Xbox Game Studios |OT8| Leaving The Drought Behind And Heading For Starfield

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@Joe_Sinister1

Bungie wanted to make one maybe two Halo games and end it there. Three mainline games are as far as you can get from milking. They had already signed off to leave at Halo 3, and conditions were they make at least two more. (ODST and Reach)

The heart of the matter was them wanting to own their own IP, and they couldn’t do that under MS. If they were so averse to sticking to one IP, they wouldn’t have signed up for a 10 year deal with Activision to work on one IP.

Edit: damn just hit me, if Activision had bought Bungie MS would be about to own them again.

Yep

[Staffy]

@Sparda3g

I think 2024 will be their break and branch off to new idea. Perhaps remove one studio from rotating CoD game like old days when it was simpler.

Looking forward to that. Let these people make what they want to make. Wasn’t the best CoD of them all made by one studio? Let them go back to that, I’d be in favour of that.

Gonna be a while before we see the results of these studios being set free from the CoD machine, but I’m definitely looking forward to it.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

Call of Duty like FIFA is too big to fail at this point regardless of reception.

[Cayde4Ever (Cayde)]

@FarSightXR-20

BF 2042 had 4 studios working on it (though it turned into a disaster ultimately).

Making FPS is hard (and why Deviation is going to need A LOT of help if Sony really wants to make a COD competitor)

Wasn’t there a leak recently that they are making a RPG?

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Hindle

The series was way too frequent, which js why we have seen MS give it a break

The series took a break because Halo 5 was a dud reception wise, they wanted to redo the engine, soft reboot the series, a year delay for polish and still launch hot (miracle it came out as well as it did) and are still spending 2022 getting the game to “launch day package”. They didnt give it a break due to frequency of releases and needing to space them out.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Cayde4Ever

Wasn’t there a leak recently that they are making a RPG?

Something destiny like as far as I know.

[Hindle]

@javycane

The series took a break because Halo 5 was a dud reception wise, they wanted to redo the engine, soft reboot the series, a year delay for polish and still launch hot (miracle it came out as well as it did) and are still spending 2022 getting the game to “launch day package”. They didnt give it a break due to frequency of releases and needing to space them out.

They did as well. MS realised how constrained thier studios were and decided to loosen the rope. They have done this across the board.

Every studio now gets the time they need to make the games they want.

[Staffy]

So is the Gears collection pretty much for real now?

[Hindle]

@Staffy

So is the Gears collection pretty much for real now?

Its probs what TC are doing to get used to the new hardware

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@Hindle

Its probs what TC are doing to get used to the new hardware

Not a bad idea tbh

[Kals_Els]

@Hindle

Its probs what TC are doing to get used to the new hardware

But that does go against what Jez has heard, about them working on a new IP. Or do you think they are doing both?

[Hindle]

@Kals_Els

But that does go against what Jez has heard, about them working on a new IP. Or do you think they are doing both?

My take has always been TC are on Gears until at least Gears 6 is finished

[Mort]

@peter42O

Wouldn’t mind a co-op Monster Hunter type game as long as it’s fully playable solo.

Not just “playable”, it should be enjoyable solo. Wildly different things.

[krakenking189]

@FarSightXR-20

BF 2042 had 4 studios working on it (though it turned into a disaster ultimately).

Making FPS is hard (and why Deviation is going to need A LOT of help if Sony really wants to make a COD competitor)

I think people expecting Deviation to be making a PVP centric game like CoD will be disappointed. I think there will be some PVP elements, but Deviation’s DNA is in Zombies rather than MP.

[peter42O]

@Mort

Not just “playable”, it should be enjoyable solo. Wildly different things.

I agree but the co-op games I have played and completed were all enjoyable. AC Unity, Far Cry 4, Dying Light, The Division, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Far Cry 5, Far Cry New Dawn, Gears 5, The Division 2, Gears 5: Hivebusters, Far Cry 6, Outriders and The Ascent were all enjoyable solo. Out of these 13 games, 11 of them were at least an 8.0/10 for me personally so I can honestly say that I enjoyed them playing solo. Dying Light 2 will make it 12 out of 14.

Borderlands 3, I dropped after 30 or so hours but because of the main story and characters. Just wasn’t into it at all. Gameplay wise though, no issues playing solo which is why im very interested in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands.

Will have to just wait and see how this MH type game is setup and whatnot.

[Hindle]

A crossbow in PD. The original was fun to use

[Hindle]

Anyone think the PD multiplayer will be its own stand alone game?

[Resist]

@DARK-PARADISE

It’s because there’s history and experience (with SoT specifically) with co-op games that are super unfriendly and straight up unplayable for solo players. Xbox fans are used to co-op and multiplayer in their franchises like Halo, Gears and Forza but not at the expense of the single player experience. Games like SoT and Destiny etc certainly made some people more worried when hearing “co-op” because a lot of the time they’re games with great worlds, interesting stories, fun mechanics but are just not mindful of solo players in their design. I think getting hung up is granted in here because people want games that they can enjoy playing without a need to have others to play with (which is honestly a privilege).

It’s unplayable for YOU, not solo players.

[AllianceOfficer]

Yeah but is there a grapple

[FarSightXR-20]

Around 250 people working on Sea of Thieves (including outsourcing)

https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1520882/sea-of-thieves-rare-revele-les-secrets-des-futures-mises-a-jour.htm