I hate to see the studios leave but with how this industry operates with the studio closures, having the studios remain open and funded is a great thing
Nobody wants to have their game release around GTA6 but February is always a busy month even more this time with other games moving to February because of GTA6 I don’t think they’re going to have the breathing room they think they’ll have
Could xbox restructure into what Capcom does with tiered studios. Tier A would cover flagship titles, tier B would be your smaller scale titles and C would be your support studios and funding would be the highest at the top and be lower as you go down
What I suspect will be turn 10 studios will be absorbed into playground games, and compulsion will be shut down. As good south of midnight was it took way too long to make and did not sell well. I believe double fine can make a bigger hit since their next game is a more ambitious one.
If they want to go back to the roots, I will launch an Xbox classic program bringing back parts of the original Xbox to 360 like avatars, old dashboards, etc. Another thing I liked from double fine was their Amnesia Fortnite. Allow their studios pitch smaller AA games that small teams can work on while also having their main teams working on AAA games.
@OldGamer999 I would suggest watching digital foundry conversation about Fable. They mention how it might not be possible for the game to run at 60fps on console, I don't believe GOY or ACS would be as cpu intensive as fable will be with what it is trying to do with each NPC. I would prefer them pushing the hardware and getting better systems than giving us a 60fps game
I believe SoD3 and Clockwork are coming out next year, so they have halo which I don't think should get a deep dive as they showed so much already so that leaves gears which wouldn't be enough
@OldGamer999 that’ll be a good poll, I think there are going to be some games that will be on the conversation for goty like crimson desert the next plague tale
@FraserG Has PureXbox ever run a poll or article where you vote on which games you think will be GOTY contenders at the beginning of the year, and then look back at the end to see how accurate everyone was?
I feel that it is still worth it because you have to pay to play online which costs 120 a year, add 3 games to that your close to the GPU price a year so if you play more than 3 games a year on it than it is worth it. PC would be a different story tho.
If they release halo on PlayStation I doubt it’ll be the mcc collection when they would make more money with individual remasters. They are working on multiple projects so they’re probably remastering each in UE5
@Kaloudz I want to see more fable but more details on the mechanics and not just another trailer that they’ve been doing even though I like them. It’ll be good to see the morality system, buying property, etc
@Moparhippy420 if you don’t include games that haven’t been announced there’s still project Mara from ninja theory, whatever halo studios is working on, the new ip from zenimax online, fh6( which would be a stretch I think), obsidian has other projects they’re working on, the next call of duty and what double fine is working on. If you include revealed games there’s OD, blade, clockwork revolution, and a bunch others. They have a lot of games coming out
@NishimuraX I don’t think sales is the big thing they focus on, of course it’s definitely a good part of it but game pass probably makes up for the sales for the smaller games
I think this was the footage Jez cordon was talking about and that was 6 months ago so from then to release it’ll be probably 2 years development so a lot can change
I’ve played around 10 hours so far and it’s great, combat feels really good. One thing I would say could be better is the loot, every chest just gives material for crafting and a random base weapon, I’d like to see better weapon variety in chests
@swedetrap does that go for Indiana jones, hellblade 2, black ops 6, and starfield I don’t remember those games getting mid 70’s but I remember concord being a ps game and that was 62
@Bobski as much as I’d like for a new console to be shown I don’t think it’ll be this year maybe next year and I really hope it allows other apps like steam and GoG on it. And I agree I played Indiana jones and enjoyed it, not once was thinking I can’t believe ps is getting this, I got to play it that’s what matters
@Daniel1221i do agree that they’re messaging us pretty bad and a case by case basis is why it is. But why does it matter if it’s day and date on everything but on game pass game is is what keeps me on Xbox and a lot of people
@Isolte what do you think about a one year exclusive for all games, I’m good with timed exclusives but I think Xbox should make it clear that all games go over but at a certain time, a case to case basis just makes it all more confusing
@Isolte well more money = more money spent on games and game pass. Seems pretty simple if you think about it. Xbox is just a platform for game pass to be played on so it’s vital
@VoidPunk for me it’s game pass, I would not be able to afford every game if I bought them full price so game pass is very nice and there are a couple games a year that I’ve played but wouldn’t have if it weren’t for game pass
@Fiendish-Beaver also idk if this applies but if everyone would just buy at where it’s cheaper than nobody would buy on Xbox or steam because you can get cheaper keys on CD keys or eneba but since it’s easier on steam or Xbox I think convenience adds a big part. If I can buy Xbox and steam games on one console not having to deal with the upkeep a pc requires that is more enticing for me
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Re: Todd Howard Remains Tight-Lipped On Plans For Future Xbox Exclusives
@Markatron84 you know forza horizon 6 made money while only on Xbox and pc and this is elder scrolls we're talking about
Re: Xbox CEO Sets Ambitious Goal Of Reaching 'More Than A Billion People Each Day'
Not even Netflix or Disney have a billion a day. How can Xbox think they can achieve this?
Re: Xbox Announces 3,200 Job Losses And Four Studio Departures
I hate to see the studios leave but with how this industry operates with the studio closures, having the studios remain open and funded is a great thing
Re: Compulsion Games Is Being Shut Down By Xbox, Says Report
Idk how I feel about this kind of information being leaked. Without confirmation what do the developers at compulsion games do?
Re: Fable Developer Highlights The Pros & Cons Of Delaying To February 2027
Nobody wants to have their game release around GTA6 but February is always a busy month even more this time with other games moving to February because of GTA6 I don’t think they’re going to have the breathing room they think they’ll have
Re: Report: Xbox Set For Major Job Cuts, Studio Closure Or 'Lineup Changes' Could Be Involved
Could xbox restructure into what Capcom does with tiered studios. Tier A would cover flagship titles, tier B would be your smaller scale titles and C would be your support studios and funding would be the highest at the top and be lower as you go down
Re: Report: Xbox Set For Major Job Cuts, Studio Closure Or 'Lineup Changes' Could Be Involved
What I suspect will be turn 10 studios will be absorbed into playground games, and compulsion will be shut down. As good south of midnight was it took way too long to make and did not sell well. I believe double fine can make a bigger hit since their next game is a more ambitious one.
Re: Xbox Boss Wants To Create The 'Number One' Gaming Company By 'Resetting The Business'
@Llamageddon he is definitely entitled to his opinion I just find it all very negative
Re: Xbox Boss Wants To Create The 'Number One' Gaming Company By 'Resetting The Business'
@Balaam_ do you ever have a positive thought about anything?
Re: Xbox Announces Price Reductions For Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass
@StylesT I think this is a benefit from the 7 dollars saved a month you save 84 dollars. so you can buy cod each year and save 14 dollars
Re: Talking Point: You're The New Head Of Xbox, What Do You Do Now?
If they want to go back to the roots, I will launch an Xbox classic program bringing back parts of the original Xbox to 360 like avatars, old dashboards, etc. Another thing I liked from double fine was their Amnesia Fortnite. Allow their studios pitch smaller AA games that small teams can work on while also having their main teams working on AAA games.
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap For 2026 And Beyond
I wonder why starfield is in the currently on-going project, nothing has been added since 2024.
Re: Fable Could Finally Be Xbox's Big 'Game Of The Year' Contender, But There's One Problem
@OldGamer999 I would suggest watching digital foundry conversation about Fable. They mention how it might not be possible for the game to run at 60fps on console, I don't believe GOY or ACS would be as cpu intensive as fable will be with what it is trying to do with each NPC. I would prefer them pushing the hardware and getting better systems than giving us a 60fps game
Re: Rumour: Xbox Might Be Planning A Second Developer Direct Showcase For 2026
I believe SoD3 and Clockwork are coming out next year, so they have halo which I don't think should get a deep dive as they showed so much already so that leaves gears which wouldn't be enough
Re: Fable Could Finally Be Xbox's Big 'Game Of The Year' Contender, But There's One Problem
@OldGamer999 that’ll be a good poll, I think there are going to be some games that will be on the conversation for goty like crimson desert the next plague tale
Re: Fable Could Finally Be Xbox's Big 'Game Of The Year' Contender, But There's One Problem
@FraserG
Has PureXbox ever run a poll or article where you vote on which games you think will be GOTY contenders at the beginning of the year, and then look back at the end to see how accurate everyone was?
Re: Fable Could Finally Be Xbox's Big 'Game Of The Year' Contender, But There's One Problem
I could be wrong but would gta 6 not make it in for nominations, for the last 5 years the nominations were never revealed on or after November 19th
Re: Playground Games Explains Fable's Open World & How It Compares To The Forza Horizon Series
I believe in the same answer he says " The game is still massive and will take a long time to get through it" which I like the sound of.
Re: Talking Point: How Do You Feel About Xbox Game Pass In 2026?
I feel that it is still worth it because you have to pay to play online which costs 120 a year, add 3 games to that your close to the GPU price a year so if you play more than 3 games a year on it than it is worth it. PC would be a different story tho.
Re: Xbox Might Have Just Revealed Forza Horizon 6's Release Date
Could it be fake, why would the upgrade give an Italian passion car pass when the game is set in Japan?
Re: Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Showcase Gets Official Date Alongside Three Confirmed Games
Does this mean we will be getting 2 surprises this showcase?
Re: Undead Labs Shares Cryptic Tease Ahead Of Xbox Games Showcase
@Lup someone was able to translate it, it says “look beyond to understand.”
Re: Microsoft Celebrates As Xbox Vs. FTC Officially Comes To An End
@Balaam_ do you have to turn every article into something negative?
Re: Talking Point: Which Xbox Game Will Move To PS5 Next?
If they release halo on PlayStation I doubt it’ll be the mcc collection when they would make more money with individual remasters. They are working on multiple projects so they’re probably remastering each in UE5
Re: These 10 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (April 16 - May 6)
I’m happy with more games on ultimate rather than standard being the focus
Re: Rumour: These Five Games Could Show Up At The Xbox Games Showcase 2025
@Kaloudz I want to see more fable but more details on the mechanics and not just another trailer that they’ve been doing even though I like them. It’ll be good to see the morality system, buying property, etc
Re: Xbox Games Showcase 2025 & Outer Worlds 2 Direct Announced For June
@Moparhippy420 if you don’t include games that haven’t been announced there’s still project Mara from ninja theory, whatever halo studios is working on, the new ip from zenimax online, fh6( which would be a stretch I think), obsidian has other projects they’re working on, the next call of duty and what double fine is working on. If you include revealed games there’s OD, blade, clockwork revolution, and a bunch others. They have a lot of games coming out
Re: Opinion: South Of Midnight Reminds Me Why I Love Xbox Game Pass
@NishimuraX I don’t think sales is the big thing they focus on, of course it’s definitely a good part of it but game pass probably makes up for the sales for the smaller games
Re: Xbox Is Putting A Lot Of Confidence In The Outer Worlds 2 This Summer
@TheGameThrifter they’ve only done that for starfield, last year it was black ops 6 which is multi platform
Re: Activision Blizzard Aims To 'Meaningfully Elevate' BlizzCon When It Returns In 2026
I’m curious to see what elsewhere is cooking
Re: Talking Point: With Fable Now Delayed, Which Xbox First-Party Game Launches This Fall?
There’s also Ninja Gaiden 4 coming out in the fall as well
Re: Five Things We Spotted In Fable's Latest Gameplay Footage
@LogicStrikesAgain it’s there own engine called Forzatech
Re: Reaction: Fable's Delay Is A Shame, But The New Gameplay Footage Looks Awesome
I think this was the footage Jez cordon was talking about and that was 6 months ago so from then to release it’ll be probably 2 years development so a lot can change
Re: Poll: Xbox Fans, What Review Score Would You Give Avowed So Far?
@RiverGenie I’ve been using a fire sword as my primary weapon haven’t found a good spell book yet unfortunately
Re: Poll: Xbox Fans, What Review Score Would You Give Avowed So Far?
I’ve played around 10 hours so far and it’s great, combat feels really good. One thing I would say could be better is the loot, every chest just gives material for crafting and a random base weapon, I’d like to see better weapon variety in chests
Re: Roundup: All The Xbox Reveals From February 2025's State Of Play
@IOI there were a couple announcements that had a narrator talking over it and Linda ruined the announcement
Re: Poll: What Kind Of Review Scores Are You Predicting For Avowed?
@swedetrap does that go for Indiana jones, hellblade 2, black ops 6, and starfield I don’t remember those games getting mid 70’s but I remember concord being a ps game and that was 62
Re: Avowed Has A 60FPS Mode On Xbox Series X, Confirms Obsidian
@andrewsqual why does every story that’s positive have to be made negative
Re: Xbox Exec Showcases Incredible Avowed Advert In Times Square
@Banjo- fr, you said nothing about the ftc 😂
Re: Soapbox: As A Huge Forza Fan, I'm Fine With Horizon 5 Going To PS5
@Bobski as much as I’d like for a new console to be shown I don’t think it’ll be this year maybe next year and I really hope it allows other apps like steam and GoG on it. And I agree I played Indiana jones and enjoyed it, not once was thinking I can’t believe ps is getting this, I got to play it that’s what matters
Re: Soapbox: As A Huge Forza Fan, I'm Fine With Horizon 5 Going To PS5
@NeoRatt to be fair the amount of people who complain is a small percentage of the overall fan base. You only hear them because they’re the most vocal
Re: Soapbox: As A Huge Forza Fan, I'm Fine With Horizon 5 Going To PS5
@armondo36 I think they would’ve ported to Xbox if Xbox sold more consoles but it’s way more valuable to port to pc and for Xbox to port to ps
Re: Soapbox: As A Huge Forza Fan, I'm Fine With Horizon 5 Going To PS5
@Daniel1221i do agree that they’re messaging us pretty bad and a case by case basis is why it is. But why does it matter if it’s day and date on everything but on game pass game is is what keeps me on Xbox and a lot of people
Re: Soapbox: As A Huge Forza Fan, I'm Fine With Horizon 5 Going To PS5
@IOI what is the difference of buying it on Xbox or ps you’re playing the same thing on a plastic box that has the same specs
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Officially Announced For PS5, Drifts Over In Spring 2025
@Isolte what do you think about a one year exclusive for all games, I’m good with timed exclusives but I think Xbox should make it clear that all games go over but at a certain time, a case to case basis just makes it all more confusing
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Officially Announced For PS5, Drifts Over In Spring 2025
@DeanyBabyy I might have missed it did it say that Xbox players won’t be able to play FH5? Nope so calm down lol
Re: Forza Horizon 5 Officially Announced For PS5, Drifts Over In Spring 2025
@Isolte well more money = more money spent on games and game pass. Seems pretty simple if you think about it. Xbox is just a platform for game pass to be played on so it’s vital
Re: Xbox's Multiplatform Releases Made Microsoft The Top Game Publisher In The World Last Month
@VoidPunk for me it’s game pass, I would not be able to afford every game if I bought them full price so game pass is very nice and there are a couple games a year that I’ve played but wouldn’t have if it weren’t for game pass
Re: Xbox's Multiplatform Releases Made Microsoft The Top Game Publisher In The World Last Month
The more money they make the more money they can spend on getting more games to be day one on game pass
Re: Xbox Has 'Right Approach' To Exclusives & PlayStation May Follow, Suggests Ori Dev
@Fiendish-Beaver also idk if this applies but if everyone would just buy at where it’s cheaper than nobody would buy on Xbox or steam because you can get cheaper keys on CD keys or eneba but since it’s easier on steam or Xbox I think convenience adds a big part. If I can buy Xbox and steam games on one console not having to deal with the upkeep a pc requires that is more enticing for me