Microsoft: You don't need to own studios to make great games

S0lidSnake · 2013-10-31 08:52:34

This right here shows everything that's wrong with this company. They dont get that you cant just money-hat games at the start of the gen and then completely forget about games at the latter half of the gen. Buying up developers willy-nilly to ensure the largest possible headcount doesn't equate to having a great exclusive line-up, Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has claimed,pointing to Microsoft's productive partnership with Epic as evidence that partnering with third party publishers is no less valid a tactic 'I think to some out there there's a fixation with which studios you own, which studios you work with, and for better or worse I'm not fixated on that,' he told IGN as part of the latter's Podcast Unlocked.'I lived through the Xbox 360 generation and we had a great relationship with Epic, and we built Gears of War, and really that franchise was born on the Xbox 360 and hit incredible heights on the Xbox 360.And whether we owned Epic or simply worked with Epic was not part of the conversation [about whether] that game was going to be great.Certain people will look at how many Microsoft-badged employees do you have versus Sony-badged employees, and when they start to weigh the different first parties,' he continued. 'And I know there are some people that want to own their own studio, be independent, drive their business, and go completely their own way, keep their own cultureAnd I respect that - if people want to work that way, we'll continue to work with them. I don't see it as a barrier to what we can do together.Whether it's Remedy, whether it's Insomniac, whether it's Crytek. So the relationship with Respawn? Obviously they have a publisher, EA, for their game, but it's a strong relationship and we feel great about what they're bringing to Xbox.'

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#201 Edited By ZZoMBiE13

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Geez. Did George Romero start this thread?

Night of the Living Thread? Dawn of the Thread?

Someone bury it! Quick, before it tries to eat your delicious brain meats!

And before someone tries to point out the irony of me bumping the thread by saying it should be buried, I am well aware. :P

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#202 c_rakestraw Moderator

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You know, it'd be really great if you guys could make my life easier by not getting into shouting matches every other thread so I wouldn't have to keep closing them.

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