No it wont cause 3rd party publishers to pull away. What is will do is make it harder for MS to secure exclusives from 3rd party publishers because the allure of the PS4 is too strong.
Has Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Xbox One Finally Outmatched Sony PlayStation 4?
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No it wont cause 3rd party publishers to pull away. What is will do is make it harder for MS to secure exclusives from 3rd party publishers because the allure of the PS4 is too strong.
Oh really? I knew he said he didn't like them, but I didn't know he said they weren't going to do anymore.
I don't think he is including a case where they finance and publish a game. To me there really isn't that much of a difference but it sounds nice. Plus he was saying less 3rd party exclusives and more from their own studios and IPs.
It would be ridiculous to think they aren't going to have 3rd party exclusives. That isn't even realistic.
Where are all these 3rd party exclusives? Most of the stuff that releases in Japan first has not come to Xbox even when it was a worldwide leader. Outside of those and smaller Indies, the 3rd party exclusives are generally published by MS and Sony.
That's how i look at it. There's a reason why one console leads the other in sales each gen. Because both can't win. Does the gap really matter if both are doing great? Realistically, hardcore gamers have bought about the same amount of PS4's and Xbox One's. It's the casual crowd, or the people that aren't informed before a gen starts who buy the console everyone else is buying at the time. Many of those people end up regretting their decision as the gen plays out.
People don't think for themselves, and whatever console has the best word of mouth going for it is the console that's going to be selling better. It's not rocket science and i doubt most companies care about winning the sales war. It's all about profit. Would they like to win? Yeah, nobody likes losing. But in the real world it's all about survival. Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have been trading the #1 spot for three gens now. Everyone's had their turn.
Phil Spencer Ends Third-Party Exclusive Games On Xbox One
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/8...s-third-party-exclusive-games-on-xbox-one.htm
http://www.inquisitr.com/2299975/xb...over-third-party-exclusive-says-phil-spencer/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/19/xbox-head-discusses-why-final-fantasy-14-is-not-on-xbox-one
and
http://www.dualshockers.com/2015/07...more-investment-on-first-party-in-the-future/
My Strategy is more around our own first party franchises, and investing in franchises that we own, and probably fewer exclusive deals for third party content. I want to have strong third party relations, but paying for many third party exclusives isn’t our long term strategy.
This year, the fact that we’re shipping Halo 5, Gears of War, Forza 6, Fable, we can only do that and build that best line-up we’ve ever seen really on the back of franchises that we own. It’s great to have Tomb Raider as part of our line-up, but investing in first party, you’ll see more of that at gamescom next week, is really core to our strategy.
There's a reason MS is attempting to build up this portfolio. It's not just about this gen...or another console gen. Think Netflix. Right now the focus is on hardware. Eventually that barrier to entry will be gone. It'll be about whether you want to buy games through Xbox Live, Sony Online, or Amazon's gaming service. It'll be about who has the better servers, ecosystem and exclusives. Hardware power won't be a factor. That's why MS gave 343 a blank check to fix Halo, putting together value purchases like Rare Replay, and why they're trying out a bunch of new IPs.
I don't think MS is investing in these franchises thinking about Xbox One vs. PS4. Minecraft, Havok, unifying everything with Windows 10...It's about the generation beyond hardware.
I don't think MS is investing in these franchises thinking about Xbox One vs. PS4. Minecraft, Havok, unifying everything with Windows 10...It's about the generation beyond hardware.
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Hm. Well, I see that the headline says he "ends" them, but I'm not hearing him say that clearly and definitively. He's "not a huge fan" of them, they are doing "less of it," it isn't their "long-term strategy," and his strategy is "more around" first-party content. To me, that means it's it's a low priority, but it's not ruled out completely. Of course, if you think about it, why would he rule something like that out completely? You never know what the next few years will bring or what prospective deals may present themselves.