Mike Ybarra: Microsoft Won’t Limit Creative Freedom Of New Studios

https://gamingbolt.com/mike-ybarra-microsoft-wont-limit-creative-freedom-of-new-studios

Discuss.

This was said during the interview with Phil and the Ninja Theory video but people have their minds set on a particular agenda will still bitch about it in some way or another. Just wait.

@Pedro:

But this is talking about all 5 and not just NT.

As I have said before this was made clear with Phil during his interview with GiantBomb. Most on here didn't care because it doesn't fit their agenda.

@blessedbyhorus:

Good News.

It seems like Phil Spencer and Nadella have noticed Sony's success with their First Party Studios and want to replicate that in the Xbox Ecosystem.

Give Good Devs creative freedom and watch your studios flourish. Too bad it took so long for a MS CEO to finally realize what the Xbox division needed.

Thanks to Phil and Nadella for reviving the Xbox brand.

Yeah, good luck with that.

The company as a whole has change direction thus the recent change and the relatively slow transition between the last leadership to the new. I am big fan of not changing things immediately when transitioning leadership but first understanding the company's position and long term goal then making the changes needed.

Nice to hear. I already heard this from Phil during post E3 interviews.

I mean, whether that's true or not, what do you expect him to say?

A smart move, but they should apply that to 343 and Coalition.

Then maybe they would start to have some reasons to buy a Xbox.

Nonsense.

You think MS would've greenlighted a game about hunting robot dinosaurs???

Pathetic

TLHBO

Should have been like this all along at least is not too late with new studio like ninja Theory and such.

I’m actually looking forward to the updates he is finally bringing over to the Windows side of things with Xbox.

Its not like gaming is going to end in a few years, so it never too late.

Yeah, pretty much...

Phil said it in various interviews (and during the conference I think), and also Matt Booty said they'd have creative freedom.

I just hope that the new studios (in particular, studios like Ninja Theory) continue to make SP-narrative driven games, because they are lacking in the MS first party lineup.

I'm sure this will all be great in three years when we can finally see this output... I hope.

Lol, I'm sure you do...

It's nice these studios have creative freedom.

Shame 343 is a halo slave.

Thats a lie and its Phil spencer student, the PR spin master.

Sure they wont, till they want to update game or give some resources to SONY, then MS acts like a child with their pacifier taken away.

@Ant_17: I wouldn't be surprised if we see new IP from 343 in the future. Same with the Coalition.

@Heil68: Huh?

Ya ya ya more ms bullshit talk. We’ll see! No reason to hold your breath though hahah

@hrt_rulz01:

After Halo Infiniti. 343i needs to take a long break from Halo and develop a game that they can truly call their OWN.

Of course I mean, they're not known worldwide as the only true... For the gamers, by the gamers.... Jazz for nuttin ya know? :P

Sure. That's why the first thing they did with Playground's new team was assign them to Fable instead of letting them make a new IP.

I don't think that was their issue anyway. I think it's more of a quality control issue rather than limiting developers.

@NathanDrakeSwag:

We do even know if it was PG choice or not. And Fable news happened before PG was purchased by MS.

Do you really think PG asked MS if they could work on Fable instead of making their new IP? Fable was always trash. It is no one's dream to make Fable games lol.

Is there a link showing that PG is working on Fable and they were forced to work on a RPG?

@NathanDrakeSwag:

The first Fable game was actually very good. Second before MS bought them PG was a INDEPEDENT studio. Who can make their own decision. PG was probably OFFERED the idea of Fable and wanted to add their OWN spin with an open world rpg. More importantly we forget that PG is a BRITISH dev and Fable based on BRITISH mythology. My guess is PG probably liked this idea. Just because YOU didn't like Fable doesn't mean others did not especially the first game.

@Pedro:

Many industry insiders state its a Fable game. We KNOW PG ia developing a Open world action rpg. Also they have hired a Rockstar dev and many other ppl experienced in open world games.

Rumors are not to be treated as fact. We do know they are working on a new game and they hired folks for this new game. I am not even sure if it was confirm to be a open world RPG. I think it was said at the E3 but I cannot confirm this.

@Pedro:

Who the hell said they are facts? But "facts" are that the rumor is constantly getting repeated and by credible sources. Again, we KNOW PG is developing an open world rpg based from their newly created second studio.

Well old habits die hard this is MS after all,we know how much of a control freak they are.

Good for them if they do.

Firstly there is not such thing as "facts". Either something is or is not a fact. If anyone is implying PG was most likely force to make a Fable game they are implying that the open world RPG is Fable which is not a fact. You are now trying to use rumors as valid sources of info which they are not. We factually do not know at this moment what type of RPG game they are making or whether or not its a Fable game. That is all.

People work for 343 because they want to work on Halo.

Shame you have nothing to back up your fanboy rhetoric

Lol... exactly.

http://www.factfiend.com/time-people-making-halo-game-didnt-know-main-character/

I bet they really want to work on an IP they have no clue whats it about.

They've seen that it has the potential to work. With Plat, shit fell apart after too long, but for MS to work with devs in terms of creative freedom will be an awesome thing. Grow the goddamn industry, instead of thgis platform bias.

@Pedro:

Dude seriously like WTF? I think you're confusing me with that other poster. I have arguing AGAINST that PG is "forced" to make a Fable game. Second its not hard to put two and two together.

And lastly STOP putting words in my mouth because you have a habit of that. Nowhere am I acting like rumors are a valid source. But fact is(yes FACT) multiple credibility news source state its likely a Fable game. Yeah its a rumor but a strong one that been gaining traction.

That article is a load of piss

I am not confusing anything. You decided to go down this lane when I requested(not from you) for evidence of PG making a Fable game because it was being used as if its a fact which it isn't for its just a rumor. Strong/weak all the same, its a rumor.

it is going in the right direction for sure.

focusing on things like subscription models is not, focusing on getting lots of outstanding content in which the content itself sells itself and is the center of all things (the quality of the content) is going in the right direction

Thank god, because what They’ve done to Rare, 343 and Coalition is damn embarrassing

That's your opinion. But it shows the truth. And 343 are just kissing up to their boss MS.

Why would they at this point? There is no Kinect agenda to push this time

I hope they won't but I have doubts. Look what happened to the once great Rare.

Yeah butthurt Cows hope MS is the old MS but they are not.