Xbox Game Studios |OT3| Once more....with feeling (Part 1)

[Mostlyharmless]

@Fiendflag

…ters is the spot of a game on the most played list of XBL, Xbox having one of the top tier 3rd person shooters on the market doesn’t count because casuals don’t play Gears multiplayer…and all that after the release of a super polished, great piece of content that proves The Coalition finally knows very well what they are doing with the IP and Gears 6 can only get better. All this talk about the spot of a game on the most played XBL games list being the deciding factor of it’s fate is like I am seeing Kotick writing posts, thank god some publishers/devs don’t think like that and we still see games that are not judged and/or designed around being popular on the “most played XBL list”. I would not like to see a future where Xbox is making decisions about it’s portfolio based on a freakin’ list.

The funny thing is I do like gears still and have played it more than most here probably. I’ve gotten the seriously achievements in gears one and 2. Also have reUpped in gears 5 3 times. So no I don’t want to see the franchise die. Just want to see Microsoft’s best studio be noticed by a larger group of people.

The reason why the list is brought up is because it shows how Xbox gamers are spending their time.

I will bet anything that the coalition has already become a studio that works on other IP’s than gears. If it was as successful as they had hoped it would be that would not happen.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

Need Skyrim at 60fps without mods man. Hope that backwards comp solution gets implemented soon.

[thiagosilva (thiagoツ)]

Im not going to say if Gears is good or bad or if its a “doomed Ip”. BUT, I would not see problem if The Coalition Studio created a Team B to make new experiences (new Ip).

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@thiagosilva

Im not going to say if Gears is good or bad or if its a “doomed Ip”. BUT, I would not see problem if The Coalition Studio created a Team B to make new experiences (new Ip).

Even Santa Monica is starting to deal up for 2 IP’s. Its cool to see talent used on different things.

[Fiendflag]

@Mostlyharmless

The funny thing is I do like gears still and have played it more than most here probably. I’ve gotten the seriously achievements in gears one and 2. Also have reUpped in gears 5 3 times. So no I don’t want to see the franchise die. Just want to see Microsoft’s best studio be noticed by a larger group of people.

The reason why the list is brought up is because it shows how Xbox gamers are spending their time.

I will bet anything that the coalition has already become a studio that works on other IP’s than gears. If it was as successful as they had hoped it would be that would not happen.

Well then it’s weird that you are such a big fan of Gears and instead of wishing to see The Coalition improve and built on the series you want the IP to be thrown in the bin because it’s not high on the most played XBL list. Should all the studios that are not on this list and are not making a game on a popular genre (like Arkane for example) drop their projects and copy what’s popular in there too? would that be good for the Xbox portfolio in your opinion? chasing trends and killing classic IP’s because they are not as popular as they were before it’s what made EA and Activision (and even them funded Sekiro and Fallen Order…) what they are now and I am sorry but I don’t want to see MS becoming Activision.

Your posts read like they are from an Activison exec not from someone who loves the series. I don’t care if a game/genre I love is popular or not, I just want to see more great Gears games being made because I enjoy playing them. I don’t play what is popular, I play what it looks interesting and fun to me and a lot of the times a lot of amazing games are not that popular and by your relevancy metric those games shouldn’t have being made in the first place because they don’t fit the criteria for the “success list”.

[thiagosilva (thiagoツ)]

GamesIndustry (GIBiz)

[DeoGame (Farewell)]

@thiagosilva

Just a minority stake. Regardless, this says to me that Asobo probably turned MS down for their independence, which is fine. I just hope MS continues to foster the relationship like they did with the 10 year MSFS deal. I don’t want them to be like Remedy or Moon and mostly break away.

[ProgStopper]

@DeoGame

Just a minority stake. Regardless, this says to me that Asobo probably turned MS down for their independence, which is fine. I just hope MS continues to foster the relationship like they did with the 10 year MSFS deal. I don’t want them to be like Remedy or Moon and mostly break away.

It’s important to foster that relationship more with Microsoft.

Asobo can still be acquired down the line by Microsoft.

[ProgStopper]

@thiagosilva

Some companies don’t WANT to be bought.

You can’t buy who doesn’t want to to be sold.

[Resist]

@Mostlyharmless

…yed chart 2.5 years after release. Probably has 20 million players by now… all without steam. And yes SOT has put up amazing numbers. Both of those games are examples of how successful a service game can be. Halo mcc, and halo5 are still charting well 5+ years after release. Gears is Microsoft’s 8th most played game(including bethesda) in the US right now acording to the Microsoft store. All 7 ahead of gears where released before it. The game absolutely bombed on steam. Coalition deserves better. They are probably Microsoft’s best studio. They could be making the next halo, or the next fallout. Instead they are stuck on a decaying franchise. If gears 6 does similar numbers to 5 or continues on this downward trajectory i fully expect the team to become a 2 team studio(if they haven’t already)

How about we be reasonable. The Coalition can expand to make new IPs while still making Gears. You guys need to chill. Millions of people play Gears and are invested in that IP.

[ProgStopper]

Also Healthcare and Tech…

That’s interesting.

Asobo does a lot of tech stuff behind the scenes, wonder if they are working on something in the healthcare sector.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@ProgStopper

Some companies don’t WANT to be bought.

You can’t buy who doesn’t want to to be sold.

Dont know why people simply dont understand this lol.

[pg2g]

@ProgStopper

Also Healthcare and Tech…

That’s interesting.

Asobo does a lot of tech stuff behind the scenes, wonder if they are working on something in the healthcare sector.

I would think that Investing in two sectors doesn’t mean the investments have to be in the cross section of them.

[Mort]

@thiagosilva

Fuck.

[ProgStopper]

@Mort

Fuck.

Microsoft still has a 10-year contract on Flight Sim with Asobo. They will remain a key partner now and in the future. If they foster a good relationship, the partnership can continue with whatever game they want to make with Global Publishing, be it a new Flight-Sim game or Crimson Skies or whatever.

So they don’t own them, but they are still a key partner. They’re already making two additional games with Focus, so let’s just chill everyone.

Besides, let’s focus on the toys we DO have, versus the ones we MIGHT have/don’t have.

Lots of fish in the sea, we know Microsoft be out there according to Brad Sams and other rumors, and we still waiting on Zenimax to close.

Let’s just ride the goods wave man.

[Boosted_Gear]

@ProgStopper

Microsoft still has a 10-year contract on Flight Sim with Asobo. They will remain a key partner now and in the future. If they foster a good relationship, the partnership can continue with whatever game they want to make with Global Publishing, be it a new Flight-Sim game or Crimson Skies or whatever.

So they don’t own them, but they are still a key partner. They’re already making two additional games with Focus, so let’s just chill everyone.

Besides, let’s focus on the toys we DO have, versus the ones we MIGHT have/don’t have.

Lots of fish in the sea, we know Microsoft be out there according to Brad Sams and other rumors, and we still waiting on Zenimax to close.

Let’s just ride the goods wave man.

I like this positivity !

[ProgStopper]

Besides, as much as I loved the little of Flight Sim I played on my pc:

We still need first:

• A JRPG studio. I want my JRPG Anime Waifu games.
• A Fighting Game Studio: KI 2 will never die.
• A platformer studio: Viva Banjo-Pinata.

[Mort]

@ProgStopper

Besides, as much as I loved the little of Flight Sim I played on my pc:

We still need first:

• A JRPG studio. I want my JRPG Anime Waifu games.
• A Fighting Game Studio: KI 2 will never die.
• A platformer studio: Viva Banjo-Pinata.

[ProgStopper]

@Mort

COME AT ME BRO!

[OneBadMutha]

Friends, I’m just catching up and the Gears debate is getting a bit heated. Please be respectful. People can have any opinion about a game as long as you’re respectful to each other. Also, I think this would be best taken to it’s own thread.