Γνωστοί αναλυτές λένε πως η Microsoft μπορεί να είναι μέχρι και έξι μήνες πίσω σε ανάπτυξη software για το Xbox Next.
Σύμφωνα με αυτές τις πηγές, η Microsoft έφτασε για πολλές αιτίες σε αυτό το σημείο αλλά ένας από τους λόγους είναι και η ακύρωση τίτλων εσωτερικών που έκανε την εταιρία να βασιστεί σε exclusives από άλλες εταιρίες.
Ενδεχομένως έτσι η EA με τη Microsoft να συμφώνησαν για έναν τίτλο Respawn για τα Xbox 360 και Xbox Next. Τι συμβαίνει λοιπόν;
We’ve heard from other sources that Microsoft is not where they want to be at this point in the pre-launch development of Durango. A reliable source—one who was not part of our reporting about the Respawn game—tells us that Microsoft is as much as six months behind in producing content for the new console, despite an expected late-2013 launch. Another tells us that Microsoft recently cancelled several internal next-gen projects because they were not coming together as hoped. These sources have told us that, comparatively, Sony is in better shape and further along with hardware and software development for PlayStation 4.
We’d also heard from an industry insider that Microsoft was aggressively trying to sign exclusive games for Durango. Given the lack of internal development at Microsoft—their internal studios, while talented, are outnumbered by those of Sony and Nintendo—and given some of the apparent recent stumbles and slowdowns internally, signing an exclusive Respawn-EA game would suit the Durango quite well.