Microsoft ‘wants its own Genshin Impact-like game’ for Xbox

From VGC: "Microsoft is looking for its own Genshin Impact-like game in order to appeal more to the Chinese market, according to a new report.

Reuters notes that the company is accelerating plans to find an equivalent title to the action role-playing game, which has seen over four billion dollars of revenue in two years for Shanghai studio miHoYo.

Genshin Impact, an anime-style open-world game, is monetized through gacha mechanics, in which players pay for the chance to earn special characters they can then use in-game."

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A half a year later: "Breaking news, Microsoft buys miHoYo."

Microsoft: "We built this!"

[solideagle]

lol thanks for the laugh!

[solideagle]

this is the actual reason:

"While Sony doesn’t own the Genshin Impact IP, it did partner with developer miHoYo early in the game’s development and assisted in bringing it to market. The game is on PC and mobile devices, although the console version of the game is exclusively on PlayStation.

It is understood the game makes the majority of its money on mobile platforms, but the game is regularly at the top of the most played free-to-play games on PlayStation.

According to Reuters sources, Microsoft “regrets” missing out on Genshin, and had briefly spoken to miHoYo when Genshin was being developed, but talks fell through.

“Picking up Genshin Impact made Sony a lot of money,” according to a Reuters source, who declined to be identified because the information was not public."

[blackblades]

Another good move by Sony then

[VersusDMC]

Jesus...they rejected Marvel and Sony made millions then they rejected Mihoyo so Sony could make millions.

Whoever made those decisions at Microsoft better have gotten replaced or at least a talking to. I hilariously imagine this person bringing up an idea in a meeting and being greeted to "Mr Genshin Impact is a bad investment wants the floor...let's hear him out!"😁

[patterson]

Captured Microsoft’s essence perfectly! 🤣

[Kekewei]

Joking aside this will never happen. Things in China are always complicated. One of CCP leaders just visited miHoYO this year, this is a signal that miHoYo is untouchable now.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Microsoft is trying to be everywhere at once imo.

[H9]

Percisely, they are not waiting to invest in something and do it properly to boost the trust people have in them, instead they are jumping head first into everything, Halo Infinite is a proof of that

[badz149]

I think you meant "buy everyone" at once

[EvertonFC]

And failing at them all

[YourMommySpoils]

Yet in the end, they're nowhere.

[gold_drake]

of course they do.
the smell of desperation

[The3faces]

A company worth over 2 trillion is desperate? Probably the funniest comment I've ever read on here lol

[gold_drake]

i find your comments pretty funny too, not gonna lie, but thank you for the compliment, i do try my best to entertain

[YourMommySpoils]

Well they are in desperation in the console department.

[Gardenia]

You have to read between the lines. What they want is an IP that is F2P and will make millions in microtransactions. Basically a smartphone game formula. It's the easiest way to make a shit ton of money...unfortunately.

[gold_drake]

yeh i know.

[jznrpg]

MS wants more live service ? They can’t seem to make games so who will they buy next ?

[blackblades]

Ms buying up the studios just to have more games. Sony sat there making moves like investing in live services with bungie, bought Evo for tournaments, bought other small teams like a support team. Making invest and support devs in China and other devs making decisions like the Marvel game etc etc

[1Victor]

Microsoft hear “ monetized through gacha mechanics”

We need that money see if we can buy the developers that’s our entry ticket to the Japanese market

[Spenok]

Next thing we know GI will be an exclusive to PC and Xbox!

[senorfartcushion]

They’ve been trying to make their own for a decade now

[anast]

Fans will feel cheated after all the years of supporting Xbox to later find out they are going all in on mobile games.

[Lightning77]

Just like Sony is sunshine

[anast]

There is nothing sunshine about the future of gaming.

[Lightning77]

With mobile being involved? Of course not, you see there was no backlash just defending when Sony announced they were doing mobile. No MS thinks it's ok to do it now.

Thanks allot.

[blackblades]

Sony the ones that has the games, that made decisions that Xbox regreted. Its not like Sony gonna make there the top studios stop making AAA games it reason why Sony bought certain studios and not big publishers.

[Inverno]

I grew bored with it cause it's extremely repetitive, but from a business standpoint it's a cash cow. It's also garnered up one of the weirdest most toxic fan bases.

[Destiny1080]

phil wants a lot of things he cant have

[ocelot07]

Is there a reason genshin impact is not on Xbox?

It can't be a exclusive thing considering its on pc, PS4, PS5, Switch and phones.

[blackblades]

I thought that to but the guy above quoted sony partner with then early on etc. Dont know why its switch though unless hmmm.

[SullysCigar]

Microsoft tried to cut a deal for Genshin, but it fell through. Too greedy would be my guess.

[YourMommySpoils]

If I haven't heard the biggest fail in a lifetime, I've heard it now. Microsoft trying to compete with Genshin is the funniest thing they can come up with.

[kingnick]

Genshin Impact looks like a good game especially for a Chinese developed game but I can't stand gacha mechanics in games as I view it akin to a gateway drug for gambling and I don't support gambling in games. I have no interest in the grind for characters/items which isn't worth the time investment IMO.

I'm probably in the minority here but after Halo Infinite, Overwatch 2 and a few other games I'm increasingly disliking live service games as developers often use "live service" as an excuse to push out barebones, incomplete games.

I hope MS and Sony don't heavily embrace live service and gacha games, there's plenty of games from the past I'd rather play then support these IMO scummy business practices.

[ZwVw]

They could make something focused around the Inori Aizawa character, using influence by that anime advert that Microsoft Singapore put out nearly a decade ago. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[talocaca]

It seems like they have spent literal decades chasing gaming success. They had Halo (that they bought), then Gears of War (that they didn't develop).....then they got Rare to mixed results.

With the money they have spent they should have a huge roster of franchises like Sony and Nintendo. I guess they will just keep throwing money at the problem.