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[FStubbs]

Both of these two games have elevated open world adventures to new heights - the latter of which is singlehandedly selling Switches as fast as Nintendo can put them on the shelf. Both are first party exclusives. What could MS offer as a counter? Can they counter? What would be a good franchise for them to invest in to do this?

My thoughts would be a Fable revival, but I'm not sure who they'd get to make it.

 

[cyber_ninja]

Scorpio

 

[phanphare]

they could take some cues from Sony and develop a new IP to fill that void

 

[purseowner]

Scalebinned.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

scalebound

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Scalebound.

Spoiler

 

[Kowashitai]

Forza Horizon 4

 

[mazpratim]

Scalebound

 

[SinCityAssassin]

R.I.P. Scalebound.

 

[Vince DiCola]

Scalebound looked pretty cool until it was canned

 

[FN-2187]

I thought Recore was going to be a game like that. Too bad it wasn't.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

crackdown
in any case i don't think they need an answer, that's not how software works

if it did where is anyone elses answer to sea of thieves, the question in itself just sounds ridiculous

 

[BoosterDuck]

Voodoo Vince 2

 

[Mcleon6494]

Crackdown 3........?

 

[thekonamicode]

Halo, Gears and Forza

 

[il Diavolo]

They cancelled their answer.

 

[robotrock]

Sunset Overdrive 2

please

 

[ItIsOkBro]

sea of thieves

 

[Dynomutt]

Who knows but ModBot been puttin' in work! Good luck!

 

[Auctopus]

Nintendo has had Zelda for decades, why does Microsoft need an answer now?

Spoiler

Why does this forum need it's 20th Horizon/Zelda combo thread?!

 

[The Argus]

crackdown

First non-meme post nails it.

 

[Killer Queen]

Did people think Scalebound looked that good.

 

[Agnostic Priest]

Sea of Thieves? It's open world. I don't feel there will be too many single player games coming. Mostly games as a service

 

[TheExecutive]

MS doesn't care enough to counter. That has been obvious since mid last gen

 

[SuperSonic1305]

State of Decay

 

[JamesHolden]

Scalebound barely looked like anything, not sure why people citing that. They could use an action, adventure, or RPG though.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

Did people think Scalebound looked that good.

yeah but that P* magic could've been p* good

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Possible answer?

Be more creative and a little less risk averse with the studios you actually have

 

[stan423321]

Scorpio

This running gag is actually starting to get funny.

 

[MouldyK]

All these Scalebound answers can't be real, can they?

That looked like a C-Tier game at best.

 

[Shil Pencer]

I am expecting to get destroyed for saying this, but if recore got a little bit more time put in to it I'd say it could have been something close

 

[CharminUltra]

The Legend of Horizon: Dawn of the Wild

 

[Kthulhu]

Scalebound could've been.

crackdown
in any case i don't think they need an answer, that's not how software works

if it did where is anyone elses answer to sea of thieves, the question in itself just sounds ridiculous

Also this.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Something with dudes and guns.

 

[AmuroChan]

In their current stable of announced titles? I think only Crackdown has a chance to be that title.

 

[GeoramA]

Did people think Scalebound looked that good.

It looked promising until the E3 demo. Should have just kept it single-player only.

 

[gamz]

First post nails it.

 

[renzolama]

Scalebound barely looked like anything, not sure why people citing that. They could use an action, adventure, or RPG though.

Wasn't scalebound an action adventure RPG?

 

[ShemhazaiX]

People saying Scalebound, when the game was not looking good.

The real answer is Crackdown 3. Open world game that's doing something different.

 

[Metalingus5150]

Someone post the Scalebound gifs.
Game looked awesome.

 

[Nickle]

Call of Duty 15

 

[Phu]

Spoiler

Why does this forum need it's 20th Horizon/Zelda combo thread?!

They are:

-New
-Popular
-High Quality
-Lengthy

 

[_Clash_]

RIP Scalebound

 

[angelic]

Kinect 3 + Fable Scorpio

 

[Thud]

Did people think Scalebound looked that good.

It looked fun.

That's all a game needs.

 

[Maxey]

Whether or not MS needs an answer to those games, they could use a new IP anyway.

 

[Astral Dog]

Scal-

 

[schaft0620]

I think that this E3 is so very important, if Nintendo comes out with Metroid, Pokemon, Smash, new IPs, tons of indies, Animal Crossing and really hits a home run Microsoft is in trouble because Nintendo will carry their success into the holiday. Microsoft most likely won't have an answer to something like that.

 

[flkraven]

How has no one mentioned Sea of Thieves? Open world, borderline MMO. Looks gorgeous, has previewed great, probably out this year.

 

[CO_Andy]

Phantom Dust