Xbox Game Studios |OT4| This is for Studio talk. Studios. It's the Studios OT. Studio talk here (Part 1)

[Biggzy (Hassan)]

@andrew_schmidt

[IdiotGuru (Justin)]

@jfsolo

It wasn’t the “right” content for some folks.

If those folks can’t find the “right” content for them on Xbox and/or Game Pass then why are they here trying to bring the rest of us down?

That’s a rhetorical question and definitely doesn’t need an answer.

I’m in this for the excitement of speculating about what’s going to happen, not complaining about what hasn’t happened yet. The games coming out now are, for the most part, the result of work that started 4-8 years ago. Some of the games coming out now from XGS studios came to Microsoft with contractual obligations (ex. We Happy Few, The Outer Worlds, Psychonauts 2, Deathloop, Ghostwire Tokyo). Those studios will likely be making Xbox-ecosystem exclusives games moving forward.

A pandemic radically rocked the industry. The Xbox exclusives are coming but it’s important to remember that what we’re going to see over the next 1-2 years reflect work that mostly started within the last 4-8 years. Phil’s leadership role only expanded within the last couple of years. A flood of big-time exclusives is inevitable. We’ve got plenty to play between now and then. And if you prefer to exclusively play on a PS4/PS5 until XGS has a more reliable pipeline then that’s well within your right. Let the rest of us enjoy what we’ve got and enjoy speculating on what’s coming.

[PhantomFox]

@andrew_schmidt

Not a fan of how he dunked on XboxEra that one time but I do have to say, his jokes are great.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@PhantomFox

Not a fan of how he dunked on XboxEra that one time but I do have to say, his jokes are great.

Yea

[Opatschi]

Everything alright?

[johancruijff]

@KageMaru

We recently posted a video of us reacting to the E3 2003 Xbox Press Conference. It really highlights how far the event has come and evolved over the years.

lol this is great, i don’t think i’ve ever saw this conference

[Phalaxis]

Well that was a whole lot of scrolling for a whole lot of nothing.

So who’s excited for E3?

[Shadowgasm]

@Phalaxis

Well that was a whole lot of scrolling for a whole lot of nothing.

So who’s excited for E3?

I’m always excited for E3.

[Phalaxis]

@Shadowgasm

I’m always excited for E3.

Same. Hope they share the date/time soon. Just hope it’s not a 3am showing down under.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

This game im hyped for the most to see at e3 and most hyped for in general

[batman14]

@Phalaxis

Well that was a whole lot of scrolling for a whole lot of nothing.

So who’s excited for E3?

I am excited just hope we get the time/date for the show soon

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@batman14

I am excited just hope we get the time/date for the show soon

Yea we are 4 weeks I believe

[batman14]

@andrew_schmidt

Yea we are 4 weeks I believe

Yup

[Staffy]

@IdiotGuru

Awesome video! All of that definitely comes across when you’re playing the level. I can’t wait to see how they try to up the creativity and ambition with the sequel!

Same here!!! It’s just so damn well made, and amazing how well it holds up! 2 has been in development for quite a while, I’d say that’s very promising! Can’t wait to see what this brilliant mind of Schafer and team will do for future Xbox projects.

@YoungGrumpyMan

The collectibles are fucking hilarious. Figments (of your imagination). Cobwebs. Emotional baggage, lmao.

You collect Mental health to regain HP

Yeah, it’s those kinds of things that really make you say…how did they come up with this. Truly unique and no other 3D platformer is like this.

@Boosted_Gear

I recently beat Psychonauts for the first time in my life, and i never expected it to be THAT good. It was just brilliant from start to finish, the gameplay, the interactions with the characters and the environments, and yes, the creativity in the levels. The milkman level may be one of my most favorite ever, along with the one with Bonaparte. Such a great game !

Oh nice, I actually just met Bonaparte just now, sounds very promising then! Yeah the interactions are great. Those adventure elements really give it that little extra that no other platformers have. With 2 I want to go in completely fresh. Not even reading reviews when they arrive. That’s why a shadow drop would be so good.

[YoungGrumpyMan]

@Staffy

With 2 I want to go in completely fresh. Not even reading reviews when they arrive. That’s why a shadow drop would be so good.

With Game Pass there’s almost no reason not go to completely fresh if you enjoy that kind of experience. No upfront risk means you can go as blind as possible to the game, and I love that.

[PoderickPayne (Travis Norris)]

I’m about to Watch Xboxera Revisits Xbox E3 2003

If there isn’t any gameplay of Fable, Ninja Gaiden and Jade Empire, plus a deep dive on Halo 2 and a Starwars: Knights of the Old Republic shadowdrop, I will be VERY disappointed

And if anyone says I’m complaining I will strawman the shit out of them and call them a shill

[Staffy]

@Deadwing88

…Grubb speaks.

“Microsoft likely did investigate what its financials would look like if it made Bethesda games exclusive or not. In the end, it chose exclusivity. And yes, that means it will miss out on money from sales on PlayStation 5. But the point is that Microsoft doesn’t see that as losing money — it sees that as built in marketing for Game Pass. And then it also expects to offset many of those costs by building a deeper relationship with more players who then go on to play and buy even more games on Xbox platforms. So yes, Starfield is exclusive. And I would predict that Xbox would make this call for The Elder Scrolls VI and beyond.” " I’ve separately confirmed that this situation applies to Starfield through sources familiar with the decision."

Well then, if there was ever any doubt that this man was legit…he knows what he’s talking about for damn sure. MS made the right call, this is definitely how you grow a service that is already sublime. As for TES VI, they’d be nuts not to keep that locked in the ecosystem now.

I think with this first move of Starfield exclusive they are showing what the future will be. Had Grubb said Starfield is also for PS5 then I would start to doubt what would happen with TES VI. There’s only one way Sony gets these games too and that’s by allowing Game Pass on there. I’ve no idea how Sony operates, what they think and if they are truly willing to miss out on those big franchises.

But them allowing GP is not just only Bethesda games, it’s all of XGS, it’s tons of games not by XGS. Doubt we’ll see this happen ever.

[IdiotGuru (Justin)]

@Staffy

MS made the right call, this is definitely how you grow a service that is already sublime.

Microsoft has always been a service-focused company. Game Pass is 100% in their wheelhouse. It makes sense to acquire great developers, let them make great software, and build out a first-of-its-kind service to take control of the zeitgeist before anyone else can. That’s significantly more valuable to them than any PS5 sales they’d get.

[Mort]

@KageMaru

We recently posted a video of us reacting to the E3 2003 Xbox Press Conference. It really highlights how far the event has come and evolved over the years.

Just watched this! Great fun, loved it.

[Deadwing88]

Jez Effect 2 (JezCorden)

Jez Effect 2 (JezCorden)