Sony vs Microsoft: The First Party Studios

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And now you wish you hadn't sent me a message on Twitter. ;)

But yeah, as Stealth50 said, if we were going to release a new game around this Christmas you probably would have seen it by now.
 
And now you wish you hadn't sent me a message on Twitter. ;)

But yeah, as Stealth50 said, if we were going to release a new game around this Christmas you probably would have seen it by now.

The City of Metronome wakes up from a deep slumber, rejoice!
 
Just been looking up MS studios. It got me thinking, what are MS Victoria working on? We've barely heard a thing about that studio. We know Black Tusk is supposed to be working on the next Halo (but apparently they've got multiple teams 343i/Rare style.
For 2015, I'm thinking we might see Crackdown 3, State of Decay 2, Fable Legends and whatever MS Victoria is working on and Black Tusk's game. I also see MS continue the idea of piecing out their franchises to 3rd party studios to carry out the development. Would definitely like to see another Halo Wars.
 
Do we know if there's any studio that is actively not working on games?

With CBOAT's reveal that Big Park's game got cancelled/now working on TV stuff, alongside Xbox Fitness which is probably developed by Kids & Lifestyle, I'm kinda concerned that MS's Kinect-studios may very well have been retooled into doing non-games services altogether.

Just been looking up MS studios. It got me thinking, what are MS Victoria working on? We've barely heard a thing about that studio. We know Black Tusk is supposed to be working on the next Halo (but apparently they've got multiple teams 343i/Rare style.

Victoria & Osaka are complete 'pindrop silence' in terms of the kind of stuff they're working on, or even the type of talent they're having. Considering that they're established later than Black Tusk ( which was Vancouver Studio rebranded ), they're probably 2015, or even 2016 in the worst case.

As for Black Tusk, I highly doubt they've got multiple teams. Before their unveiling as Black Tusk, last we heard was that a lot of employees got laid off which killed off some of their Kinect projects.

We all know Sony has been delivering lately. For the next gen, are they expanding? Meaning are they opening or buying new studios?

Dunno.

However, Naughty Dog is at a relatively healthy hiring spree, though not at a massive scale. ( 20+ openings available ). Balrog at SSM is also hinting that massive expansion is going to happen eventually once he gets his idea rolling.
 
We all know Sony has been delivering lately. For the next gen, are they expanding? Meaning are they opening or buying new studios?

They are expanding but not the way you think they are. Sony's modus operandi when it comes to expansion is to expand their successful studios with additional teams and buy successful second party studios they've partnered with.

Alongside the new Guerrilla, Media Molecule and Sony Santa Monica teams that we've no clue what they're working on aside from a couple of rumours (Guerrilla working on a RPG for instance), they recently created a third major team within Sony Santa Monica led by Cory Barlog (God of War 2).

They're also working with a lot of independent developers on games like Rime, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, etc. If these partnerships go well then they'll likely continue to work together in the future and Sony will possibly buy them out at some point.
 
KAL2006 would you mind changing the colors of 'Microsoft' to green and 'Sony' to blue to make it easier to read through in the original post?
 
One argument I've heard as of late offline is that Sony's games don't sell. I know IGN did a piece on some of Sony's games not selling, but on the whole they probably had more million plus sellers than MS. Regardless, they make quite a few good selling franchises and I feel safer investing with them at the moment.
 
List needs more Dennaton Games = Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number which will be a timed exclusive for PS4 (though their wiki doesn't even list Xbox One, PS3 or 360 for some reason...)
 
I thought I'd update this thread, with many people making their decision this holiday on which console to buy. Maybe this would be helpful. Note that I haven't added PSN/XBLA games to the list which I will do later.

Xbox One Exclusives

Retail
Forza 5
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Killer Instinct
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Ryse (also on PC)
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Dead Rising 3 (also on PC)
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TitanFall (also on 360 and PC)
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Forza Horizon 2 (also on 360)
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Sunset OverDrive
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Halo: The Masterchief Collection (also on 360)
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Quantum Break
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Fable Legends
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Halo 5: Guardians
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Scalebound
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Crackdown
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Phantom Dust
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Unconfirmed Games
Gears of War
Forza 6
RARE old IP revival
Microsoft Osaka developed game


PS4 Exclusives

Retail
inFamous Second Son
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Killzone Shadow Fall
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Knack
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The Last of Us Remastered (also on PS3)
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Samurai Warriors 4 (also on PS3)
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#DRIVECLUB
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LittleBigPlanet 3 (also on PS3)
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Guilty Gear Xrd (also on PS3)
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Bloodborne
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The Order 1886
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Ratchet and Clank
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Until Dawn
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Disgaea 5
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Uncharted 4: A Thiefs End
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Hot Shots Golf
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Dragon Quest Heroes (also on PS3)
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Persona 5 (also on PS3)
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Ys (also on PS3)
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Free To Play
DC Universe Online (also on PC and PS3)
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Blacklight Retribution (also on PC)
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War Thunder (also on PC)
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Kingdom Under Fire II
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Loadout (also on PC)
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H1Z1 (also on PC)
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Planetside 2 (also on PC)
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Snow (also on PC)
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Deep Down
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Let It Die
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Wild
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EverQuest Next (also on PC)
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Unconfirmed Games
Horizon (Guerilla Games New IP RPG)
Singularity (Quantic Dream's next game)
Beyond: Two Soul's Directors Cut
Gran Turismo 7
The Last Guardian (believe)
Media Molecule New IP
Uncharted Trilogy
God of War 4 (Cory Barlog's game)
Sony Bend New IP
 
Probably a ploy by the mods to root out the extremist before hype for March starts hitting critical mass.

Who was the person that made a thread about mods making fake accounts and troll threads to rile up people to ban before E3 that way gaf would hold steady during the E3 onslaught? He might be on to something...

Is bish a raptor?
 
Why wasn't Nintendo thrown in?

Because everyone knows Nintendo's line up is different enough. The whole point of this comparison is because Xbox One and PS4 have similar library of games with all the multiplatform games, so this was a way to see what exclusives each system has to make each other different. Also I'm too lazy to add Nintendo.
 
I thought I'd update this thread, with many people making their decision this holiday on which console to buy. Maybe this would be helpful. Note that I haven't added PSN/XBLA games to the list which I will do later.


You should probably add State of decay,screamride, smite and neverwinter 2015 to the upcoming xbox games.
 
Made my decision on the strength of the XB1's exclusives and it's pretty clear cut for me.

Bloodborne is the only game in bummed to be missing out on.
 
...and quality too, IMO.

Bloodborne alone has no match on the list... and if I add Uncharted and Persona, well... no contest really.

FTFY

excited for all those games btw, I own both systems, but someone might value the MCC or Gears over what Sony is offering. Differing opinions and all
 
FTFY

excited for all those games btw, I own both systems, but someone might value the MCC or Gears over what Sony is offering. Differing opinions and all
MCC is a remastered... I didn't want to do it, but if you compare remasters, well, The Last of Us win (not "easily", OK)... and Gears, well... the game hasn't been announced yet and that saga it's on a bad curve... last two games are mediocre. And if you want to mention announced games, well... The Last of Us 2 is the end of the discussion.
 
MCC is a remastered... I didn't want to do it, but if you compare remasters, well, The Last of Us win easily... and Gears, well... the game hasn't been announced yet and that saga it's on a bad curve... last two games are awful. And if you want to mention announced games, well... The Last of Us 2 is the end of the discussion.

I see you're one of THOSE people that can't understand people have different opinions....

Also your facts are skewed, Gears 3 is considered by many as the best of the trilogy and I would argue a lot of people who prefer the MCC over tLoU. Hell I do, and I think tLoU is one of the best games ever made. So I don't know how it "wins easily". According to you? That's your opinion, that's fair. Others might think otherwise, which is fair as well.

I'm not arguing all these games aren't amazing but how can you argue that people have different opinions.

Seriously, what do you not understand by the statement: people have different opinions.
 
MCC is a remastered... I didn't want to do it, but if you compare remasters, well, The Last of Us win easily... and Gears, well... the game hasn't been announced yet and that saga it's on a bad curve... last two games are mediocre. And if you want to mention announced games, well... The Last of Us 2 is the end of the discussion.
MCC could possibly be one of the greatest multiplayer packages of all time. No way Last of Us wins easily...
 
I see you're one of THOSE people that can't understand people have different opinions....

Also your facts are skewed, Gears 3 is considered by many as the best of the trilogy.

I'm not arguing all these games aren't amazing but how can you argue that people have different opinions.

Seriously, what do you not understand by the statement: people have different opinions.

Gears of War 3 better than the first one?

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MCC could possibly be one of the greatest multiplayer packages of all time. No way Last of Us wins easily...

Well, not "easily", but even win... but I think Grim Fandango HD will be the best remaster of this gen... another console exclusive...
 
MCC is a remastered... I didn't want to do it, but if you compare remasters, well, The Last of Us win easily... and Gears, well... the game hasn't been announced yet and that saga it's on a bad curve... last two games are mediocre. And if you want to mention announced games, well... The Last of Us 2 is the end of the discussion.
Irregardless of whether you prefer TLoU over any Halo game, I have to say the MCC really raises up the bar of what remasters should include for $60
 
OP didn't add downloadable games... in that case, difference would be even bigger.
H1z1, planetside, dcuo, blacklight everquest, deep down arent considered downloadble?


I do agree that saying " indie stuff like pinball or tetris defeats the purpose. But the games i listed arent xboxid
 
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