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Microsoft has yet to reveal its full 2012 lineup of original games for Xbox 360. While Halo 4 is scheduled to arrive sometime this year, as is Fable: The Journey, we still don't have a solid map of where the system will head in the coming months outside of a handful of downloadable release dates.

In a new interview with Game Informer Magazine, Microsoft Studios Corporate Vice President Phil Spencer stated that the important aspect of the Xbox 360's future is "quality and impact, not number of releases in a year."

"Creating core IP (intellectual property), as many first-and third-parties have seen over the years, isn't an easy thing," stated Spencer. And it's the "equal amount of sweat equity and heart" that he feels will drive the company's games into the future. He added, "it will continue to be something that we focus on with new partners like Crytek and new people that aren't announced yet. We do think that it's fundamental that core gamers look at 360 as the place they want to play games."

Crytek is currently working on the Kinect-powered fighter Ryse, and we hope to learn more about Microsoft's unannounced partners soon. Additionally, Microsoft purchased Twisted Pixel last year, developer of The The Maw, Splosion Man, and Comic Jumper. The Gunstringer was their first retail release for Xbox 360.

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It is quite an interesting turn of an events actually. Me and my friend were discussing Microsoft's lineup of both previous years and future years and then comparing them to Sony's lineup. My friend plays 360 and I play PS3. He loves the 360 but is a bit disappointed there aren't a lot of good exclusive titles released on it. Compare this to PS3 which has a massive library of exclusives including the Uncharted Series, Resistance, Killzone, God of War and upcoming games like Journey, Last Guardian and The Last of Us. Microsoft only really has Gears and Halo from what we were discussing. It seems odd that the company with arguably a more accessible development platform doesn't have the exclusive rights to a lot more games.
 
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