From Call of Duty to Fallout and beyond, Microsoft has swallowed up a lot of popular and successful video game franchises
  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1122·
    2 年前

    Microsoft spent 69 Billy just so they could finally own geometry wars, change my mind.

    • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      318·
      2 年前

      Name a good game by a Microsoft studio from the last 5 years that isn’t by Obsidian or someone who used to work at Obsidian

      • OrgunDonor@kbin.social
        403·
        2 年前

        Ori and the Will of the Wisps(Great)
        Sunset Overdrive(Good)
        Battletoads(Good, at least I enjoyed it)
        Forza Horizon 4 and 5(both are good, but definitely feeling a little repetitive and overly done now for me)
        Flight Simulator

        That is all I got though. and technically Forza Horizon 4 is 5 years and 12 days.

        • Brawler Yukon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          20·
          2 年前

          Sunset Overdrive(Good)

          Released in 2014, so while good, doesn’t quite fit the “from the last 5 years” criteria (unless you’re specifically talking about the PC port, which just squeaks in by a month, but I’m not sure that’s quite in the spirit of the discussion).

          • OrgunDonor@kbin.social
            3·
            2 年前

            I didnt actually realise the PC version was a year later(it was the PC release date I was looking at). Well… shit.

        • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 年前

          Isn’t Ori only published by MS? Moon Studios is a private studio, IIRC.

        • sheogorath@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 年前

          Point of Forza, driving cars around in circles will get repetitive after some point tho. I played Horizon 4 much more than 5 because 4 has a ranked system. I’m definitely going to play more Horizon 5 if they have a ranked system.

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
    23·
    2 年前

    3D Ultra Pinball

    Come on, how can they list that and not the masterpiece that is 3D Ultra Minigolf?

    Seriously though, they’re at least missing quite a bit of Sierra stuff there. Like Impressions Games city builders, or The Incredible Machine.

  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    2 年前

    Look at them including perfect dark in the list as if they’d have the balls to make another sequel after they botched the last one after essentially using it as a launch exclusive title for the 360… such a shame. Perfect dark 64 was a masterpiece.

  • thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 年前

    There was a glimpse of prototype in that trailer and I can only dream of a new version of that game

  • Icaria@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 年前

    So many dead franchises. The videogame industry really went in an unexpected direction…

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      101·
      2 年前

      Imagine all the money stupidly left on the table. All because they refuse to accept long term investment over short term gains.

      So much money these franchises could have made - if they were given an honest chance

  • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
    194·
    2 年前

    Wonderful news, I sure did want all those franchises that I loved to be turned to shit before being shelved for eternity.

    • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      2 年前

      Blizzard has already been doing that for a while. Also failing with new franchises, not investing in their core games, half assing releases. I hope they actually turn things around for games like Starcraft, Diablo, HotS etc

      • krakenx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 年前

        Blizzard would never have done that if Activision hadn’t been allowed to buy them. The new conglomerate will be worse than we anticipate in the same way Activion-Blizzard was.

        • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 年前

          Why would they be worse? We have a bunch of good games out of Microsoft. I don’t see how they could fuck it up

          • krakenx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            2 年前

            Blizzard had pretty much only made amazing games before Activision bought them. Activision also made a lot of good games back then. People couldn’t see how the merger would fick it up back then, yet it still did.

            I expect Bethesda to get infected with the worst that Activion-Blizzard has to offer more so than the opposite.

    • srecko@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 年前

      Most of those are already shit (Fallout, Diablo, Overwatch, call of duty) or shelved 25+ years ago (Commander Keen, Hexen, Phantasmagoria…). Microsoft’s own games are rather good compared to Activision Blizzar or even Bethesda.

    • winterayars@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      2 年前

      “If there are fewer and fewer games coming out that are more and more exclusive people will just have to buy an Xbox!” --an MBA, probably

  • Damage@feddit.itEnglish
    13·
    2 年前

    I remember buying a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro joystick that came bundled with Interstate '76… Hey MS, up for a revival?

    • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      2 年前

      So you’ve never played Fallout: New Vegas?

      Wow, just wow. You’re missing out.

        • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          2 年前

          I’d still give it a try. FO4 was one of the worst games in the series.

          • Jojo@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 年前

            I liked its mechanical innovations, especially in how power armor works, but…

            And I’m assuming we’re just not talking about 76?

            • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              2 年前

              Yes they improved a lot of the gameplay in FO4, but Bethesda sucks at writing a good story. Just look at Starfield.

              And yes, FO76 is worse. I was careful with my wording in the other comment.

              • Jojo@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                2 年前

                There was a project to port the story from FNV into FO4, but I haven’t checked on the progress in a year or so.

  • Brawler Yukon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 年前

    Imagine leaving Lost Odyssey off of this list.

    (Although I suppose maybe you need more than one game to be considered a “franchise” 😢)

      • Brawler Yukon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 年前

        Microsoft at least owns the trademark on it. Not being a lawyer, I don’t know if that’s at all decoupled from “the IP” or not, but I suspect they’d be tied fairly close together.

        It would also be weird if Mistwalker signed a contract giving MS ownership of Blue Dragon (which is on the list, but has multiple games from different publishers) but not Lost Odyssey. I guess maybe the solution would be to remove Blue Dragon from the list rather than adding Lost Odyssey. 🤷‍♂️

  • dewritoninja@pawb.socialEnglish
    31·
    2 年前

    I knows it’s not gonna happen but since they own heretic and he eb now I would love to see a modern day reinterpretation by the guys at id