Spencer: I Wish We Had Something Like Uncharted for Xbox

That's like someone from Sony saying they wish they had a Halo

lol I interpreted "shit in the other" as "buy exclusivity of third party games." Well, it's a hardly inaccurate connection.

It is inaccurate because Tomb Raider is not shit....

I can't wait to play TR day one, and Bloodborne.

Hardware is Hardware. Games are games. I chose the latter scenario. :p

@Netret0120: We knew this a long time ago. Lemmings are just too blind and silly to ever publicly admit that on SW.

Uncharted>>> Any Xbox exclusive

To each their own, I'll take halo over it any day

And Sony wish they had Halo.

Difference is, Sony has spent year after year trying to match Halo and have failed miserably. MS are just taking a shortcut with TR LOL

tchbo

I thought Halo went downhill after 2? That's what I keep reading, and Bungie are not even involved anymore so Microsoft only owns a name. Not trying to be nasty or anything but if I were Microsoft I would trade and two future titles on Xbox One for a future Uncharted.
Two of their flagship titles (Gears, Halo) the original devs run away from.

Yeah I know! MS are great in taking short cut that is why you see stuff like RROD!

The xbone is incompatible with quality games like Uncharted.

The first step in fixing any problem is recognizing there is one.

I'm liking Phil Spencer quite a bit in his new role. Maybe he can pull that division out of the huge shithole Mattrick drove it into.

Actually all the Lemmings got owned because he just admitted that they have nothing to defeat Uncharted

MS does have an Uncharted type game...it's called Tomb Raider (2013). Yeah of course I know he is talking exclusive...just messing around. Honestly though, I would take TR over UC3 any day.

But I will take UC4 over Rise of the Tomb Raider any day even without seeing much from both games!

@StormyJoe: Well now you're butthurt. Pitiful. How could you let someone on the Internet affect you in such a negative way... Especially on system wars.

Nah. The controls are nice and smooth, I don't recall any issues on that front.

Uncharted has been making lems dance since 2007

I wish Microsoft had something like Banjo Kazooie on Xbox. No, not the N64 ports or Nuts and Balls - a new BK platformer.

You know they totally had talent for one back in the day.

You're right, it wasn't shit. It was just painfully mediocre and a smear on the TR name.

I'm glad. The world needs a whole hell of a lot less games like Uncharted. I hope Microsoft seeks inspiration elsewhere. Just let that kind of game die a quiet death. That's my hope anyways. I just want the kind of campaigns that Call of Duty popularized to stop being such a trend altogether. They're like a de-evolution of gaming. Besides Sony is already trying to make a second Uncharted series with The Order anyways.

P.S. why does Spencer think Uncharted is an action adventure series? It've very clearly a straight up TPS.

@LegatoSkyheart: Well, they did buy Rare, albeit with about 20 percent of the original talent.

Then they closed down Ensemble Studios, who shockingly, made a decent console RTS as their last hurrah. There's Robot Studios (Rise of Nations, AOE Online).

Oh, and Uncharted is built around one strong lead (Nathan Drake), his eccentric mentor/sidekick, and not much else. Frankly, Uncharted isn't a very strong universe compared to Halo or Mass Effect.

I guess they could make another Crimson Skies game. It had an Indiana Jones fell to it and the main character is even called Nathan.

Who the **** are you talking to? I'm the one with the fucking dick!

Anyway, Spencer comments are ironic considering how much of an influence Gears was on Uncharted.

@Salt_The_Fries: Isn't Gears technically a 2nd party game?

Certainly. Its a great series. I don't know why a console manufacturer wouldn't want something like that.

lol.

@Pikminmaniac: I'm glad. The world needs a whole hell of a lot less games like Uncharted. I hope Microsoft seeks inspiration elsewhere. Just let that kind of game die a quiet death. That's my hope anyways. I just want the kind of campaigns that Call of Duty popularized to stop being such a trend altogether. They're like a de-evolution of gaming. Besides Sony is already trying to make a second Uncharted series with The Order anyways.

P.S. why does Spencer think Uncharted is an action adventure series? It've very clearly a straight up TPS.

I do agree to a degree. I hope both would take some influence from Nintendo's focus on gameplay. But what they know sells is big, almost MOVIES games, so I think Spencer knows this. Uncharted is fvcking great. I still prefer uncharted 2 as ND's best game. And any platform would do well to have it. As any would to have Halo or Mario kart.

Maybe if Microsoft would do a better job in investing into 1st party studios instead of letting every new IP escape them they could have a game like Uncharted.

Microsoft really needs to learn the key to long term success is with the 1st party. Look at Nintendo.

Why? Because it is an Uncharted game so it automatically gets a pass, or it's a Naughty Dog game so it gets a pass? We've seen what? A two minute trailer of the game.

Is Naughty plus Neil Druckman! (for me at least.)

halo is nothing but a name now.

@edwardecl: I thought Halo went downhill after 2? That's what I keep reading, and Bungie are not even involved anymore so Microsoft only owns a name. Not trying to be nasty or anything but if I were Microsoft I would trade and two future titles on Xbox One for a future Uncharted.

Two of their flagship titles (Gears, Halo) the original devs run away from

Wait, so the basis of halo going downhill is "on what you read"? I read uncharted 3 was weak, but I played it and enjoyed it. Reviews and personal experience have told me halo is still pretty great, and I think uncharted 4 will be as well.

Well they have 1 month exclusive CoD dlc LOL

Oh please shut up with that bullshit. What's on the PS4? Mostly indies, multi-plats, timed exclusives and F2P multi-plats. So take all of them away and what's left? A small handful of big budget exclusives some of which are getting pretty long in the tooth as well. Hmm.. seems familiar?

*Slurp* *Slurp*

A dying series? I doubt it....and they are moving more consoles so I'm betting they are pretty happy.

@slim70: you aren't talking to any sort of a sony apologist so no need to come on so strong friend. Sony has issues of their own and I agree they have some franchises that do absolutely nothing to illicit even a whiff of excitement (ahem! God of war, killzone, little big planet)

Also, no need to explain the current situation... it's truly been some of the slowest months of gaming post launch I can remember... Ps4s two best games are indies and one of them came out at launch. XOne has a few notable exclusi... errr wait a minute, ryse is multiplat and so is dead rising.... and forza is, well... part of the core 4 that comes around every year. Great franchise... beaten to death. For me.

I stand by what I said...

As a faithful xbox and xbox 360 owner tell me what content I should be saving up for an XOne for? Shit, gamescom hottest xone news was over a multiplat. I have a ps4 for multiplats. So while yeah I think both consoles presently kinda underwhelm, I'm still not seeing a future that warrants a purchase atm.

I'm not surprised. It's a good series, that has sold well... Both companies want something akin to the other's IPs... I'm sure Sony would love something along the lines of Halo.

Aaaand look at Sony.

Then go make one Phil. You have the resources to make it happen.

I dont, Xbox has plenty of linear cinematics

I think you've lost yo mind, the Uncharted games were some of the most fun i had last gen particularly Uncharted 2.

Too say they were boring and uninteresting makes me think you either have a 360 and cant play them or are simply jealous because you have a 360 and cant play them.

Many many reviews from many different sources all agree, you seem to be the exception and have you heard the saying 'they cant all be wrong'?

honestly with the exception of Naughty Dog, that haha needs to work both ways. Both MS and Sony got mediocre first party, Sony just has more mediocre first party to work with+Naughty Dog being potentially legit after Uncharted 2+The Last of Us.

Exactly. Sony even tried to have their own Halo competitor, just never worked out.

So you're insecure with a type of game existing for people who like that shit, because it doesn't fit into your criteria of what is a good game.

Truly a magnificent thought process.

So a series where the latest entry (Halo 4) sold 8 million+ is dying?

I guess the Uncharted series has never been alive as its never reached those sales.

@Stringerboy:

Apparently not, according to Spencer.