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Just A Reminder

ok just remeber to add the 4 tildes when editing. it makes life easier. thnx MasterEditor99 18:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DS Games

What about the DS games that bear the Microsoft Game Studio logo??

ok?

im not sure but if i know that a game is going to be a trilogy do i list the trilogy. eg mass effect is going to be a trilogy however nobody has stated this. thnx MasterEditor99 19:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Burger King games

The Burger King games were not published by Microsoft Game Studios - they were funded and distributed by Burger King themselves - the games were only available from Burger King restaurants. The official Xbox.com page for Sneak King even lists Burger King as the publisher [1]. And the Microsoft Game Studios logo is not on the box for those titles. SeanMooney 01:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to put it back because even if a game doesn't have the microsoft game studios logo on the front you can tell its a microsoft game studios game if the address on the back of the game says one microsoft way and I'm looking at my copy of sneak king and it says one microsoft way and xbox.com sometimes makes mistakes like with vampire rain it says it was published by aq interactive but it was microsoft game studios and a publisher does not always distribute a gameMarioman12 16:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well if you are going to re-add it those games then find an official source that says it was published by Microsoft - a press release or interview or something. Just because the Microsoft address is listed on the back of the box does not mean they published the game. Like I said the official site says otherwise, the ESRB website says otherwise, there is no Microsoft Game Studios logo on the box, and they were only available from BK restaurants. If you can find something official and reference it then fine, but don't add it just because you think so. SeanMooney 21:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Why list Microsoft Corporation releases?

If this is really all about the Microsoft Game Studios brand of releases, are you not supposed to keep it that way?

The brand wasn't even taken seriously by Microsoft until 2002, in regards to it being a publishing brand at least. So why is that rather important part of the brand history all but disregarded in the supposedly accurate article that this is?

Who cares if some title has the Microsoft Corporation address on the back of the box, that does not make it a part of this brand. If that was how Microsoft and the developer intended it to be they would have slapped that logo onto the box/intro program for the product. Since you are ignoring that this is very confusing article.

Is this article really about the brand as a publisher? Is this article about that logo's history? Why have Microsoft Corporation published products in the article in the first place? Those products don't even have said logo on the product. --EMU-LMAO (talk) 23:37, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree with Emu, because this article is titled as "Microsoft Game Studios", not "Microsoft as a game publisher". If the article is in fact about the brand, label, and marketing of MGS, then the games that were published prior to MGS (i.e., by "Microsoft") should not be lumped in with the games that were published as MGS. They should just be moved to the Microsoft article. If you don't want this separation to exist, then the article needs to be renamed, and should not focus on MGS, but rather on Microsoft's entire history of game publishing. Ham Pastrami (talk) 02:24, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Massive Incorporated

I thought I read a Times article somewhere that Massive Inc was purchased by the Online Business Services ( MSN ) and not by MGS. Confirmation anybody? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.234.41.76 (talk) 20:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move Carbonated Games and Hired Gun?

On the Carbonated page it says that they are no longer a studio (replaced by XBLA group or some sort?). Should they be moved to "Former studios"?

Also, I heard that Hired Gun was never really a studio, just a group put together for Halo 2 PC. If so, should they be removed?

Train Simulator 2

Someone needs to move it to the cancelled section i'm too much of a noob to do it

Fact check:subsidiary

This article presents MGS as a "subsidiary" of Microsoft, which implies that it is a separate business entity owned by Microsoft. However, it seems to me that MGS is just a publishing label that Microsoft chooses to use (also see Games for Windows or even Xbox for that matter--neither of these are subsidiary companies, they're just brands and labels owned directly by Microsoft), and the operations and persons associated with it are simply organized internally as part of a games division. If MGS is actually a subsidiary, its existence should be reflected in legal documents: assignment of copyright for published titles, paychecks for employees, etc. Is there any evidence to show that MGS is a company rather than a brand? Ham Pastrami (talk) 22:15, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding was that MGS is a studio (not just a brand). I think (as you say), this makes them legally not a separate studio. Their office is in Redmond just like MS HQ. They seem to operate similarly to how EA Canada and Crytek are studios. --Daev (talk) 14:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, but since the studio is being represented by a different label, that still makes it a brand representing part of the same company. I'm going to edit the article to reflect this, since no one else has provided evidence to the contrary in the past five months. Ham Pastrami (talk) 01:18, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why so many duplicate studios?

There seems to be LOTS of duplicates in the 3rd party studios list, and loads of 1st party studios that have never released anything (surely they need to actually RELEASE something to actually be worth a count).

I make 10 worthwile entries in TOTAL amongst the 1st and 2nd party list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.171.21 (talk) 08:21, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

owned franchises and properties

Microsoft subsequently licensed the rights to produce electronic adaptations of FASA games back to Weisman, who is currently heading a venture called Smith & Tinker.


On October 15, 2007, they announced that they had licensed from Microsoft the rights for Weisman's previous creations of MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and other FASA titles and would be announcing their plans for these intellectual properties at a later date.

Both from WIkipedia. I'm not good in English but Ithought, this means, that MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies aren't any more Microsoft????83.77.155.3 (talk) 14:46, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but Microsoft still owns those franchises. If you check their copyright page, all of those are still listed. Weisman licensed them, but he did not buy them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VividNinjaScar (talkcontribs) 15:59, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]


Noticed in videos from the 2011 E3 show that they have been renamed Microsoft Studios and they have a new logo. Can someone update please.Darwin-rover (talk) 23:50, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editing articles of past releases

Just so everyone is on the same page, we do not go back and change articles for games released prior to the name change. We follow the name that was used when the game was released, as that is technically who published/developed it. Thanks --Teancum (talk) 01:57, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Magatama

If you press at Magatama, there doesn't come the game, it comes something different. (85.2.250.186 (talk) 21:01, 16 November 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Software Development Studios

If someone has the time, please clean up the development studios section. There are WAY too many studios on that list and everything just looks like a chaotic mess. Don't have much experience with massive edits and I wouldn't know what to clean up. Thanks in advance. QuantumWake (talk) 23:45, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]