Klobrille has been hinting MS is picking up a Japanese studio. He just posted this:
Out of the ones he listed I would be most excited for Platinum Games,CyberConnect2, Arc System Works, Mistwalker or Tri-Ace . Especially Mistwalker and Tri-Ace. But knowing MS they'll end up with Cave or White Owls.
Who's Psycobaker? Never heard that name before.
Ok, who the hell is Pscycobaker Swery White Owl?
My sentiments exactly. I can see them announcing that as if it would be a big deal, missing the mark entirely.
Better to get small studios they can build up then to just simply take games off PS4. Which is really all you are hoping for if you want them to buy a Platinum type purchase.
Better to get small studios they can build up then to just simply take games off PS4. Which is really all you are hoping for if you want them to buy a Platinum type purchase.
Aside from The Initiative, I'm not expecting smaller studios to bring the heat any time soon. A bigger studio with a good track record could simply bring us quality games faster. I'm not opposed to smaller studios. I would prefer them to build up Mistwalker over getting White Owls or Cave.
But if Microsoft can't build them into quality studios then there is no reason to believe they wouldn't make a real quality studio worse(1). Forget whether its a "big deal". They have the studios to they have a great lineup which is the big deal(2). People are just looking for them to win the console war with whatever purchase they make(3).
Obviously this won't happen but lets hypothetically say they bought From Software what do you gain from that other than the games being on game pass(4)?
But if Microsoft can't build them into quality studios then there is no reason to believe they wouldn't make a real quality studio worse. Forget whether its a "big deal". They have the studios to they have a great lineup which is the big deal. People are just looking for them to win the console war with whatever purchase they make.
Obviously this won't happen but lets hypothetically say they bought From Software what do you gain from that other than the games being on game pass?
Winning a console war is really outdated talk. Nobody high up at Microsoft is looking at it like that right now. They’re looking at driving people to Game Pass in whatever way they can. So From Software games coming to Game Pass day 1 would be huge. It’s exactly the type of developer you’d want. They have a really hardcore niche of fans that will get on the platform those games are sold. They’d drive significant mindshare to the Xbox brand.
I think getting a few studios with hardcore followings on PlayStation is smart. Not about weakening PlayStation. I don’t expect Sony to lose much of their base regardless next gen. It’s about bringing in a few studios that have mindshare with PlayStation gamers and would encourage those gamers to either buy Game Pass on PC or Xcloud...if they’re set on their console.
The reason why you know its not a good thing is if Sony or Google bought them people here would be pissed.
I swear they got another studio announcement and its a Japanese studio.https://www.windowscentral.com/gamescom-opening-night-live-feature-over-15-publishers?amp
What you need to know
Interestingly enough, Xbox Game Studios is one of the publishers mentioned, despite the fact that Xbox is holding its own dedicated Inside Xbox show for Gamescom 2019 earlier in the day. Maybe they are saving a reveal for this show, or perhaps it will be a rehash of whatever they announced already.
- Geoff Keighley has announced Gamescom Opening Night Live, a presentation to open Gamescom 2019.
- Gamescom will feature "world premiere content and announcements" from more than 15 publishers.
- The show will be held on August 19, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. CEST/2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT.
- The Gamescom show floor will be open from August 20 through August 24, 2019.
Other publishers and developers that will be present include (but aren't limited to) 2K, Activision, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega and Ubisoft.
I'd like Playdead, tbh.I wanna say their next studio they announce is Moon Studios, the devs behind Ori...since they’re the only other studio to have footage, in the background, of the Xbox game studios trailer for e3.
I'd like Playdead, tbh.
We will see because I think this show will be B-rated compared to E3.
From the last 3 shows tells me this will be no different.
I'm can't wait to see Xbox this coming gen. Its going to be way different than what we've seen before.
I'm can't wait to see Xbox this coming gen. Its going to be way different than what we've seen before.
They spent it all on ninja?
I wish they were that agressive in other areas.
I agree with you. But some gamers can’t wait. Or some “have heard this all before”.They are. Just not how they did it before. People underestimate the investment in their support studios and ability to back these smaller studios up. There’s a reason they’re going with a lot of smaller creative studios rather than 4 or 5 big ones. Reason why the Initiative is operating so lean right now despite being stacked with well known industry vets. Won’t become clear until they start showing what they’re working on.
There’s an assumption right now that all these AA studios mean a steady stream of 6.5 metacritic rated We Happy Few and State of Decay 2 type games from Xbox next gen. Couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s hard to explain how advances in Machine Learning, APIs, remote collaboration combined with the fact Microsoft leads the tech industry in these areas will allow these AA studios (who for the most part are well run) to make games that look and feel AAA. Microsoft already has studios outside these 15 that are creating tools that will greatly shorten the technical side of dev time.
They’ll likely be adding a couple more studios soon that will probably generate more complaints than excitement but I’d suggest gamers wait and see what the next projects are before complaining about studio sizes or lack of investment in 3rd party exclusives to prop up a piece of plastic.