We're nearing the end of 2021 and Xbox is still relying on more Halo and Forza

With the acquisitions of so many studios you would think they would have something to offer by now that isn't more of the same. Yet here we are with another year in the history books and their lineup is once again Halo and Forza.

Is it too much to ask of Microsoft to release a new IP? I mean, with the recent news of Avowed being stuck in development hell it may not happen anytime soon. What are they hoarding studios for if they never plan on releasing anything to recoup their money? All of their studios can't be on the same exact cycle. Something is clearly wrong with Microsoft's managing of them. It has been a problem since circa 2010 for them and no matter how many they acquire it always ends up being the same old song and dance.

Will 2022 be better for them? Or will Starfield be delayed and they be forced to try and convince us to care about Gears 6 and Forza 14?

Everwild looks dope but apparently was completely scrapped and started over. Target release day now supposedly 2024.

Methinks it might end up the way of Scalebound, or WiLd.....

MS pulled a late PS3 and PS4 era Sony... they let all the beans spill very early and now the Xbox crowd has to wait... but at least they know what they're getting.

Sony on the other hand has gone the way of Nintendo and basically not announced much of anything. We don't have anything specific to PS5 only we can expect as of yet for the foreseeable future from them as every game they've announced is also coming to PS4. While that's great news for PS4 owners, it makes the PS5 essentially a PS4 Pro Pro.

Hopefully the Playstation showcase next week will make the PS5 feel like a next gen system.

And Sony relies on sequels also yet another Ratchet n Clank, yet another God of War, Yet another GT, Horizon, and others.

Also I see you failed to mention games Medium, Perfect Dark, Stalker, State of Decay, Psychonauts 2, Hellblade, Outer Worlds 2, Avowed,Wasteland 3, and others.

Sequels are not bad since people clearly like the first game. Your just a giant fanboy

Gears is missing, but the only reason that it does, is because this is the most outdated series MS has. It became completely irrelevant. Nothing else but a benchmark for the unreal engine.

Medium and Psychonauts 2 are on Playstation/PC

Perfect Dark is another game like Everwild that is 3-5 years away

He doesn't know that because he doesn't actually play games. He's just a shill.

Microsoft did the same thing last gen. They showed a bunch of CGI trailers in 2014. Most ended up being canceled or being bad games. They have yet to prove they are capable of releasing anything of quality that isn't Forza or Halo. And even Halo has sucked for years now.

Even though it's Forza 325325 it still look fookin great!

@NathanDrakeSwag: Well, I'm pretty sure that's why they bought Bethesda.

Strange complaint when they have Starfield, RedFall and Contraband announced, with two of the three slated next year. Then following those are Fable, Perfect Dark and Avowed. I guess whenever, the next Forza and Halo games is released in between the new IPs you will create this thread again. 😂

Halo and Forza for the holidays is still a good line-up. I was actually most looking forward to WH40K: Darktide from Fatshark but that got pushed until 2022, but something to keep the game flow coming after the year. Back 4 Blood also coming to Game Pass, and Game Pass itself whether the releases are exclusive or not should will give Xbox gamers plenty to play for an insanely low monthly price, cheaper than a free next gen upgrade on PS5. There won't be a lack of fun to be had for anybody invested in the ecosystem. I myself still have to get caught up with the onslaught of stuff they added to GP in just the last month.

Lol, you're throwing too many facts at him. His small brain can't handle it.

Are they really relying on Halo? MS seems ashamed to show any more footage of it.

and in 2021 sony doesnot even have a single exclusive.

They're pushing it hard without showing off the game. They are hoping they can make people forget about how bad it looked last year along with the fact that it is launching without several series staple features by plastering it on energy drinks and releasing lots of Halo branded controllers.

Well like ive said in the past, MS is where studios go to die.

Bethesda deserves it after ruining Quake, and re-releasing Skyrim 8000 times.

Oh yea, and the fact that they created Zenimax is also why they deserve to burn.

What has Sony got coming the rest of 2021.

Not a right lot

Except for Returnal and Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. Nice job outing yourself as a lemming alt btw.

Avowed stuck in development hell? Please, how's Abandoned doing by the way? You expect for the acquisition of a beast like Bethesda means games just come pouring out? Research how long it takes to make a big game and ask again why "there's no games"...

Wait til you see what Xbox has to rely on in Q4 2022… You’ll be begging for 2021

I say this and people get mad. Xbox has all these studios, and projects are still not even remotely close to being finished or still in the planning phases. Also...

a) Xbox is still pimping Halo and Forza

b) Having to borrow from PC to get content (and the fans aren't even playing the games)

c) Xbox consoles are still having to depend on indie fluff for "new" content for GP

I honestly feel like everything is riding on Bethesda for the Xbox brand. But how far apart are THOSE releases? And will they be regular enough?

Ps has no games

This site would look a lot nicer without spam bots like Bluestars.

TBH, my PS5 isn't relying on too much atm. I just replayed GoW and am playing UC1 in the UC Collection.

Well, that's kinda none of your business, don't you think?

Somebody is jelly of Horizon 5

sony has been pumping games out since launch but for some reason holiday 2021 is the only time that matters..

MS studios haven't put out anything and has been relying on slim third party deals up until now..

the only thing new they put out was flight simulator..

but lets act like sony's been sitting around doing nothing all gen..

Well games take time to make and this acquisition is still pretty fresh. The developers have stuff that they’ve been working on prior that they still need to release. I thought Microsoft has shown a pretty good number of titles that they have in the works with some pretty good stuff coming next year, especially Starfield. Anyway I’m a big fan of Halo and Forza so having Halo: Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 coming out in the next few months definitely works for me.

Yes! AND Psychonauts 2 is an XBOX IP. Only multiplat because of prior deals made to be fulfilled.

Ok I did not know that those two games were on the Playstation. I'm glad they are though since the Playstation has so few games. I mean it is beyond hilarious that the Sony fanboys are still trying the tired line of Xbox has no games when Xbox has already put out more games and the future line up is FAR FAR bigger then what Sony has.

Sony's big upcoming games are all sequels like the 1,000th version of God of War, yet another GT game which has always fell FAR short since Forza has come out, another Horizon. Hell Sony's big games of the year were an overpriced Spider Man expansion and the 1,000th version of the kiddie Ratchet and Clank that could only be done on the PS5 till it was released on the PS4. It is clear as day Sony has nothing and that is why they are doing so many directors cut games of games that were just recently released like ghost of tsushima. A bunch of games are not even old enough to collect a speck of dust but Sony's game department is so dry they just rerelease them.

As far as when Xbox games are coming out , You have no idea and your Sony fanboyness just wants to create these dates in your head. In saying that though at least Xbox has games coming. All your sony fanboy can do for the Playsation is just imagine there are games coming since.

@CanYouDiglt: My god the stupidity in your post actually makes my head hurt a little.

@hardwenzen: as a PS5 owner they are not doing a lot to make me keep it.

we don´t care,we do care about RTX 3090 SUPER & lacks of XSX ,PS5 stock

@NathanDrakeSwag: Considering you were raving about the 26th (Yes 26th) Ratchet and Clank, I’d say this thread is about as well received as Sony’s lies regarding cross play.

lol, wouldn't have been easier to just to leave it at just "I didn't know they were also on PS"

Sackboy, Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank is already more in offerings than what Xbox has produced since November 2020. Their first major exclusives are finally coming this fall with Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5.

Sell it? Literally millions are interested.😊

Nobody's fault you're looking for something generic that is usually available on gamepass.

I still want a PS5,games are coming soon enough for both systems. I own a XSX and satisfied so far, I wish games could come out sooner,but at least the developers are not rushing them. Rushed games are incomplete games.

Yeah, they're just getting Horizon 2

Sony desperation continuation.

@NathanDrakeSwag: PS5 is relying on Rachet and Clank 49, and a Indy game that was a sales flop.

He who lives in glass houses.

In the last month or so...the Xbox received Psychonauts 2 and Flight Simulator from Xbox Game Studios. A couple indie games like Death's Door and 12 Minutes also were released on Xbox. All of which were critically well-received.

With that said, Flight Simulator doesn't hold that much longevity and I haven't played the others. Been too busy enjoying getting slaughtered in Aliens Fireteam.

@CanYouDiglt: yes, this is a dumb thread lol. Just halo just forza?? Those are block busters of the highest caliber, I love how the OP just dismissed them. Then he dismissed psychonauts 2, ori, the graphics king MSFS20.

@blaznwiipspman1: Forza and Halo block busters of the highest caliber?🤣Halo used to be that... in 2007🤦‍♂️Forza never was nor will it ever be a "bluck buster of the highest caliber" lmao. GT is the only racing game that can be considered that, but even then, they release one of these per decade, so its not even worth talking about this series either.

Microsoft has no BLOCK BUSTERS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER. None. Zero.

Here's the last time Halo was a blockbuster franchise:

After that 343 killed it.

@hardwenzen: 24 million people played Forza Horizon 4 as of last November 🤣

rent free

Forced to play it because there's nothing else on the system. Is this how MS creates their block busters of the highest caliber😁