Xbox Done Discussion - 2016's #1 Master Race Bottom Bitch

[Dominico]

Eh, I'm ok with it. After Epic gave Judgment to another studio and most of the original creators left the company, this is probably the best way to continue with what is, IMO, the best first party franchise Microsoft has.

[Callisto]

whew I was worried Gears would fall out of annual cycle

[Kiarax]

League of Legends, Hawken, and some indie titles rumored to be apart of tomorrow's new games announcement

Smite plz... who the hell would want to play League on a controller?

[Qalbert]

who the hell would want to play League

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[6souls]

Phil Spencer comments on how he feels about Nintendo, Sony, and how Xbone have done so far
http://images.vg247.com/current//201...ew-mugshot.png

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has taken part in a big interview outlining the Xbox One’s conception and the company’s approach to consoles across the last three cycles. He’s also commented on Sony and Nintendo’s activity as of late.

In an interview with OXM, Spencer was asked for his thoughts on Nintendo first, to which he replied, “Nintendo, I think – and there’s some argument about this – that their first-party is such an amazing asset. Their first party studios and IP can lead what they do as a company and the platforms are almost in service to the IP – not in a bad way.

“They have such iconic stories and this will seem somewhat random, but when we go back and do something like Killer Instinct, a little bit of the history of your franchise can actually be important part of people feeling connected. Obviously the history of Killer Instinct isn’t a history on Xbox, but it’s Rare’s history and I think the reaction when we announced it onstage at E3 showed that playing to the people’s heart, I think Nintendo does that as well as anybody in terms of hitting the franchises and having huge success with them.”

Spencer then turned his attention to Sony, and praised the company on all fronts. “Sony – and I’m focused on first-party because of what I do – I really respect their focus on investing in new things and creative things, what they’ve done with David Cage and Quantic Dream around Beyond [Two Souls] and Heavy Rain; they stay committed to franchises even if they don’t sell 10 million units, they’ll stay committed to things,” he stated.

“I think that long-term commitment to franchises is important,” he added, “where it’s easy to pull off the Band-Aid and move onto the next thing [if it doesn't sell]. I respect their stick-to-it-ive-ness. I’ll say, they’ve done a nice job with PS4 [...] When I think about their announcement, their clear focus on a customer, leading with the value proposition of what they’re trying to do, staying true to a vision, I think they’ve done a nice job in how they defined the PS4.”

On Microsoft’s own performance, Spencer lamented on the initial aim to launch Xbox One in 21 territories, which has now been reduced due to delays. He recalled, “I wish we had the global coverage that we originally announced when we stood on stage at E3. I stood on stage and talked about 21 markets… there were things around the voice models and other things we needed to make sure were right in order to really build a box that felt native to the markets we were shipping in.

“It never feels good to stand on stage and talk about 21 markets and ship in 13, but it’s a journey, and it’s not won or lost the day after launch. It will be something that plays out, so making sure the quality of each market when we ship is the important part.”

http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/27/micr...-says-spencer/
http://www.totalxbox.com/70143/featu...d-more/?page=3

[Kyo]

I dont care about gears of war anymore.

[Insanecyclone]

Pipe leaks

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=760013

Forza Horizon: "Fall 2014, probably September. Super sexy weather system and... shit tons of co-op/social stuff. 1080P and open-world, so you can road trip with your bros."
White Xbone incoming.
Why all the leaks? Scared you might get caught? "I am incapable of fear. Plus, this is such exciting stuff, and me talking about it ahead of time isn't going to hurt anything, truthfully. We're all chomping at the bit for it to come out. This is not bad. "
Halo Anniversary 2 will be 1080p, iffy on the 60fps, maybe not.
Quantum Break is Holiday 2014
Multiplayer confirmed for HA2, same devs as Halo Anniversary.
Sunset Overdrive is Fall 2014
Is not Phil Spencer
Black Tusk cancelled project was called "Shangheist." May have involved stealing stuff from the Chinese (though I think that may have been a reference to the name and maybe not the gameplay? Not sure...)
Fable Legends is Summer 2015
Halo 2 Anniversary includes beta for Halo 5
Gears of War will probably need a 2.5 year dev time.
First Titanfall DLC is 45 days from release, then another one 120 days from release.
No Crackdown 3 news this year most likely, since it's a 2016 title.
A list w/dates of the rest of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries that Xbone will release in this year.
No info/idea on what Rare's up to, sadly.
$399 XB1 this year? "Maybe one without an Optical Disc Drive."

[Dominico]

So instead of releasing an Xbone without a Kinect for $399, they're releasing one without a fucking Bluray drive? WAT.

[tyven]

I'm not gonna lie I expected that to say they were releasing one without a controller

[Deader2818]

Lol if thats true then just wow.

[Krandor]

If I hadn't already bought one I'd be all over saving money and skipping the disc drive, I have yet to use it since all the games are digital as well.

[Jakson]

Semi-boner about H2 Anniversary, though if they fuck with sight-lines on Lockout, get rid of BxR, or make this X1 only, all my hate.

[Qalbert]

that guy has posted more stuff which has been edited into the OP here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=760013
some of it seems pretty farfetched though

[Qalbert]

now there's apparently crazy drama about a witch hunt for CBOAT, and the new leaker being an MS plant, and thuway (another leaker) has been tweeting about it claiming that gaming 'journalists' are involved
https://twitter.com/thuway
and now another known leaker has said he can confirm most of ntkrnl's leaks

i have no idea what is actually going on but it's damn interesting

[Deader2818]

Whats going on about Titan Fall?

[Qalbert]

Cboat posted that it would launch with 16 maps, and that the (frankly pretty bad) textures in the alpha were final assets, despite respawn explicitly stating they were at 25% resolution to keep the alpha download small

also last night one of the other leakers, famousmortimer said that the new guy ntkrnl was 99% a controlled leak by MS because he had such specific and wide info, but this morning he said MS is apparently going after this guy hard wanting to press charges for giving away trade secrets and shit, so ntkrnl might actually be some MS guy who just said fuck it im spilling all the beans

[Odin'sLaw]

does someone know or has someone seen any info on this?

https://twitter.com/Lucy__Vixen/stat...599360/photo/1

i'll wait til we get the Halo skin one before i get my Xbone

[Qalbert]

the new guy ntkrnl posted it as one of his leaks, said it's just a mockup, but that the bundle is real, another leaker famousmortimer said he had heard nothing about it, then later said after talking to some of his contacts he could confirm the titanfall bundle
so maybe?
edit: now mortimer says the TF xbox was planned but scrapped so ntkrnl's info is out of date or something

[ringthree]

Neogaf losing their shit for Halo 2 Anny? This, THIS, is the reason to buy an Xbone?

Time to drop some orbital nukes on Neogaf circlejerk.

[Qalbert]

i think more of it at the moment is that, even if a lot of it was expected stuff, the amount of info and the straightforwardness in which it was dumped was very unusual.