Spencer: Xbox One Fall 2015 Lineup Crowded, Some Games May have to be Moved - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2014 / 6,838 Views
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has stated that the Xbox One lineup in Fall 2015 is so crowded that Microsoft may have to move some games to give them room to breathe.
"looking at production schedules and how things are lining up, next fall is just crazy," Spencer told Xbox Live's Major Nelson in a podcast and reported by Videogamer.
"I mean, this fall from a 1st-party/3rd-party standpoint is great," Spencer continued. "Next fall, I don't... Honestly it's not hype at all, I honestly don't know that we can actually ship all the stuff that thinks it's trying to ship next fall. It just might be too crowded and we might purposely try to move some things out to spread it. You have to [give them some breathing room], you have to do that."
We don't know the full lineup of games coming out in Fall 2015. However, Microsoft has announced Halo 5: Guardians and Rise of the Tomb Raider are two of the big exclusives. Other exclusives with no release date include Quantum Break, Crackdown and Scalebound.
Spencer added that while it may look good to have many games come out around the same time in October, it will hurt sales in the end for the games. Gamers want to play the most current games and there are other times during the year that have good sales. Games like Read Dead Redemption and God of War became hits, despite not releasing during the Fall.
"I think as publishers and first parties have success at multiple points of the year it's just a good thing for us, because having three/four great games ship all in the same week at the end of October, while maybe on some forecast somewhere it feels like that's the right thing to do, just as an industry I think it's much more healthy if we have more beats throughout the year where people can ship great games," Spencer added.
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This is what gamers want to hear. A console with so many games to choose from. Keep them coming MS
raises hand I've got a brilliant idea Phil, stop releasing all your major games in the holiday time period. :O I know nobody has thought of this revolutionary act before /s
There's halo and ...Oh, nothing else.This is just more PR bull that MS always spouts.When will you people finally learn? Phil is no different than his predecessors.Nothing but hype and broken promises.
And clearly he stated 2 unannounced games plus Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scale Bound..
"We've moved some games because we know that the sheep will all buy the same shit"
I assume he means all the games will be moved up to Summer period, right?
