Akali Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Between Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, and Activision, there will be an "army of huge franchises" to look forward to from this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. According to Phil Spencer who said to gamespot in an interview from the Game Developers Conference. So far 2014 has started pretty badly for the gaming industry with Bioshock being sold and Irrational Games being shut down, Sony cut numerous jobs at God of War developer Sony Santa Monica, Thief developer Eidos Montreal laid off 27 people a week after release, and just this week Sony eliminated jobs at multiple UK studios. Spencer has said "he doesn't know the specifics of every situation, but maintains that the AAA game business remains a successful enterprise and this will become clear when E3 rolls around this summer." "I don't think it's a reflection of the vibrancy of the industry," Spencer said, referencing the news discussed above. "If you look at attach rate on the consoles right now, people investing in the great new AAA IP, it's great. I think at this year's E3 between us and EA and Activision, Sony, and Nintendo, you're going to see another army of huge franchises coming." there has also been some news about downsizing reflects on the size and scope of AAA. Spencer said "As part of the normal development cycle for big-budget games, studios staff up and then shed employees when they are not needed. This not not atypical." He also said "no one bats an eye when jobs are cut during the development of major movies because this ebb and flow is standard operating procedure." He told us that over time that he expects video game development to evolve to a point where development practices and procedures become more normalized. "I think the model for how studios deal with that peak and valley is still evolving," he said. The source is here Thanks to ex news guy Cooliest for the colour selection 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Can't waittttttttttttttttttttttt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akali Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Can't waittttttttttttttttttttttt. neither can i i wonder if they will tell us what the halo would be this year and if they have a name for halo 5 but still i cant wait to find out about all the future plans for both the Xbox One and the PS4 and i really want to know what some of the games will look like and then maybe i may be tempted to buy an Xbox One and/or a PS4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Well with more than 100 games coming out on PS4 this year MS is going to need a literal "Army of franchises" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akali Posted March 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Well with more than 100 games coming out on PS4 this year MS is going to need a literal "Army of franchises" well some of them are for the Xbox One as well (i think) but still they need more games if they want to try and catch Sony up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Aren't there always a large number of franchises at E3? It's always exciting to see what new games are going to be released and how progress is coming along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wait... Could this mean that they will have massive returns of old or extinct franchises be revived, or exsiting franchises becoming even larger? Or could it mean that a ton of new franchises will be revealed? ...Now I'm excited!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akali Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Wait... Could this mean that they will have massive returns of old or extinct franchises be revived, or exsiting franchises becoming even larger? Or could it mean that a ton of new franchises will be revealed? ...Now I'm excited!! maybe we dont know yet and thats what makes E3 exciting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axilus Prime Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 That sounds like fun. Hopefully we'll finally get some solid Halo news instead of all these ambiguous statements and rumors floating around. The uncertainty gets annoying after a while. But...when is E3 2014? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted April 2, 2014 Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Well Stig , Phil spencer said reviving dead franchises like crackdown would not be out of the question ... Phil has hinted at Crackdown 3 a lot lets hope it comes true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 History repeats itself... We'll get a Halo 5 demo and release date this E3, surely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIWBC Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Well I can tell this year is going to be an awesome year for games ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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