Mike Ybarra: Microsoft Won’t Limit Creative Freedom Of New Studios

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One of the major announcements out of Microsoft’s E3 2018 press conference was the addition of five new studios to their internal roster, no doubt in a move to help alleviate the common concern that their Xbox Platform has lacked a focus on first party titles when compared to the competition, and the few they did have felt like they were being factory farmed in more and more rote ways. Windows Central caught up with Xbox Corporate VP Mike Ybarra at the show to chat more about, among other things, what fate awaits these studios.

Thankfully, according to Ybarra the entire point of these formations and acquisitions was to have their creative ideas come into the Microsoft ecosystem, instead of trying to bend them into what they want. The Xbox team wants to globalize and diversify their approach to games, and sees studios like Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, Undead Labs, Playground Games and their newly formed Santa Monica studio, The Initiative, as helping bring that to their platforms.

“Creative freedom was one of the most important pillars in the conversations we had with these developers. We’re not dictating what they do and when they do it. We want creative ideas from them. We picked those studios because they’ve shown they can create those ideas and those experiences that customers want,” he stated.

While many gamers have been excited to see Microsoft’s apparent commitment to improving their first party production, Ybarra says they only didn’t do it earlier because Phil Spencer wanted to focus on perceived hardware and services problems. I have to imagine that the huge steps they’ve made on those fronts with Xbox One X and Games Pass have allowed them to move onto these other problems.

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Source: https://gamingbolt.com/mike-ybarra-microsoft-wont-limit-creative-freedom-of-new-studios

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NickPosted:

I hope to see some great games come out with this.

Miko537Posted:

This means that there will be more innovation and hopefully new games, new ideas. Something new would be nice not just the same old call of duty and fifs bs.

MikePosted:

ItzSaxbyyy Great, it always ruins games when publishers are in charge of the overall of the game *Cough* Destiny


Yes exactly destiny hopefully will have a brighter future

TOXICPosted:

This is great news, one of my fav announcements at the conference.

GaryPosted:

ItzSaxbyyy Great, it always ruins games when publishers are in charge of the overall of the game *Cough* Destiny


Just look at Metal Gear Solid 5. Konami absolutely butchered Kojima's image of the game.

SaxbyyPosted:

Great, it always ruins games when publishers are in charge of the overall of the game *Cough* Destiny

TTGPosted:

Well I'm glad Microsoft is going freedom to the devs, I mean it is there game and having 5 more devs is awesome.