Xbox Boss Says Games Like Zelda, Horizon Don’t Have Same Impact
According to Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, story based single player games like Zelda and Horizon aren't suitable for a subscription service and that the genre is declining. For one, video games aren't meant to be a "subscription service." That's the thing that's actually killing my drive to play video games. I don't want to pay for a video game and then pay tons of money to play with other people. I bought the system, I bought game, I bought the internet connection, just let me play with my friends online.
Spencer then says,
"The audience for those big story-driven games… I won’t say it isn’t as large, but they’re not as consistent,” Spencer began. “You’ll have things like Zelda or Horizon: Zero Dawn that’ll come out, and they’ll do really well, but they don’t have the same impact that they used to have, because the big service-based games are capturing such a large amount of the audience."
This is utter BS. I'm willing to bet more people would rather play a single player game with an amazing story, over a game that flops in story and only focuses on multiplayer. I won't say any names. *cough*callofdutyandmedalofhonor*cough*
Seriously though, these fps's are actually losing popularity because of how often they come out. Every time a new one comes out, I hear how bad it is compared to last one and there's very few people who still enjoy them who aren't edgy 12 year olds.
You know why the numbers for story driven games aren't consistent? Because they don't make a new one every year. The last major Zelda game we got that wasn't a spin-off or a remake was A Link Between Worlds all the back in 2013. And the last major Zelda game on a console was back in 2011.
What do you think? Is he right, or he just spewing nonsense?
According to Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, story based single player games like Zelda and Horizon aren't suitable for a subscription service and that the genre is declining. For one, video games aren't meant to be a "subscription service." That's the thing that's actually killing my drive to play video games. I don't want to pay for a video game and then pay tons of money to play with other people. I bought the system, I bought game, I bought the internet connection, just let me play with my friends online.
Spencer then says,
"The audience for those big story-driven games… I won’t say it isn’t as large, but they’re not as consistent,” Spencer began. “You’ll have things like Zelda or Horizon: Zero Dawn that’ll come out, and they’ll do really well, but they don’t have the same impact that they used to have, because the big service-based games are capturing such a large amount of the audience."
This is utter BS. I'm willing to bet more people would rather play a single player game with an amazing story, over a game that flops in story and only focuses on multiplayer. I won't say any names. *cough*callofdutyandmedalofhonor*cough*
Seriously though, these fps's are actually losing popularity because of how often they come out. Every time a new one comes out, I hear how bad it is compared to last one and there's very few people who still enjoy them who aren't edgy 12 year olds.
You know why the numbers for story driven games aren't consistent? Because they don't make a new one every year. The last major Zelda game we got that wasn't a spin-off or a remake was A Link Between Worlds all the back in 2013. And the last major Zelda game on a console was back in 2011.
What do you think? Is he right, or he just spewing nonsense?
