Posted October 14, 2018
RawSteelUT: I wonder how long before BioWare joins the list. I'd be surprised if it didn't happen by this time next year.
According to many sources Anthem is their final chance. That's sad considering the fact that this game is not a standard RPG. So BioWare's final chance is a game in which they don't specialize. Everywhere I look on the Polish gaming sites Anthem is heavily criticized. I don't know how it looks in the US, but the game won't achieve success here. Maybe with a little luck EA will give them a chance to do one more Dragon Age game. Maybe... RawSteelUT: The problem with the Xbox One is that its identity is tied ENTIRELY to online multiplayer, and as we're seeing, that has a ceiling. I hope for their sake that Ninja Theory and Obsidian work for them, but I'm not holding my breath. Obsidian is probably on its way to hollowing out like Rare did, and Ninja Theory has never really moved the needle in any region. They need to make games to sell the platform the way Sony does and figure out how to get Japanese developers on board again, or the Xbox Two is only going to slip further south. In a year or two, we're looking at the PS4 hitting 100mil, and MS still hasn't cracked 50.
I believe it's too late. The current generation consoles are in the final faze of their lifespan. It won't be possible for Microsoft to make Xbox One competitive. They're too much behind. Acquisition of Ninja Theory and Obsidian won't change anything on this generation, but maybe it's a more perspective move. Probably in the year 2020 we'll see a new generation and the fight will start from the beginning.