A source from inside Microsoft has given us a juicy piece of information, starting Spring 2009 Microsoft are to begin patching achievements into original Xbox titles, starting with Halo: Combat Evolved and Fable and aiming to update the entire back catalogue by Winter 2009. We were told by our source that...
The Halo series is reportedly headed over to PlayStation consoles in the near future, while a Nintendo Switch 2 version is not yet planned.
MS probably didn't want the negative press for over a year about Halo coming to sony, which is why they didn't reveal it this year. IMO
I dont think that's it. Gears coming to PS is a big deal and we already know that MS is bridging all games. I think its gonna be a next year reveal or when ever they reveal the new xbox. I tell you what's funny. At 1st all gamers were in arms about MS bringing games to PS. Hardcore xbox were mad. Hardcore sony were happy and some trolling. Admittedly at 1st I didn't like it. Truth is for years these companies have been training their consumers to have brand loyalty and believe that certain games were only possibly because of the company they were made under. When you turn that silliness off you realize as a consumer this is one of the best things to happen in gaming. You have the choice to play where you like.
Totally agree. MS lost the console war so they moved into publishing where there is money to be made. Now everyone can have the once-exclusive gems on their system of choice.
@Slate91
Agreed. No way in hell MS is gonna catch anyone in console sales. They're gonna go where the money is.
Now you clearly have a choice. That would be playstation. You can get Xbox games and all Playstation only games. Why in the hell would anyone buy a Xbox over a ps or pc is beyond me now.
"When you turn that silliness off you realize as a consumer this is one of the best things to happen in gaming.“
Microsoft easily could have told anyone in 2020 already.
They already knew how their next 5 years would evolve, didn't they? In hindsight?
So people could at least have thought about it twice if they'd pay for an X or S - or instead just buy a PS5 right away.
What I am saying is:
Nice try.
But I personally won't ever buy into their "It's about choices to play/we want to reach everyone" BS.
All they care about is money.
Especially 1st party exclusives are a special and completely logical treatment for your own hardware to offer at least some unique selling points to people.
The problem for Microsoft was they just hadn't any. In 2020. And they didn't know it in 2020 first, no, no.
They had 7 years from 2013 to 2020 to prepare for the Series Generation. Which they did - but they didn't tell their community just yet.
And this is just cheap and gutless, now disguised as "We care for everyone!", and again held up by their very own community, at least parts of it.
Because the Xbox brand will have lost another 12-20'ish million users between Xbox One and X|S.
For reasons. Don't you think?
If Microsoft could have done the ways they wanted, e.g. leaked throughout the FTC trial, they just would have bought everything.
From Sega, CD Projekt Red, Capcom, From Software, Warner Bros.
To even Nintendo and Valve.
And don't forget: they had already bought Zenimax and ABK, and STILL wanted more!
Microsoft is a cancer in the gaming business. And I very much wonder how people still don't see through it!
@devio
You're conflating 2 different things. There stance is absolutely 💯 play anywhere. You can't deny that. But what they are doing is separate from why they are doing it. If you think any of these companies do it for any reason other than $, then you are fooled. MS hand was forced by piss poor decisions. I'm not blind to that
I say bring it... for years Sony fans have been saying they needed a Halo killer. Well... now they can play Halo themselves and enjoy what millions of XB fans have been enjoying. Why settle for the rest when you can play the best.
"for years Sony fans have been saying they needed a Halo killer"
Lol are you posting this comment through a portal from the year 2008? The "halo killer" narrative died a long time ago.
Darth is stuck in time.. Halo killer was born on xbox OG. Killzone 1 started it but the idea vanished when KZ2 was released in 2008 or 2009.
Halo died when Bungie was not longer involved, a slow death, but surely 343 studios killed it with each iteration.
I don't know man, lately it seems Halo is the Halo killer. In my opinion Reach was the last good halo game. Although I prefer ODST's campaign over Reach but man that Reach MP was so good.
At this point though who hasn't played halo its not like its been cost prohibitive to go buy an old 360 or play it on pc
The media said that. Time and time again. People minding their business on PlayStation didn't say they need a Halo killer. That doesn't even make sense.
@darth: “ I say bring it... for years Sony fans have been saying they needed a Halo killer”
Wait I thought the halo killer was its tv show😂🤣
Sony had a lot of halo killers but couldn’t commit to one all better in one way or another than halo better graphics and gameplay without aim assist = kill zone.
Better multiplayer: Warhawk 32 players and Starhawk 64 players and a lot of fun to play.
Honorable Benton socom so yeah I blame Sony for not committing to what they had or putting it together 🤷🏿
If it's not Infinite or Master Chief Collection. Then maybe it's just a complete collection? Halo 1-5 + ODST and Infinite with a £70 price tag.
I think that would be smart but with how MS are handling gears we may see them bring 1 game at a time and charge $50 for each. I wss hoping for a complete gears of war collection
Gears 1-5 all dlx & Gears judgement for $80 but instead we get 1 game. Just like Sony are remastering and remaking games we will see MS now do the same
Why would Microsoft wait to put this on Switch 2? In a perfect world it would have come to the original Switch.... but if this is not possible, they may be looking to cash in on the fact that it is very likely that most Swich 2 onwers will also a PS5 meaning that they can get a lot of double dippers simply by staggering the releases. I think this is true for multiple Xbox Studios games on PS5. By the next Summer games fest, expect an onslaught of games coming to Switch in the same way they are coming to PlayStation now.
Playground Games is expanding with a third studio to focus on the development of the Fable reboot, aiming for a 2025 release.
Fable 1 and 2 loved it.
Fable 3 unfortunately hit that mark.
Still looking forward for this.
I think this and state of decay 3 is my most anticipated game for the Xbox.
Hopefully it captures the spirit of the original. I didn’t like some changes with 2. I didn’t like 3 at all. Fable 1 was special.
The new trailer seems to have captured some of original magic feel with the giant but I have a feeling it’s going to be another saints row situation. Weird gen Z humor instead of that dry British flavor that made the original special. We’ll see.
With Fable well into development for a couple of years now, here are 11 things we want to see featured in the game.
The top thing I want to see in Fable is the damn release already!
(and no, despite not being British, I do not want them removing the British humor. I love their dry, sarcastic wit)
But if it’s not ready why get a release date only to then complain that’s it’s so far away.
Just keep the same concept and improve the fable games are great as is. They have a huge following of fans. Most people who don’t like fable it’s because they are expecting it to be like other traditional wrpg’s. But it’s a unique series with so much mixed in to it a little bit of the sims and other rpg’s. They all have sold well so clearly the formula is working and I really hope they don’t deviate too much from it. If anything improve on the sim features like the family aspect of it like when you have a kid and finding a relationship things like that.
But they need to take all the time they need. No rush people need to stop rushing developers only to bitch about it being unfinished later on.
Was gonna say something similar, I mean it was announced 3 years ago, at this point the bare minimum would be a gameplay trailer at e3, surely that has to show up there.
game is going to bomb, i don't know when xbox fanboys (whatever is left of them) are keeping hope for this game. All the fables blew except from part 1. They were all under delivered and full of false promises, and now they are developed by a company that has only made racing games before. LOL i mean come on
And Guerilla Games only made FPS until Horizon Zero Dawn.
Naughty Dog was only known for their platformers before they went purely 3rd person cover shooter.
What's your point? You know these devs can actually work outside of their wheelhouse, right?
Yeah but in Xbox case.... They've been bombing since 360. I'm tired of false promise and giving them a chance lmao
Fable 2 was received better than 1 - except for those awful menu load times. Also I tell myself 3 didn't exist.
But MadLad gets it - Playground Games have only given us quality, and other devs have branched out successfully.
This team is also brand new and the leads that left to form their own studio left the Forza team, not the new team built up for Fable, and Eidos Montreal is assisting development. It could suck or bomb but it is far too early to be pissy on a game only having a CG trailer.
I agree with the sentiment that this will probably be a challenge for the team. But some teams rise to the challenge. I'd rather hope they succeed than write it off as a failure straight away.
That being said, of course it's going to fail (J/K)
Hopefully a prequel in the hero golden age. No guns and colonial architecture or king duties. Fable 1 was special and they need to capture that again. I imagine the perfect fable being a silly version Witcher 3.
yes that means im going to buy splinter cell chaos theory, halo 1 and fable :)
Well I guess I'll have fun getting achievements in San Andreas
That would be pretty sweet since achievements/trophies add replay value to a game.
that is great i would so buy loads of xbox games and have a tril playing them again spinter cell.. and black.. oohhh how sweet
What's the point....?
Edit: @Eiffel, replay value? Sorry bout that, didn't wanna know much about 3fixme games or crapbox of last-gen. It S*CKS anyway.