Xbox LIVE Arcade has already taken in over $46 million this year according to analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE) as the digital distribution of games continues to grow. Through the end of June, they forecast that sales on Xbox LIVE Arcade has 36% over the previous year thanks to special promotions like the LIVE Arcade Block Party and discounts on games.
From Contraband to Perfect Dark, here are some potential wildcard surprises that could appear at this month's Xbox Developer Direct.
Wow I actually commented in a Xbox thread before Jin_Sakai! Contraband gameplay would be dope.
This year promises to be a big year for gaming, and it will definitely be one of the greatest if any of these big MIA projects finally made it into gamers' hands.
Pretty sure Silk Song and Dragon Age are going smoothly. The other 2 can be assumed to be quietly cancelled knowing their publishers and Metroid will most likely be shown off this year.
Dragon Age going smoothly??? Directors leaving, people leaving in general, terrible working conditions....not sure how you define smoothly.
I remember in 2017 when Nintendo showed off the Metroid Prime 4 logo, and some Nintendo defenders claimed "Just because they only showed a logo, doesn't mean that's all they've worked on for the game."
As history has proven, they were wrong. Nintendo showed off a logo back in 2017 because that's literally all they had.
I think Beyond Good and Evil 2 can stay there unless they are going to just rename it to a new IP
Pretty sure BG&E2 is dead at this point - along with the other game Ancel was working on before he left - I think it was called WILD. Anyone remember that from a PS conference years ago?
Dreadwolf isn't in development hell anymore and is finally getting its reveal in the summer - since 2016 the game has been scrapped and restarted three times but its been going pretty well since the last reboot when EA finally allowed BioWare to just get on with making a single player game.
I'm not sure Perfect Dark is in development hell either - like it could be but we haven't really heard much to suggest either way - imo they just showed the trailer off when the game was still in pre-production. Xbox were desperate for anything and this is all they had at the time. And the reason we haven't heard anything since is just because it's in normal development and games take 5 years to make. The help from a support studio was typically overblown on N4G because nearly every game has this.
Years of setbacks have stalled development on the new Perfect Dark, and while it’s well underway now, we may have to wait a while yet.
The Initiative in 5 years have nothing.
How come Microsoft hasn't disbanded them?
That’s because Microsoft likes there hands off approach.
Look at Minecraft... We’re 3 years into current gen and still playing the Xbox One and PS4 version. Still no 4k, no 120fps, no Ray-Tracing, and no graphics updates whatsoever. Coming from a studio with over 600 employees.
The Last Guardian took 10 years to make. In fact a whole generation passed before it was released. Playstation gamers were still OK with it. As long as Perfect Dark comes out good im sure xbox gamers will be OK with it.
MS is busy rebranding Multiplatform games as xbox exclusive. They can't be bothered with making games.
@reaper you forget playstation closed japan studio's not long after? Japan studios were awesome but you can't have development cycles last that long.
Microsoft doesnt know how to make good games. The initiative will fail. They've probably restarted the project at least once already.
The rumor was they're working on the next Tombraider at Square so PD is somewhat on the back burner now. Apparently TR will release before PD.
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Embracer?
Wonder if that was the billion dollar deal that's apparently tanked them.
well it makes sense for CD to focus on there own ip's first and foremost.
there a talented studio so im sure they will make a great PD game when it actually does release
Good, Xbox fanboys kids and grandkids will have Xbox own games to play in the future then.
The games they took from everyone else...yes.
Where's that fable? New IP from coalition? New game form 343? Where's the game from the initiative...these are the ones that actually belong to Microsoft and there's nothing to see.
All the others they purchased in order to take away from other companies ..and to do so permanently.
Yes Microsoft, I promise to help you make these record sales projections if you promise to keep discounting your XBLA games regularly. In other words, more please!
They have been on a roll with the deal of the week sales. Of course they are dialing back the sales now to promote their Summer of Arcade but the sales will surely be back soon.
I'm hoping this convinces Microsoft to even more closely emulate the Steam model!
They need more old school classics ala Wii Ware
how about they drop some of the price in the GAMES ON DEMAND tab a few of those could use a sale makeover