even Uncharted 4's level of quality. For the record the original Phantom Dust was lackluster, I owned it. Out of that entire lineup i'm anticipating State of Decay as I loved the original, it's still the best game on 360, even that was on PC though and when it comes to PC vs Console i'm gonna chose PC every time over 720p 20fps LOL. But I wouldn't compare it to TLOU. Even then most of those titles will also be on PC. Unfortunately I havn't used my Xbox since Sunset Overdrive released, which imo was the last decent exclusive. PS4 owners aren't losing sleep on Rise of the tomb raider, since it's reboot Tomb Raider has been little more than an Uncharted clone without the narrative or the good characters. Gotta say at this point it's like Microsoft is just trying to snatch weaker versions of PS4 exclusives.

Microsoft releases a specific type of game, multiplayer filler titles that everyone will be over in a month when the new CoD drops. Halo 5's play count dropped faster than any Halo in the franchise. If Microsoft wants to truly compete with Sony they are going to have to grow as Sony did last generation. Microsoft doesn't hold the multiplayer crown anymore with Gears and Halo. As most have moved on to better multiplayer titles. I'd rather have Sony delay and release memorable titles like TLOU or Bloodborne, then release games that should have been cancelled eg: Quantum Break.

OT: Microsoft doesn't chase away devs. They've probably chased away far more fans than devs. Microsoft has built themselves up as the multiplayer filler company. Most of their fanbase consist of people who want those games as they've alienated all other fans with their lack of diversity. Anyone who wanted diversity from Microsoft have long jumped ship to Sony myself included.

As for the person who brought up Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider was obviously Microsoft's attempt to compete with Uncharted. They don't have the studios to produce a proper Uncharted-like game, so they purchased Tomb Raider. As Son of Rome was supposed to be the God of War. Heh now that I think about it, Quantum Break literally has a similar story to the original Infamous. Plays like Second Son and the guy even does the smoke dashes.....ahem time dashes.