[360] Microsoft claims to be ahead of Sony in the fresh IP department

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Man I LOVE halo.... but if they think an empty Halo sequel is going to get me excited 2 gens later might as well get the time machine see how I felt when PacMan CE came out for Genesis.

Only thing that saved me from abandoning gaming this gen was Gears of War and Portal.

If the next gen comes and the only AAA titles are Halo , COD , GOW , and GTA Im liable to go to pure piracy because I wont be playing any game past a once over of the campaign.


Cant speak for everyone but Im dying for something original.

 

[Twigg4075]

You are both right, but you both are missing my point. Why do I care about what other consumers want? I am exactly in the "I own both, so who gives a fuck?" mindset because I don't care about Joe Shmo and what he can and can't get, because neither affects what I can and can't get. Why would one consumer care about what another chooses? It's a silly discussion unless you work for the manufacturer, or you live in some parallel universe where you're only ever legally allowed to buy 1 console. It just starts fanboy arguments on the consumer because it starts to get down to those stupid feelings of jealousy or needing to feel justified in your one console purchase. So yeah, silly to me, unless you work for the manufacturer of the product and such exclusivity could detemine how much money you make.

Because consumer response is what drives the industry. Just look at the Kinect. Hardcore gamers really don't give two fucks about that thing but the average joe ate that shit up so MS is seemingly putting all their eggs in that basket. Which probably explains why the just keep letting exclusives go because they are concentrating on expanding Kinect.
Just look at XCOM. Remember when that was supposed to be a 360 exclusive? Not anymore. The only thing that MS cares about at this point is getting maps for CoD a month early and Kinect. As a gamer that should concern you. I know I for one will be seriously considering NOT getting the next Xbox because it will almost be a waste of money. I love games so I'll get it at some point but not at launch. A few years down the road when it's much cheaper. I don't play Forza. I still haven't opened Fable 2 and I hear Fable 3 sucks ass. Halo is stale. The only series I really care about on Xbox now is Gears and who knows where that is going. It might be done for all we know.

Cant speak for everyone but Im dying for something original.

Easier said than done. Obviously every series started out new at some point but consumers have shown that they will buy many more copies of Call of Duty 17 or Gears of War 4 before they will buy a new IP like Shadows of the Damned. SotD was one of my favorite games of 2011 but no one fucking bought it. Companies don't want to take risks like that. They want guaranteed money makers. It;s just a shame that sometimes they milk series too hard and drive consumers away, like Activision did with Guitar Hero and MS seems to be doing with Halo.

It almost seems like Sony has a little better idea of what to do with their exclusives, at least with some of them. Resistance seems to be done. Uncharted as well, at least for a long while considering Naughty Dog is now working on a new IP. Media Molecule seems to be happy with two LBP's and constantly releasing new content. I'm not sure about Killzone. MS seems content with holding on top just a few exclusives and milking them to death. If they stick with that philosophy it's going to ultimately bite them in the ass.

 

[IamMedellin]

Easier said than done. Obviously every series started out new at some point but consumers have shown that they will buy many more copies of Call of Duty 17 or Gears of War 4 before they will buy a new IP like Shadows of the Damned. SotD was one of my favorite games of 2011 but no one fucking bought it.

From the guy who bought 7 copies of MW3!:runaway:

 

[Twigg4075]

From the guy who bought 7 copies of MW3!:runaway:

It was two clown. One for the wife and one for me.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I think with the continuing recession, rising DLC costs, and New Expensive consoles on the way, ur gonna see less ppl owning both systems. I expect exclusives and New Ips to play a bigger role next gen.

and may I add, Everything used to stop when a Halo game released. The only other game that got as much hype and playtime was probably GTA. Now when a halo game releases it's just another game. Halo: Anniversary was such a quiet release I thought it was Under the Radar.

The problem is that they are going to have five Halo games released in a period of five and a half years. There is no worse way to numb interest than to saturate the market like that. Not only that, but it breaks up the online community. Halo Anniversary maps were done with the Reach engine and used the Reach rankings because 343 didn't want to mess with the community.

Halo 4 is going to continue a story that pretty much everyone knows. I know that I am interested to see how it is continued. But, with so many other franchises offering online multiplayer, 343 needs to change up the script and get people to stick with Halo and become that game where everything stops.

 

[IamMedellin]

It was two clown. One for the wife and one for me.

in addition to the hardened edition u saw after release AND JUST HAD TO HAVE....oh and that extra copy for cousin Mongo

:jay:

 

[Twigg4075]

in addition to the hardened edition u saw after release AND JUST HAD TO HAVE....oh and that extra copy for cousin Mongo

:jay:

I sold that on eBay dummy. And my cousin is Montto. Mongo is my buddy. Get it right!:cantwait:

 

[dope]

I sold that on eBay dummy. And my cousin is Montto. Mongo is my buddy. Get it right!:cantwait:

you know two people named montto and mongo? what name generator did their parents use?

 

[IamMedellin]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
LMAO

I sold that on eBay dummy. And my cousin is Montto. Mongo is my buddy. Get it right!:cantwait:

That's 2 more copies than you originally claimed to own...hmnnn..

I didnt even have to press Y

 

[jms493]

medellin is on a roll here....hehe