You have a point there but the difference between Playground games and The Coalition was the fact that The Coalition was originally created to take over the Gears franchise and the fact that the name of the studio is called The Coalition has me thinking that was the original purpose behind this team (343 is another example with being created just for making Halo games). Playground games was a independent studio that started off by working with Turn 10 to create Forza Horizon and the rest is history. They weren’t even officially picked up by MS until 2018.
You definitely are right that anything is possible to happen, but with all the studios MS has now for potential new IP’s I personally don’t see a reason why they would need to invest in a whole new IP when there’s a well established one that people still love playing.
This quote is even on The Coalitions websites about us section leading me to believe that’s all they will be focusing on for the foreseeable future.
“The Coalition is a growing team of talented, creative, fun-loving professionals, united in their passion for Gears of War. As a Microsoft first-party studio, we focus on pushing the limits of interactive entertainment and taking Gears to new heights.”
While EA does have a license until 2023 for SW games, Ubisoft still managed to announce that they are working on a new SW game which of course wont be out until after the contract ends. Also on a separate note… IMO it doesn’t even really make sense why LucasFilm Games would give the rights to a franchise for a first party studio just to have it only on PC and Xbox. From a business standpoint that isn’t smart especially with it being Disney holding the reins and wanting their franchises accessible to as many people as possible.
Also 100% agree on bringing 1313 back!!!
