Microsoft Claims Xbox Scarlett Will Fix Xbox One's Biggest Shortcoming

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One of the biggest problems with the Xbox One is that it lacks meaningful first-party exclusives. The PlayStation 4 has God of War, Uncharted, Bloodborne, The Last of Us, Death Stranding, Marvel's Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, and many more great exclusives that will make console gamers want to buy the system. The Xbox One simply doesn't have this, and if you don't like shooters or racing games, then its offering is especially light. That said, according to the head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, starting in 2020 and with the Xbox Scarlett, you'll see many more first-party exclusives out of it. In fact, the aim is to release a new first-party game every three to four months.

"We feel really good heading into 2020. We've got a goal of being able to deliver a game, roughly, every three to four months," said Booty while speaking to Games Radar. "We have a little bit of work to do to get there. It'll be lumpy, but we’re closer than we were. And so we feel really good going into 2020 – and the run-up to Project Scarlett – with our content line-up."

Of course, if this is the aim of Microsoft, then it makes sense why it's been gobbling up studios right and left recently, including Ninja Theory, Double Fine, and Obsidian Entertainment. However, as you will know, it's not about quantity, it's about quality. There's already more than enough games to play via third-party and indie developers. What there isn't is a ton of is high-end, premium games, especially that are narrative-driven. That's the space PlayStation first-party has made its own this generation alongside a few other studios, like Rockstar Games and CD Projekt Red.

In other words, releasing a first-party game every three to four months is good. That's a great output, but it won't matter if most of these games are on the level that we've seen from much of Xbox's first-party developers this generation.

Posted: Dec 03, 2019 11:29 am
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/11/29/xbox-one-scarlett-games-microsoft-first-party/

Comments

lbreadsticklPosted: Tue. Dec 03, 2019

I clicked this hoping to read about promised 60+ frames for every game. How does the next console affect how many first party exclusives there will be, wth.. Also thought we were done with exclusives because, well you know the whole cross-play thing that everyone's been pushing so hard for.

TimeSplittersPosted: Tue. Dec 03, 2019

C4s Basically they are telling us that there isn't enough Microsoft exclusive games, and to combat that they plan to release one every 3-4 months.
Well, in my personal opinion there are tons of games out, the issue is that 85% of them are trash. I choose quality over quantity, this plan wont work.

This plan is gonna make more money than you in your entire life, and please others who don't cherry pick at preorders they ended up hating. Better yet, why not just be less of a chump on these forums by acknowledging good things the game industry is doing. Your opinion is your own, but, it's indeed factless in comparison to backwards compatibility or project XCloud or the FACT there will be great game EVERY 3-4 months, ungrateful snob. They purchased a few great companies too, and the list of good things goes on.
"They're basically" or they ARE taking* actions, which you stand from a haters perspective. Stay low, and blow C4

C4sPosted: Tue. Dec 03, 2019

Basically they are telling us that there isn't enough Microsoft exclusive games, and to combat that they plan to release one every 3-4 months.
Well, in my personal opinion there are tons of games out, the issue is that 85% of them are trash. I choose quality over quantity, this plan wont work.

ZemaPosted: Tue. Dec 03, 2019

A new first party game every 3-4 months is what I've been waiting for Xbox about time