Microsoft abandoned the casual gamer in 2012

all signs point to MS catering even more to the casual gamer in 2012.

rasengan2552

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

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all signs point to MS catering even more to the casual gamer in 2012.

loosingENDS

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

For the last time this is interactive television. Also it's meant for kids. :|

xhawk27

If I remember right, this is another seasme street game. The thing with the coconuts was the tv show.

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[QUOTE="rasengan2552"]

all signs point to MS catering even more to the casual gamer in 2012.

mitu123

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

Do they have any games like Sesamme, Disney Adentures or Kinect Sports ?

I dont know of any such title planned for 2012, if you know some, i will list them in the first post

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"]

all signs point to MS catering even more to the casual gamer in 2012.

loosingENDS

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

You mean zero core games.

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[QUOTE="rasengan2552"]

all signs point to MS catering even more to the casual gamer in 2012.

ChubbyGuy40

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

You mean zero core games.

All their 2012 games are 100% core games, so they have no casual games at all

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know that 2012 is already over. I betting that there will be just as much if not more casual games coming to the Kenict this year than there was last year.

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know that 2012 is already over. I betting that there will be just as much if not more casual games coming to the Kenict this year than there was last year.

GamerEye

Well, there is already a huge ammount of core games announced and coming

Even if some casual ones do appear later, which is not even confirmed yet, they will still be one casual in a million core games

But i dont know of any yet, none has been announced by MS at least, only infinite core titles

So, you may bet some will come, but does not mean much right now that the fact is the huge number of core games coming in 2012 and the zero casual titles for 2012 so far

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[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

What signs ?

They have zero casual games for 2012

loosingENDS

Do they have any games like Sesamme, Disney Adentures or Kinect Sports ?

I dont know of any such title planned for 2012, if you know some, i will list them in the first post

the original xbox had more exclusives on it's death bed than 360 has for 2012.

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[QUOTE="mitu123"] How do you know that?

mitu123

Do they have any games like Sesamme, Disney Adentures or Kinect Sports ?

I dont know of any such title planned for 2012, if you know some, i will list them in the first post

[QUOTE="NoodleFighter"]

I didn't know CD Projekt was owned by Microsoft :roll: and Mass Effect 3 isn't even an exclusive

loosingENDS

Well, only xbox 360 gets Witcher 2 on consoles and Mass EFfect 3 gets exlusive Kinect support only on 360 as well

[QUOTE="crimsonman1245"]

Didnt they announce Alan Wake for PC?

xhawk27

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

Alan Wake on PC

Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will see Xbox 360, PC, Xbox Live Arcade.

So as far as im aware ban dodging is still against the TOU. So how is the very well know tc not banned again yet? Serious question.carlisledavid79

Only bandodgers that have broken the new TOU are banned from what I heard.

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[QUOTE="crimsonman1245"]

Didnt they announce Alan Wake for PC?

el3m2tigre

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

Alan Wake on PC

Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will see Xbox 360, PC, Xbox Live Arcade.

Maybe it comes later, but seems like an obvious mistake since was not announced for PC

They have put the same image below of Alan Wake one by accident

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[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Do they have any games like Sesamme, Disney Adentures or Kinect Sports ?

I dont know of any such title planned for 2012, if you know some, i will list them in the first post

rasengan2552

[QUOTE="crimsonman1245"]

Didnt they announce Alan Wake for PC?

xhawk27

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

Alan Wake on PC

Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will see Xbox 360, PC, Xbox Live Arcade.

el3m2tigre

Those are just the trademark logos.

http://www.alanwake.com/info/

Alan Wake is listed as Xbox 360, PC(coming soon). Alan Wake's American Nightmare is listed as Xbox Live Arcade.

My reaction when I thouht this was a joke thread (going by the title only):

My reaction when I read the OP an saw that TC was actually being serious:

My reaction upon reading mores posts from TC:

Trolls used to be fun... :(

Desmonic

i did the same faces

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[QUOTE="crimsonman1245"]

Didnt they announce Alan Wake for PC?

GiantAssPanda

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

OMFG, for this past year you have trolled all of us. People even voted you as Xbox Aficionado, but damn dude. We got trolled hard by you. Run's up now, but hot damn, dude. Good job. Most people get ousted at level 1.

wait, when did NOT catering to casuals become a BAD thing?

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[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

loosingENDS

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

Lol. I could say the same thing about Witcher 2 on 360. No way I would've waited a year to get the worst looking, worst running, most expensive version with (thanks to MS retarded policies) paid DLC as well.

And at least when the games come years later they'll be the best versions. Like Alan Wake. Can't wait to play it in native 1080p & 60fps.

wait, when did NOT catering to casuals become a BAD thing?

apocalypsehorse

But they have completly abandoned them, there is not a single casual game coming in 2012 to 360, which is rather sad

Lol. I could say the same thing about Witcher 2 on 360. No way I would've waited a year to get the worst looking, worst running, most expensive version with (thanks to MS retarded policies) paid DLC as well.

And at least when the games come years later they'll be the best versions. Like Alan Wake. Can't wait to play it in native 1080p & 60fps.

GiantAssPanda

I have bought Witcher 2 on PC too and finished it in the elf path

as i said, why wait ?

Not me, i play everything day one, now i will rebuy Witcher 2 on 360 for the better visuals and infinitly better true analog controls of course

I didn't know CD Projekt was owned by Microsoft :roll: and Mass Effect 3 isn't even an exclusive

NoodleFighter

[QUOTE="NoodleFighter"]

I didn't know CD Projekt was owned by Microsoft :roll: and Mass Effect 3 isn't even an exclusive

loosingENDS

Well, only xbox 360 gets Witcher 2 on consoles and Mass EFfect 3 gets exlusive Kinect support only on 360 as well

[QUOTE="NoodleFighter"]

I didn't know CD Projekt was owned by Microsoft :roll: and Mass Effect 3 isn't even an exclusive

JasonDarksavior

Indeed

On another note, i never said any of those are exclusives in the first place

Not me, i play everything day one, now i will rebuy Witcher 2 on 360 for the better visuals and infinitly better true analog controls of course

loosingENDS

The game still plays better with mouse & keyboard. They ability to freely control your camera when fighting (you don't have to sacrifice your right thumb to turn the camera) & running the game with high frame rate makes a huge difference compared to some small adjustment to analog controls.

And just because you played the game with low setting, low frame rates & low native resolution doesn't mean we all did the same. I played the game with ultra settings since day 1 with native 1080p resolution. And with the superior mouse controls you 360 gamers can only dream about.

The problem with MS is that they have completly abandoned the casual gamer

All their 2012 games like Witcher 2, Mass Effect 3, Ryse, Fable JOurney, Alan Wake 2, Haunt, Star Wars, Dust, Project Draco, Steel Batallion, Ghost Recon, Halo 4, Battleblock Theater, Bloodforge, Clas3 MMO, FEZ, Hybid, Minecraft, Skyrim exlusive expansions etc are only for core gamers

It is sad, but they have totally abandoned the casual gamers for 2012, not a single casual game planned is very dissapointing imo, they should try more

What do you think, will MS ever come back to supporing the casual market at all ?

loosingENDS

Mass Effect 3?. You really think being able to speak instead of pressing a button makes it the definitive version?. It changes absolutely nothing gameplay wise, who wants to speak to a computer when they can just press a button.

Ghost Recon?. You think this looks fun?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d6M6aH0wwY

Fable Journey = casual and crap. No depth at all.

Star Wars = casual and crap. Waving your arms around how is that core?

What the hell is Project Draco, Steel Batallion, FEZ, Hybrid and the other stuff you've listed. No doubt it's Kinect related but at least try and claim ownage with something we've heard of. If they were big games they would have previews and news on sites likes this.

The only thing you've listed there that MS is doing is Halo. 1 core exclusive is hardly evidence they've abandoned the casuals. Just wait till E3 they'll have a nuch of shovelware to announce. They hardly had anything announced at this point last year. Also thanks for admitting that they have been going casual or else how could they abandon them?.

You say Kinnect support like it actually means something. Some of your games are multiplatform as well. It seems like 3rd party devs are making the xbox less casual while Microsoft wants to make it more casual.geraldwillkill

Kinect support does mean something, means that millions more of gamers will buy it and on 360

There are 18 million gamers with Kinect, waiting for the 2012 core games

Fable Journey = casual and crap. No depth at all.

BigBoss255

Fable Journey is a RPG, so will have a billion times more depth than shooters like Gears or Uncharted by default

The game still plays better with mouse & keyboard. They ability to freely control your camera when fighting (you don't have to sacrifice your right thumb to turn the camera) & running the game with high frame rate makes a huge difference compared to some small adjustment to analog controls.

And just because you played the game with low setting, low frame rates & low native resolution doesn't mean we all did the same. I played the game with ultra settings since day 1 with native 1080p resolution. And with the superior mouse controls you 360 gamers can only dream about.

GiantAssPanda

well, i dont agree at all

I played with KB+Mouse and then with pad and was like night and day better with the pad, even with the simplistic PC implementation

True analog will make the gameplay 1000x better for me, there is no comparisson, for best gameplay is only on 360 to me

Also on 360 the game looks a million times better than on my PC

Genrally controlling 3rd person games on PC is a joke for me after playing with true analog controls on consoles

Also on 360 the game looks a million times better than on my PC

loosingENDS

Then just imagine how it looks on my PC. Your PC is worse than my mom's for f*ck's sake.. :D

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I didn't know CD Projekt was owned by Microsoft :roll: and Mass Effect 3 isn't even an exclusive

loosingENDS

Indeed

On another note, i never said any of those are exclusives in the first place

TitleDeveloperPublisherNorth AmericaEuropeAustraliaJapanExclusiveKinect Required

Babel RisingMando ProductionsUbisoftTBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012NoNo

Binary DomainYakuza StudioSegaFebruary 28, 2012February 24, 2012February 23, 2012February 16, 2012NoNo

Boom Boom DanceKonamiKonamiTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Dance on BroadwayUbisoftUbisoftTBATBATBATBANoNo

Diabolical PitchGrasshopper ManufactureMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Doodle JumpLima SkyLima SkyTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Fable: The JourneyLionhead StudiosMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

FIFA 13EA CanadaEA SportsTBATBATBATBANoNo

Happy Action TheatreDouble Fine ProductionsMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

HauntNanaOn-Sha, Zoë ModeMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Kinect Star WarsTerminal Reality

LucasArtsMicrosoft StudiosTBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012YesYes

KinectalloonsJSTV MediaJSTV MediaTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Madden NFL 13EA TiburonEA SportsTBATBATBATBANoNo

Mass Effect 3BiowareElectronic ArtsMarch 6, 2012March 9, 2012March 8, 2012March 15, 2012NoNo

miCoachTHQTHQMarch 6, 2012Q1 2012TBATBANoNo

Minecraft4J StudiosMojangQ1 2012TBATBATBAYesNo

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd DimensionHigh Impact GamesDisney Interactive StudiosTBATBATBATBANoYes

Project Draco (working title)Grounding Inc.Microsoft StudiosTBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012YesYes

Power Rangers SamuraiNamco BandaiNamco BandaiTBATBATBATBANoYes

RushPixarMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

RyseCrytekMicrosoft StudiosTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Steel Battalion: Heavy ArmorFrom SoftwareCapcomTBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012TBA 2012YesYes

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13EA TiburonEA SportsMarch 27, 2012March 1, 2012TBATBANoNo

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future SoldierUbisoft Red StormUbisoftMay 22, 2012May 24, 2012TBATBANoNo

Top Angler: Real Bass FishingInterOneInterOneTBATBATBATBAYesYes

Winter Sports 3RTL EntertainmentZoo GamesTBATBATBATBANoNo

Zumba Fitness 2

these are all kinect games go do some reserch before posting fanboyish junk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kinect_games

lol tc has nothing to say now

lol tc has nothing to say now

free_milk

About what ?

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[QUOTE="xhawk27"]

They did but the new XBLA Alan Wake is only on the 360. :)

loosingENDS

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

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[QUOTE="GiantAssPanda"]

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

rasengan2552

I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

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[QUOTE="GiantAssPanda"]

For now. It'll eventually come to PC/Steam as well.

rasengan2552

I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

Indeed, i had to buy Witcher 2 on PC too, since it came first on PC and will rebuy on 360 soon

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I bet it will, but i want it day one, not years later

loosingENDS

Indeed, i had to buy Witcher 2 on PC too, since it came first on PC and will rebuy on 360 soon

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[QUOTE="rasengan2552"] Just like the Witcher 2 on 360 ... -___- you're not very good at this.DrTrafalgarLaw

Indeed, i had to buy Witcher 2 on PC too, since it came first on PC and will rebuy on 360 soon

I dont have a gaming PC, so i played on low and 1024x768 resolution and was marginally playable, but finished it

Of course on 360 with 720p, high PC setting and true analog controls will be a billion times better

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Indeed, i had to buy Witcher 2 on PC too, since it came first on PC and will rebuy on 360 soon

loosingENDS

I dont have a gaming PC, so i played on low and 1024x768 resolution and was marginally playable, but finished it

Of course on 360 with 720p, high PC setting and true analog controls will be a billion times better

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[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"] Why would you buy a severly gimped version of a game that you already have a superior version of?DrTrafalgarLaw

I dont have a gaming PC, so i played on low and 1024x768 resolution and was marginally playable, but finished it

Of course on 360 with 720p, high PC setting and true analog controls will be a billion times better

I finished the game with the 360 pad, it is not true analog, it is just replacing the keyboard

True analog is not just walk and run, it is also everything in between

TC, you're by far the most brain washed by MS poster on SW. 360 has one exclusive for 2012 and one million shovelware that i'm sure you'll defend because its on you little 360.silversix_

I will defend them because look amazing and are coming from the best developers on the planet

Lionhead

Climax

CD RPoject

Bethesda

Bioware

Behemoth

343

Grounding

Remedy

Crytek

etc