StereoVsn
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I mean with Halo show being so amazing, why wouldn't they? 
Couple of thoughts:
1. Gears of Friends - a show about 5 friends and a Locust living in a NYC apartment, navigating challenges of mild-20s lifestyle.
2. Gears about Nothing - Marcus, Damon and Cole navigate life in a big city, having to deal with Locusts on a side.
3. Gear Your Enthusiasm featuring Larry David.
Edit: How could I forget "Forza and the Furious"! A show featuring a strong bald protagonist racing randomly while experiencing performance issues with his vehicle!
Couple of thoughts:
1. Gears of Friends - a show about 5 friends and a Locust living in a NYC apartment, navigating challenges of mild-20s lifestyle.
2. Gears about Nothing - Marcus, Damon and Cole navigate life in a big city, having to deal with Locusts on a side.
3. Gear Your Enthusiasm featuring Larry David.
Edit: How could I forget "Forza and the Furious"! A show featuring a strong bald protagonist racing randomly while experiencing performance issues with his vehicle!
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If they're the same quality as Fallout, that'd be great.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Hmm… we will proceed with amazing Halo and Rings of Power shows as targets instead. "someone at MS".
XXL
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Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Most people here will ignore that one. Not much fun to be had if there's an undeniably credible show in the mix.
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Mibu no ookami
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I mean I think it's peculiar for him to say they learned by doing Fallout... They didn't do Fallout. The project was well under way before Microsoft acquired Zenimax and Bethesda.
Outside of Bethesda's involvement the show wasn't at all produced by Microsoft. So I'm not really sure what centralized lesson Microsoft would have learned from this.
Like the article says, Microsoft shuttered Xbox Entertainment, which is whatever company you'd want to have "learned" from this.
Microsoft learning from Fallout is no different here than Microsoft learning from The Last of Us or Cyberpunk Edgerunners or The Witcher (as much as you could learn anything from The Witcher).
Sony is easily the standard here. They created PlayStation Productions and already had major ties to Sony Pictures. More to the point, I don't think Microsoft has put together the efforts needed to have sustained success in the space, nor do I think they have the IP. Next would have to be Gears of War, but I don't think that would be successful. So much of Microsoft's IP success is baked in the 360 dudebro era. Not sure how well that translates to modern TV and Movies.
Outside of Bethesda's involvement the show wasn't at all produced by Microsoft. So I'm not really sure what centralized lesson Microsoft would have learned from this.
Like the article says, Microsoft shuttered Xbox Entertainment, which is whatever company you'd want to have "learned" from this.
Microsoft learning from Fallout is no different here than Microsoft learning from The Last of Us or Cyberpunk Edgerunners or The Witcher (as much as you could learn anything from The Witcher).
Sony is easily the standard here. They created PlayStation Productions and already had major ties to Sony Pictures. More to the point, I don't think Microsoft has put together the efforts needed to have sustained success in the space, nor do I think they have the IP. Next would have to be Gears of War, but I don't think that would be successful. So much of Microsoft's IP success is baked in the 360 dudebro era. Not sure how well that translates to modern TV and Movies.
Cert.in.Death
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MS really knows how to give their audience what they want.
analog_future
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Topher
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HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
I want to see Ryan Gosling in Battletoads
Loomy
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When you have the sense of direction of a blade of grass in a tornado.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Ori and Friends cartoon series.
It all goes down to the studios managing that, Bethesda would never allow people with zero knowledge and reputation to adapt their IPs, 343 on the other hand, being 343 as always, didn't give two shits about who was in charge of the Halo TV series.
ResilientBanana
Member
Halo sucked ass. Fallout was pretty good.
San Dan Glokta
Member
MS what the fuck is happening to you
Gojiira
Member
Well it would take significant effort to be worse than Halo. Fallout though, my god that show gets way too much praise, it was shit…just shit, nothing like Fallout at all, just more of Bethesdas 'le wacky wasteeeeeelandz' nonsense.
Gears could work as a Band of Brothers type series but expecting that level of quality is beyond MS so meh
Gears could work as a Band of Brothers type series but expecting that level of quality is beyond MS so meh
diffusionx
Gold Member
I'd watch this. They could do an episode about Jeff accidentally chopping down Larry's neighbor's tree with his lancer, and the neighbor is pissed.
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thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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I mean with Halo show being so amazing, why wouldn't they?
Couple of thoughts:
1. Gears of Friends - a show about 5 friends and a Locust living in a NYC apartment, navigating challenges of mild-20s lifestyle.
2. Gears about Nothing - Marcus, Damon and Cole navigate life in a big city, having to deal with Locusts on a side.
3. Gear Your Enthusiasm featuring Larry David.
Edit: How could I forget "Forza and the Furious"! A show featuring a strong bald protagonist racing randomly while experiencing performance issues with his vehicle!
You forgot Gears in the City
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Too much time at Spencer's.
nial
Member
It's Minecraft (best-selling game of all time), why wouldn't you?
The problem is that the movie itself looks like absolute shit. I mean, I think Minecraft itself has a pretty boring look, but even a CGI film would have been a much better outcome than that.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Playstation has a whole studio dedicated to making movies and TV shows of their IP as well. MS is not tasking Obsidian to make movies lol, this will be studios like Paramount, Amazon etc making things.
Why is the IQ level on GAF dropping so sharply these days ..
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Hawk The Slayer
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Elder Scrolls TV series with the same quality as Fallout
BbMajor7th
Member
Why does Spencer talk about XBOX projects as though they're a hobby he's just taken up? They're multi-million dollar initiatives from one of the world's most well-financed companies. "You live and learn' is the rationalisation for a home improvement project you underestimated.
XXL
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XXL
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Fallout was a great show.
San Dan Glokta
Member
I'm primarily an Xbox user. I see this stupid focus on the movie business a case of 'Cleaning your yard but neglecting your home'. Xbox division are left and right making bad decisions with their IPs and studio management, and here are Microsoft wanting to make movies.
The barbarians are at the gate but they're too busy performing in the circus :/
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
More Ella Purnell in future projects.
Bug eyed queen is bae.
Bug eyed queen is bae.
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Fbh
Member
Do you think there's anything contractual preventing Tom Holland from being both Nathan Drake and Master Chief?
They can even make Zendaya play Cortana.
Seriously though, give me an animated Halo show with Arcane tier production values and I'll be happy. It's going to cost you a fraction of a live action show while looking 10 times better.
They can even make Zendaya play Cortana.
Seriously though, give me an animated Halo show with Arcane tier production values and I'll be happy. It's going to cost you a fraction of a live action show while looking 10 times better.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Pity they aren't committed to more games...
2025 is the year though, amiright?
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2025 is the year though, amiright?
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mansoor1980
Member
STARFIELD series would be great
StereoVsn
Gold Member
No, no, it will be Fable in the City with new Fable FMC navigating love and life!
OmegaSupreme
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They can't sell a game or console to save their lives so they might as well.
coffinbirth
Member
A CG Banjo-Kazooie movie would be amazing.
A Call of Duty movie seems all but inevitable and a Black Ops Zombies movie would be legit insane.
A Fable series?
How about a Verhoeven-esque super violent Crackdown movie?
I don't know, I don't watch jack shit anymore, too busy playing games.
A Call of Duty movie seems all but inevitable and a Black Ops Zombies movie would be legit insane.
A Fable series?
How about a Verhoeven-esque super violent Crackdown movie?
I don't know, I don't watch jack shit anymore, too busy playing games.
Yes, nothing like being tied to the company that recently blessed the world with Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter.
Why do so many of Sony's comic book and action movies look like they were filmed in 2004?
Badlucktroll
Member
a dave batista starring gears of war movie would catch my eye but thats about it
Mibu no ookami
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Yes, nothing like being tied to the company that recently blessed the world with Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter.
Why do so many of Sony's comic book and action movies look like they were filmed in 2004?
3 movies with a combined max budget of 313 million dollars? Compared to Spider-Man No Way Home which had a budget of 200 million dollars by itself?
Clearly, you don't realize Sony Pictures was just trying to get rich quick by throwing Spider-Man adjacent movies at the wall and seeing what stuck. Similar to Venom, but even more low budget. These movies also do pretty well on streaming, which is the primary reason why they're made, to fulfill streaming contracts, but yes... go on thinking that these movies somehow define Sony Pictures let alone PlayStation Productions.
Yes, because making a few quick dollars at the expense of the company's reputation is always a wise move.
While Sony's comic book movies are perhaps the nadir of their overall output, it's not like the rest of their releases are prestigious, high quality motion pictures either:
List of Columbia Pictures films (2020–2029) - Wikipedia
What exactly does define Sony Pictures then?
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Yes, because making a few quick dollars at the expense of the company's reputation is always a wise move.
While Sony's comic book movies are perhaps the nadir of their overall output, it's not like the rest of their releases are prestigious, high quality motion pictures either:
List of Columbia Pictures films (2020–2029) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
What exactly does define Sony Pictures then?
Sony Pictures is the parent company of Columbia...
These Spider-Man adjacent movies have no impact on Sony's reputation or the revenue that Spider-Man movies bring in.
Sony has deals with Netflix and Disney to the tune of 600 million dollars per year. If they keep their expenses at, around, or below 600 million dollars, they know they'll be profitable every year no matter what. Streaming revenue is guaranteed and digital and box office are just a plus.
Venom had a budget of 110-120 million. With the general rule of thumb (2.5x) that means that the movie would need to make 300 million to break even. It made 478.9 million at the box office. That's at least 178.9 million dollars in profit on top of what they make from their streaming deal with Netflix.
Cutting expenses while ensuring they deliver movies to Netflix and Disney ensures their operating income increases.
What Does Sony’s Rumored $3 Billion Deal With Netflix And Disney Mean For Superhero Fans?
After inking deals with Netflix and Disney, fans can expect to see popular superhero franchises on Disney platforms and Netflix.
www.forbes.com
3 billion dollar 5 year deal
You can criticize their model all you want, but one it works, and two it has nothing to do with PlayStation Productions, with the caveat that PlayStation Productions can be allocated to as part of that 600 million dollar annual budget.
The relationship between PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures is a somewhat unique one though similar to Marvel Entertainment and Disney.
Sony Pictures wants IP to make movies to feed the box office and streaming. They would normally use the profits to buy/license more IP, but with PlayStation Productions, they can get a steady stream of existing IP to make movies out of. Even if these movies/tv shows aren't massive successes they still
A) fulfill the streaming agreements
B) act as massive commercials for games potentially turning games that aren't successes into success which we'll see with Until Dawn
Sony is in a win-win situation with their pipeline of IP to TV/Movies. That pipeline will allow them to take bigger swings in gaming if there is pay off.
Microsoft doesn't have that situation. They can decide to fund, produce, and distribute their own stuff, but they're not about to do that. It's entirely too risky and costly. Sony has guaranteed money backing all their projects whether they succeed or fail.
Until Dawn could be a hit horror franchise and return 100s of millions of dollars per entry and spawn a multitude of new games or it could fall flat on its face. It doesn't matter at the end of the day. The remake wouldn't have cost Sony much money and the movie won't either.
Sony also knows that they still have big money coming down the pipeline with Spider-Man 4, Jumanji 3, and Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Of all the movie studios, Sony probably has the least risk because they're not directly involved in streaming, for which all these studios are bleeding money.
SmokedMeat
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