Aaron Greenberg (Microsoft) confirms my theory, "Future 1P titles are developed for Xbox Series X first. Not saying those games won’t ship on Xbox One, only that we are leading with Series X & each studio will decide what's best for their game/community when they launch".
What this means is that apart from cross-gen Halo Infinite, Xbox Game Studios are focused on Series X. I think that it's the logical decision.
Fable, Avowed and Everwild are the Series X games I'm more excited about. I haven't played Hellblade yet so that's why I don't list it.
Greenberg stated that both Avowed and Everwild's websites would be updated to remove the Xbox One platform.
So then, the following games are Series X exclusives: Everwild, State of Decay 3, Forza Motorsport, Avowed, As Dusk Falls, Hellblade II, Stalker 2, The Medium, Fable.
@Grot I really think they don’t want to come out and say it, but I think xCloud will be running those games on the older hardware as well. There is also the issue of “Lockehart” which if real makes anything in the showcase ... well anyway. Point is there is something going on there, and it’s mixing the messages a little.
@Z3u5000
Ofc it does. Nobody expects one SP campaign to go on forever. Question is, what happens next? in how many years can we see another new and different, high-quality AAA campaign ?
@BlueOcean Yeah you are right sounds logical. I am asking this because I still believe in a high-quality liner FPS campaign and a game in the vibes of reach or ODST is much appreciated.
@BrilliantBill I think there'll be story expansions. Look at Master Chief Collection, it's a hub for:
Halo Reach
Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo 2 Anniversary
Halo 3
Halo 3 ODST
Halo 4
Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST were technically DLC story expansions for MCC meanwhile Halo Reach's multiplayer was a free update. We'll probably see something similar for Infinite, multiplayer is free for all Infinite owners meanwhile Infinite gets DLC story expansions.
@BrilliantBill My guess is the game will follow an Assassins Creed Odyssey approach to the story. The game will be a full game, but then there will be DLC/Seassons, each with it's own arc and episodes released on a schedule.
How often, I guess will heavily depend on how many play it, and what direction will it take is something we might be able to start guessing once we see how this game ends. Move to a different location? All of it take place in the same ring? Who knows.
Keep in mind this is just a guess, but it worked for Odyssey rather well, they delivered two large arcs over 2 years.
Another possibility, that is not far from this, would be what Final Fantasy XIV does, every 2-ish years they release an expansion pack. This opens up what basically amounts to a season, with story content released over the period of two years. It has a full story, but is released episodically. Only difference there is that it also adds content over that window typical to MMOs, raid content, pvp content, all that stuff to just keep players playing.
I would hate Halo to become a grind game, BUT I would actually love to see episodic seasonal content with, potentially, activity "packs" in between episode. Stuff to do around just for kicks, you know, optional open world things like take care of forts and what not.
Ideally, such content would later be compiled on disk form, as I mentioned on an article comment section, not everyone has access to internet, and it sucks to see single player experiences locked behind downloads. My hope for this is low, though, given how MCC added stuff without ever offering a revised disk.
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