See Microsoft "didn't abandon the core" they just decided to expand their customer base and it worked and they are probably going to end this Gen at #2.
So Microsoft pulled a Nintendo? Ironic.
See Microsoft "didn't abandon the core" they just decided to expand their customer base and it worked and they are probably going to end this Gen at #2.
So Microsoft pulled a Nintendo? Ironic.
More like taking a lage out of nintendo well throughout playbooks. Microsoft just decided to focus on serrvices instead of casuel games. Xbla still has a lot of core games so it balances out.
Published by Microsoft this year
Retail Halo 4
Forza Horizon
Fable: The Journey
Dance Central 3
Kinect Sports: Ultimate Collection
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Kinect Nat Geo TV
Nike+ Kinect Training
Kinect Star Wars
Witcher 2
Steel Battalion. Heavy Armor
ArcadeCharlie Murder
Super Time Force
Dragon's Lair
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
South Park: Tenorman's Revenge
Fable Heroes
Deadlight
Sine Mora
Dungeon Fighter Live
Bloodforge
Fez
The Splatters
Joe Danger: The Movie
Haunt
Happy Action Theater
Spelunky
Skulls of the Shogun
Trials Evolution
BattleBlock Theater
Fire Pro Wrestling
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Diabolical Pitch
Crimson Dragon
Minecraft
Mark of the Ninja
Wreckateer
Joy Ride Turbo
Avatar Motocross Madness
Happy Wars
Hybrid
Castlestrom
Untitled music game
Mush
wordamont
Shoot1up
Foul play
I'd say Sony has also done well in this regard with alot of core M titles launching earlier this year and the holiday season being very nintendoish.
Also on EA its been rumored that they have had early 720 dev kits since E3 2011.
Anywho was thinking about Microsoft and building up for next gen. They have a tton of really good franchises that could be utilised wisely. The biggest being would be the Shadowrun Universe. If I were Microsoft I would be looking at picking up the developers who's lisencing the IP from me.
Have Hairbrained Schemes begin working on a sequel to ShadowRun returns for xbox and PC download.
Port Shadowrun online to 720.
Have a developer such as Obsidian begin working on a big budget RPG. (Obsdian was rumored to be working on a 720 game that got canned. Maybe the success of the southpark game and obsdian being a cheap buy would start that project again)
Microsoft would alsoxbe purchasing Hairbrained schemes and have them be over the dhadpwrun IP and have pretty much free regin what to do with the series in the same way 343i has with Halo.