I’m so sick of hearing about Xbox. You know they haven’t done anything that interest people for over a decade now, you know their consoles aren’t worth it if you care about exclusives, you know Game Pass ruined their platform and you know they are incapable of putting out good games. And even if they made a push to get stuff out few IPs Xbox is still pushing are washed up relics from late 2000s that only appeal to the perpetually nostalgic 360 crowd. They have nothing to offer to 90% of gamers. So why oh why are we still talking about them?
Because they own so much IP now and they jeep cancelling and shuttering it all.
They have done this since the Rare days
Who cares about the IP they own? Whatever they funded or bought over the years had their time in the spotlight and the world moved on. Even if Xbox was doing well they were never gonna be making another Blinx the Cat or Voodoo Vince. They were going to pump out the slop they put out in a more refined form like Sony does. So get over it already. Gaming moved past the 360, it’s about time you do the same.
This is sad, but:
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Dishonored 2 was 2016
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Prey and Death of the Outsider was 2017
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Prey Mooncrash, 2018
This was Arkane in their prime.
But that was 10 years ago:
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Wolfstein 2019 wasn’t my cup of tea.
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Deathloop was… fine, but more niche.
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Redfall was not fine.
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And Marvel Blade is already delayed and over budget.
I hate to say it, but I think Arkane is already dead. It may be MS’s doing, yes, but to be fair, MS funded them through several mixed games and a massive failure already.
I mean, how much of Redfall was Microsoft’s fault though? It didn’t really seem like a game Arkane wanted to make. I’d wager a guess and say after Deathloop underperformed, the suits gave them a brief of what they needed to make.
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