its more than that... Xbox is transcending beyond a "set spec sheet"...
No longer tied to a singular box of plastic...
If the rumors are true, it will be a "gamers/consumers, pick the specs, and your games will just work"..
but this will definitely depend on Microsoft's UWP... as of right now, it's not really ready for Prime Time...
Maybe that's why 2017 is the rumored target launch...
...
You always want to give people something fresh.. So new IP is always needed or wanted...
But it doesn't matter who makes the game...
If you were a darn good developer with a darn good track record... I can pay you to make me a game (microsoft over pays for everything first of all) I keep the IP and do what I want from there...
you just made a boatload of money... now you can make the game you want to make (while maintaining the IP ...
yes you want to make money... but you also want brand recognition...
If you can get the brand name up, doesn't matter if the product is worth it or not...
I will never believe that Minecraft was worth $5billion... <--- Could of purchased several studios outright for this amount of money)
I will never believe Skype was worth $8.5 Billion (this makes the Minecraft deal look even crazier)
URNightmare...
Are all these games suppose to come out in one shot?
you are saying that Gears, Halo, SunSet:OD, Forza, QB, Killer Instinct, Forza Horizon, Scalebound, Halo Wars, Ryse ... and whatever else are suppose to come out at the same time? ... You talk like Uncharted, Last of Us, God of War all released within 6weeks of each other...
your logic is what's skewed...
Microsoft has been more than consistent th...
thank you...
#FACTS
Lol... Love this comment..
Microsoft is looking into a much bigger landscape than what the pawns (fanboys) are looking at..
Rather you love or hate Microsoft, Sony, or even Nintendo... At least think about some of your comments before posting them...
Half y'all comments are of ignorance or intentional stupidity...
The logic is this...
It doesnt matter who makes the games as long as the games are good...
My brother and most my friends have no freaking clue on who makes the games they love.
Little Timmy's parents/grand parents have no clue who makes the games lil Timmy loves...
Because it doesnt matter...
Microsoft has more than enough $$$ to pay any developer to make IP's for Microsoft...
...
A mega billion dollar company thats making $$$... Are dummies???
Hit me up me when they go out of business in the next 4yrs.
Investors have shut up about Xbox, so that means they are doing something right.
Dumbest comment so far...
I can't tell people are either intentionally ignorant or just that dumb.
Xbox is still one of Microsoft's top public facing products.
People like to knock Microsoft, but Microsoft is understanding that they have NO equal in terms of talent from software developers (console/system features).
I believe they also realized that hey lets make any box some form of Xbox. You want to pla...
Xbox Press conference has been about 90minutes or so the past 2yrs or so...
I don't care who makes the games... rather it be Microsoft or Joe Smoe from Idaho...
Ya'll care about who makes the games... Microsoft can get anyone to make games... NOBODY says NO to MILLIONS OF $$$
Sunset: OD; Ryse; Scalebound, and so forth... none made by Microsoft, and none said NO to MS $$$
Microsoft just needs to concentrate on making the platform the best it can be...
Let better studios make the games for them...
<...
i know exactly how this works...
but i also know microsoft's track record...
if they were willing to throw $5billion at Mojang for one IP (in which they will get their money back)
im pretty sure they are in it for the long haul...
Spin...No Spin... doesn't matter to me...
All I care about is Microsoft still being a mega $$$Billion$$$ corporation... And why do I care about this???...
It means that they can keep throwing money at Xbox until they feel there is no need for it any longer...
And as long as the bank account still has a lot of commas present... I'll stay on board...
CoNn3r_B...
I can go on MetaCritic and post negative scores for games I have not played...
Some people are pretty honest, while a good portion are slightly biased or never played the game that's being knocked...
.....And here we go.....
If I'm Phil Spencer, I'm rolling the dice and NOT taking a chance on new hardware for 2016.
Price on parts will be down a bit as well...
I'd wait until 2017, the One will be 4yrs old at that time, and current owners wont feel "shafted".
Triple down <-- GO BIG OR GO HOME, on games, games games... Take huge leaps, bounds, and chances with Xbox Live and it's feature sets (Microsoft is a MAJOR SOFTWARE Co. last time we checked)
@Moldybread.. yeah DC didn't come out in the best state possible, but it's a pretty decent game as of today.
I'm not personally a super fan of Sim Racers (Burnout Paradise arcade'y are more for me)...
But GT fans may hate Sony, if the game doesn't pan out...
Is Sony really willing to possibly tarnish the Gran Turismo name to push VR?
Gran Turismo, fan base may not be so forgiving if this doesn't pan out.
Maybe Sony should let a 3rd party AAA game be the buzz for VR this holiday, or retool Drive Club for VR...
Give GT the time (and respect) it' needs to deliver an ultimate racing game...
sangoku_d who is it that said they have nothing...
nobody knew about HoloLens until it was revealed...
nobody knew anything about Surface Book until it was revealed...
sometimes secrets make it all the way to their respective target date...
look at the big picture instead of a small corner of a frame...