Leaked email reveals Phil Spencer's damning verdict on AAA games: 'Most publishers are riding the success of franchises created 10+ years ago'
Leaked email reveals Phil Spencer's damning verdict on AAA games: 'Most publishers are riding the success of franchises created 10+ years ago'
https://www.pcgamer.com/leaked-email-reveals-phil-spencers-damning-verdict-on-aaa-games-most-publishers-are-riding-the-success-of-franchises-created-10-years-ago/
Spencer's comment was part of a 2020 email that was included in the recent Microsoft document leak.
Don't worry. They'll turn them into live-service games with repetitive content and immersion-breaking cosmetic micro-transactions. You'll grind through the same few stealth levels with some barely random enemy permutations marketed as "infinite open world content". Your coop partner will be someone dressed in red cargo shorts, a purple mohawk wig, and a weapon that has so many random attachments on it you can't figure out whether it's a microscope, a dildo, or a sniper rifle.
This comment is true for so many games nowadays it's getting annoying.
I got WWZ recently for some reason and holy shit.
It had been a while since I had regret buying a game.
Same. At least with Deus Ex I have some hope left. Iirc the studio (Eidos?) was sold by Square Enix and the new owner may have them work on a new Deus Ex.
If you like those kind of games it may also interest you that Dishonored 3 being planned was part of the leaks last week.