Eurogamer writes: There used to be breathing space between Halo games (Halo 1 2001, Halo 2 2004, Halo 3 2007), but in recent years Microsoft has been flinging the IP at us: Halo Wars 2009, Halo 3: ODST 2009 and Halo: Reach 2010.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
yep 07 08 09 2010 2011 i agree same with call of duty wwe games need 4 speed asc
@Stonecold: Don't comment on topics you don't understand. There was no Halo in 2008.
I'm going to have to disagree. All the Halo games that have come out so far have had a minimum of 2 and a half years of dev time, which is more than Treyarch or Infinity Ward can attest to with their 18-22 month dev cycles.
2007 was the last time we saw Master Chief. 2012 will be when he returns, and it's been in development from late 2007/early 2008. But we're on Call of Duty XXX, Final Fantasy XXX, and Resistance, and Uncharted are in their THIRD installments for this generation.
Besides, MS is remaking Halo CE in celebration of Halo's 10th anniversary. Again, I fail to see what the problem is. Don't want it? Don't buy it. Simple.
The key here folk is mindshare. All the companies know that if they've got you talking about their game, you'll talk to your friends, and they will talk to their friends, and so forth. Right now, keeping your prized franchises in the hearts and minds of your customers is the way you garner big sales.
As Excalibur said, they are all businesses, and as long as interest is shown in their products, they will continue to make them. Simple.
M$ is hardly the Lone Ranger.
COD?
Assassin's Creed?
Just to name a few.
M$ and other companies are in business to make $$$ and as long as folks keep coming back for more they will continue making said product.
It's business 101.
every company is guilty of the milk treatment