GamePressure reports on comments made by Phil Spencer, who said 'Microsoft will prioritise RPGs' at the recent XO19 event.
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Microsoft Games - Prioritising RPGs
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Apparently Obsidian was working on that small side project before Microsoft bought them. Yet it was probably a factor as it looks to be inspired by Fortnite.
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Let's wait and see first... wait and see...
What game would that be?
I think most studios allow their members to pitch game ideas. That is to say they have a pool of ideas, but someone decides what few ideas actually get made into games. Obviously playing to crowdfunders you wouldn't pitch something like Grounded, but it works when pitching it to suits because its has some very trendy elements, whereas pitching Pillars of Eternity obviously is more interesting to older ccrowdfunders who see something like Grounded and are rather put off. Its one of the reasons that Microsoft buying up Obsidian and InXile will probably result in less games members here will be excited about.
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I don't like Microsoft at all but if they're going to focus on RPGs, as an RPG player, that can't be bad. If they end up making bad games, I ignore them but if one or two are good, then awesome - 1 or 2 more games for me to play that wouldn't otherwise have existed.