The Xbox Platform Most Certainly Has Games Now

Gamerheadquarters; "After the acquisition of Bethesda it really can’t ever be said again that Xbox has no games. That narrative of lacking in the first party department is officially over as there has been quite a staggering growth for the Microsoft gaming division."

[porkChop]

They have a *ton* of top tier studios. They have a ton of beloved, historical franchises. They have a new incredible in-house engine with id Tech. They have a very powerful and feature-rich console. You don't have to like Xbox, but you can't deny that they're in a really, really good position. The industry needed this. When all 3 manufacturers are providing healthy competition it brings out the best in each. All gamers will benefit from this.

[Jin_Sakai]

Xbox finally have more games that’s for sure but being as talented as Sony’s first party studios is another story. They’re in a league of their own.

If Microsoft keeps ES6 exclusive to Xbox that will be huge. That’s a game people will talk about for ages.

[porkChop]

I agree, PlayStation's first party are some of the best in the industry. Xbox isn't there yet, but hopefully they take the time to grow and mature their teams.

[bouzebbal]

Games won't be exclusives to them only.. Because Bethesda will remain self publishing.
As I said earlier, Bethesda image is really bad atm, they need to step their QA game up

[dcbronco]

You are some delusional people. Name the Sony first party game that sold 30 million copies. Sony wishes they had Bethesda. Zenimax. This is the level of ignorance that has Sony financing Microsoft now. You can cause it to increase or you can cause Microsoft to buy more and cut you off. Grow up.

[Jin_Sakai]

@dcbronco

“You are some delusional people. Name the Sony first party game that sold 30 million copies. Sony wishes they had Bethesda. Zenimax.”

“Name the Sony first party game that sold 30 million copies.“

Why are you comparing Sony exclusives to a multi platform game that sold 30 million? Not really a fair comparison.

Regardless Skyrim was a great game and I’m sure ES6 will be amazing.

[BillyG0AT]

I can see MS keeping Starfield as an exclusive but I reckon they would let ES6 be multi-plat to get some of that initial investment back. Either way, it's fun times ahead for gamers. I think we will see some massive changes as this console generation progresses.

[Indigon]

It could be great if they bring AAA big title games but it could be less great if they concentrate on shorter Gamepass fillers. The future will tell. I'm very much in a wait and see position.

[sampsonon]

You mean MS is one step closer to turning gaming into a service full of half made games and MT's. They want "12" new games per year, as Phil said, which means less time and money creating them. But don't worry, they will patch it over the next couple yrs. I won't even start on Phil's comment that Single player games aren't viable and isn't in MS's future plans. Yes i know, they have a few coming but that's not their goal because it cost more money, usually, and it's harder to justify MT's.

MS Gamespass will have quantity over quality. And i understand it has some great older games. I am not talking about right now because it's in its infancy. I am talking 10 yrs from now when Sony sees success, even though the investment is low, by Gamespass they will follow suit.
Bye bye AAA large budget games like God Of War.

Could be wrong though....... "Eye roll"

[NeoGamer232]

Again, as usual there is not a single fact to backup your argument.

2017 - First year of GamePass.... No really good first party games
2018 - Second year of GamePass... Release Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, Forza Horizon 4 - Overall quality and quantity improving
2019 - Third year of GamePass... Releases Crackdown 3, Gears 5, The Outer Worlds - Overall quality is improving, quantity the same
2020 - Fourth year of GamePass... Releases Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Minecraft Dungeons, Bleeding Edge, Gears Tactics, Flight Simulator, Wasteland 3, and Grounded preview.... Overall quality and quantity improving

Look at the facts. They have not turned all their games into services and they have not reduced quality for quantity.

Also with 23 studios, each studio currently has about 2 years to make games. Many of these studios have multiple teams which probably puts a 3 years cycle onto their games.

[sampsonon]

@NeoGamer232:
Craig?
Sea of Thieves AA Game with lots of glitches(Kraken without a body) one of the highlights. META (67
State of Decay GLITCHED. META (66
FH4, enough said, same old game again and again.
Those games are an improvement? yikes! Making my point for me.
Crackdown 3? You really want to help me eh? META (63
Gears 5? ok. META (85
The Outer worlds is a AA game. META (85
Ori =A GAME (META 90..... AT LEAST THEY HAVE ONE IN THE 90's.
MC=A GAME (need i say more?
Bleeding Edge? Garbage = AA GAME (Meta 66
GT = A GAME (meta 80? wow! almost there.
FS? BORING, we there yet?
WL3=A GAME (84
Grounded hahaha. thanks, that is an improvement from the 1st year of GP? Interesting.

So it looks like a whole bunch of average games that are A and AA and a couple in the 80's Also A and AA with one in the 90's.
All that in 4 yrs?
Thanks for proving my point.

I won't bother posting PS4 games because it will be embarrassing.

[Chriswheeler22]

They are in a great position for success. Let's hope the studios make games I actually want to play.

[Immagaiden]

Since when did Xbox have no games? You don’t remain a major contender in the industry without having a wide variety of software on your platform to sustain your brand

[King_Noctis]

According to some people, MS games don’t exist.

[Shadowsteal]

Halo, Forza, Gears since 2006.

When's the last time Microsoft released a game as amazing as Uncharted 4, Spider-Man, Horizon, The Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, and the list keeps going.

Forgettable shit like Grounded, Bleeding Edge, and Sea of Thieves isn't going to cut it.

Even when they do have the opportunity to bring something gamechanging they cancel it. Like canceling Scalebound, Fable: Legends, and the New IP The Coalition was working on before Gears of War 4.

All Microsoft can prove so far is that they can buy Studios. Sony has been pushing boundaries, cultivating creativity, and nurturing talent for at least a decade now.

[King_Noctis]

Ori Will of the Wisp? MS Flight Simulator? Wasteland 3? Quantum Break? Sunset Overdrive?

You can’t act like Gear, Halo, and Forza are the only good games that they have. Also, you can’t and shouldn’t keep looking back to the past, MS was dumpster fire back then. Now it is a whole different ball game for them.

[NEXUS-6]

King :

Flight Sim is on OLD series,
Ori was just funded and can be found on SWITCH,
Wasteland 3 - on PS4 & PC,
Sunset Overdrive is an Insomniac ip,
Quantom Break - do they own that or Remedy?

Point being they've now paid (at least what we know) $9.5 Billion dollars for Minecraft, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, DOOM and a few ips that never reached their potential.

I don't know about you - that isn't too impressive when put up against Sony's output over the same time frame.

[King_Noctis]

"Flight Sim is on OLD series"

Yet you listed Uncharted 4 and God of War. Those aren't new series. MS could also have easily made Ori and Wasteland exclusive to their platform, but they didn't.

It also doesn't matter who own Sunset Overdrive, MS IS the publisher. And MS owns Quantum Break.

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[Elda]

Preach!!

[Immagaiden]

@ King

Seems ridiculous to say such a large entity doesn’t exist.

@ Shadow

I’m not talking about Xbox as a publisher I’m talking about the Xbox platforms in general.

When’s the last time people only bought a console just to play solely first party titles? Exclusives are very important no doubt, but not everybody only buys a console just to play a handful of titles published by that specific hardware manufacturer.

Look as a primarily PlayStation gamer I’m not defending Microsoft’s pitiful first party lineup here. They should be ashamed for their output. But the Xbox brand didn’t get to where it is now being the 3rd longest lasting gaming hardware brand because people only wanted to play Microsoft published titles. Millions of people buy Xbox to play a wide variety of titles from a wide array of publishers.

Obviously PlayStation offers more games that’s an undeniable fact. But to act like Xbox literally has no titles at all and is somehow able to sustain itself on some antimatter is absurd.

There’s an obvious reason Xbox outsold GameCube & Xbox One outsold Wii U. Yeah PS2, PS3, PS4, & soon PS5 outsold every Xbox system they competed with, but those Xbox systems still sold millions of units because it offered software that many are interested in. Yeah a lot of it is multiplatform, thus meaning you can play those games on other platforms, but they still sustained the Xbox brand to the point that it’s still a major player in the hardware industry.

[Shadowsteal]

"Xbox has no games" is referencing their lack of compelling exclusives. Essentially making the point, why get an Xbox when you can play the same games AND a dozen+ blockbuster exclusives.

Hopefully that trend changes this generation. With the Zenimax/Bethesda acquisition I have high hopes. Microsoft is invested in gaming for the long term which will only inspire all the platform holders.

[Immagaiden]

I understand that what that reference to “no games” means. It was stupid when people said PS3 had no games early in its life and it’s even more ridiculous now to say XO has no games to play.

Again, who pays hundreds of dollars to get a console to limit themselves to only play exclusives?

You and I can go back and forth on why people would get an Xbox for whatever reason, but at the end of the day the fact remains that millions of people still have bought an Xbox console and millions play games on it.

You don’t become, and more importantly remain, a major player in an industry where many other hardware manufacturers have failed by not having content that would entice a large enough demographic to justify investing billions to further cement yourself within said industry.

[masterfox]

old games to be more precise, like in every console. :D

[Ghostbob]

Really where are they because I am not playing any new IP or exclusive from Xbox but will be in a few years or more if they don't F up Bethesda!

[Damrock]

I'd honestly love to see Halo Infinite using the Id Tech 7 engine.

Also wouldn't say no to a mix of Halo / Doom gameplay for the new Halo, That would be pretty epic.

[amazingmax7]

Bethesda/Zenimax games will still be on other platforms. (such as elder scrolls etc).
Not sure about new IP's/games of course.

[East76lands]

Playstation create talent, Xbox just buy it up. They're like the PSG or Man City of the gaming world.

[glennhkboy]

You seems to forget that Sony bought Insomnia, Guerrilla, and many other developers as well. So, why is it good when it's Sony buying developers, yet bad when it's done by Microsoft?

[Elda]

The difference is Sony bought small studios that were developing games basically for Sony for years now,Sony didn't buy up an already big established 3rd party publisher with studios on their belt. A good move from MS to own but the games are basically Bethesda games.

[Imalwaysright]

Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Gerrilla Games, Media Molecule and Bend were all acquired by Sony.

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Not until the games are made, lol, and they had better live up to expectations when they finally do release.

[IRetrouk]

First party is looking really strong, they have some great devs on board, but don't the games have to be made before we start saying that their issues are over? They have always had devs, that was never an issue from what I can remember, it was their output and the quality of them that was the problem, 23 devs can 100% turn that around, and they have already started but we should see what they produce before claiming their issues are over.

[Greg2801]

Its great for the future of Xbox. But for now its not really going to do anything. Its still probably goin to take 3 years or something before the new Elder Scrolls or Starfield releases.

And then you need to hope that Bethesda can deliver again since their last titles are not as good as earlier titles.

But still a really good move from microsoft for the future of Xbox gaming

[CaptainObvious878]

And the shill articles keep on coming...

All ms did was throw money around.

Do they still not have a single launch exclusive? Yes? Then they still don't have games.

When ms ACTUALLY produces the goods, then you can say they have games.

[Magatsuhi]

Since when has Bethesda been a good dev? Last I checked people hated them for good reasons.

[jivah]

Well when you push a game like skyrim for literally 9/10years and give a game out for basically nothing and it pads the numbers to double digit millions, those numbers although not organic purchases still count for something as potential buyers. So it boosts the power of the bethesda name. That said. over the years people tend to forget the shit show that has plagued bethesda games like elder scrolls or fallout cause of their shitty, horribly outdated engine that they refuse to throw away. As far as being a good dev. I wouldnt say they are some of the best at all. The ips are historically iconic which drove the price up im sure but nothing fantastic has necessarily come from that other than the last doom game. If Ms can turn them around they owuld be a powerhouse. If not an they have autonomy they will just stay the same.

[REDDURT]

Does it really ?

[Father__Merrin]

Can you give a list of xbox only games please? I asked this yesterday what games are there?

[victorMaje]

MS did a smart thing. Although I don’t trust them I think they are in a position where they have an opportunity to make great games.
Imo Sony has the quality & are on a level of their own. I trust them to continue in providing it as well as an amazing next-gen experience (Software & Hardware).
Hopefully MS will follow & create competition which will benefit gaming & not go the GaaS route.
We’ll just have to wait & see how things unfold.

[Hedstrom]

Well they have studios! And hopefuly great games coming from them :) I would have liked them to create more own studios, but it's great to see them trying to match and exceed Sony. Now Sony will need to step up.

I have always only hade one console at the time. But this coming i will pick up both Ps5 and Xbox X. The Ps5 för the exclusive and buying games. And the Serie X för Game pass alone!

[Elda]

It's really an already established company (Bethesda)....basically Bethesda games with MS slapped on it. MS may own it now but it's not something grown & established within the MS company.

[P_Bomb]

I said it months ago, maybe even a year. MS is going into this gen in the best position they’ve been in since 360. Im curious to see what happens at the register. Even if Fallout and Scrolls stay multiplat or timed, there’s more than enough IP now to make an exclusive dent.

[Deathdeliverer]

It can be argued that they don’t have games YET, but mid to end this gen, start of next gen they shouldn’t hear the “no games” comments anymore. It’s going to be a while before we see the effects of this purchase. By a while I’m thinking a few years. Contracts have been signed for games, features, and what not and they exist for a reason.

[FallenAngel1984]

That doesn’t make sense. All of these Bethesda games you can already play on Xbox One. How does Microsoft buying the publisher suddenly mean it no longer “has no games” as if to say you couldn’t play these titles on Xbox prior to the acquisition?

[Elda]

Exactly!

[RazzerRedux]

"That narrative of lacking in the first party department is officially over as there has been quite a staggering growth for the Microsoft gaming division."

No, it isn't. None of these games were developed by Microsoft and Microsoft doesn't suddenly get credit for them. MS still needs to produce top notch AAA games. This will certainly help them as they have bought a publisher known for creating great games. Good thing because Microsoft has sucked at it on their own. So moving forward, yeah, Microsoft is in a great spot.

But please, do not try to retroactively award Microsoft for shit they didn't do.

[IRetrouk]

💯

[lonewolfjedi]

its definitely too soon to say that lol

[NealGamby]

LMAO. This acquisition didn't give them any more games than they had before. Every single game they acquired was already on their system. The ONLY thing this did was bring them to GamePass. They will still be on PlayStation.

[Spartacus10]

Microsoft could have started 3 studios for the same money it cost them to acquire Bethesda, and Xbox would still have had the games made by Bethesda anyway.

Taking the games off PlayStation (which is safe to assume they will do), will be like taking a cup of water out of the ocean.