With Sony and the PlayStation 4 “winning” this console generation (by “winning” I refer to the hardware sales figures), and Microsoft losing ground in Europe, Gamescom is going to be a key gaming event for Microsoft to tackle and win back some of the European market - especially given that Sony won’t be holding a conference/briefing at the event this year.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
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
Will check this out :)
As a Microsoft fan I hope they continue to win back some of the gaming crowd at events like Gamescom but it's going to be a miracle if they ever overtake PS4s in this generation of consoles due to the terrible launch/E3 conferences.
Looking forward to hearing about everything being released now & the future .
Really want to see more of Scalebound, Crackdown, and I hope 'Sea of Thieves' shows up!
Pretty much like everyone else, I'm interested in Scalebound, Crackdown and Quantum Break. I also want Killer Instinct Season 3 announced. Be cool to see a couple of surprises they are rumored to have as well.
Glad they are treating Gamescom like a second E3, it gives gamers even more to look forward to.