Mike Howard

Because I guess for me, Forza Horizon 6, you're right that like,

with xbox's strategy they could just release a fable in june maybe but i feel like from the same studio you almost want to at least like maybe have like a two month buffer i feel like that's just a lot of weight on the studio yeah obsidian right yeah but even obsidian it's like all right you had your first game come out and when we're talking about last year right you had one in february one in july and then one in like october yeah so it's like a little different you know three games last year barrett

You don't think that's too close to GTA?

Like, I mean, but like, I don't know.

I feel like I totally get it, but I feel like what's more important is that the game gets air when it comes out.

You're right.

I'll just push it the month before.

If I'm on the Xbox marketing team, I'm busting open the doors to Halo Studios, and I'm like, hey, fuck your anniversary.

Put this thing out at a reasonable place.

Let's not put it out four days the same week as GTA 6.

But I guess they're kind of in that same conversation.

Yeah, it's tough.

It's tough to place all these things.

But I think, yeah, it's just the thing where Xbox has so much happening on that bigger scale.

And I just don't know if it's even... I don't even know if it's worth releasing everything this year.

Like, what does Xbox have coming next year anyway for software?

Oh, yeah.

I think as long as you're just not after GTA.

I also think what's looming is hardware and how things have gone with RAM prices and tariffs and all this shit.

And is next gen later now than sooner, right?