Xbox Exec Dismisses Rumour That He Doesn't Care About Banjo-Kazooie

Ah the YouTubers fault.

Not the MS executive pulling his comment back. Because that never happens.

What a waste of an IP, what a waste of rare.

Puerta al Sótano went directly to the sótano.

Absolutely yes.
And keep it exclusive to Xbox.

I have no feelings either way about this franchise. If they released a new game & it looks fun I would give it a chance. If they never do /shrug there are thousands of other options.

Predictably, some people believe a random Youtuber and not Microsoft. It reminds me when those people were saying that there were not going to be more Xbox consoles because someone started spreading the rumour and didn't pay any attention when Microsoft was specific and clear about it not being true. It also reminds me when those people were assuring everyone else that Xbox was going to release every game for PS5. All the malicious rumours about Xbox were spread as true, but they did not care about anything Microsoft said looking at the camera in a podcast. Since the acquisition of ABK, the rain of ill-intentioned comments about Xbox has been ridiculous, like all the salt in the world was raining down on them.

I mean, this is simple. Greenberg consistently jokes around, so saying "no one cares about Banjo Kazooie" as a joke at an event for another product is in line with that. This was a thing that was meant for a moment that some YouTuber grabbed and blew out of proportion.

It’s interesting how he phrased this backpedal. He could have simply said ‘I’m aware of how much the IP means to fans of the series’, but instead we get a statement which includes two distinct groups—“our fans” (presumably Xbox fans) and “gamers everywhere” (PC, Nintendo and PlayStation oriented gamers). I wonder if this means there is something in the works, and that it’s primed for a multiplatform release? 🤔

What is he supposed to do when every developer they have (and some external) has publicly stated they do not want to make that game? In a way what he said is true. The game makers do not care about banjo.

I think a casual remaster for all platforms is the 1st step in attempting to reboot but I doubt it would do very well. The IP might just be dead.

I wish Nintendo made switch online statistics available. It would be fascinating to see how many are playing the recent Banjo Tooie addition and what demographic they are.

I suspect a youtuber of trying to get hits and probably either deliberately mis-representing, or deliberately misunderstanding Aaron.
I believe the Exec - they are all very used to how things get twisted and misrepresented, so I don't think he would have been so flippant with that viewpoint, even if he had felt that way.
It's also hard to believe that any long time gamer would not have a soft spot for one of the great IP's. It would be so great if they were to bring us a banjo game....

As much as I would love a new game, I don't think it would be profitable. Banjo kazooie is not as popular as most people try to pretend it is. It's rather unfortunate, but it's how it is.

Crash Bandicoot was one of the most-played games on Game Pass when it was added, right between the behemoths you are thinking of. I'm sure that Banjo-Kazooie would be successful, but they should make faithful remakes first, like the N.sane Trilogy. After that, Rare, that still has the creator of Banjo-Kazooie, and Playtonic, that has some of Rare staff, would be the perfect team. The personalities of Banjo and Kazooie must not be corrupted. Kazooie and Rare's Cranky Kong have the best lines in a video game ever.

@Banjo- id love to see banjo, crash, spyro and those ‘younger’ audience type games make a comeback.

So many of the old classics are missing.

@Bigmanfan it would depend on who made it, imo. The success of Astrobot does suggest that fans would support a well-made platformer. If they really want to go for it, "Banjo-Kazooie meet Conker" writes itself.

With all due respect Aaron Greenberg should’ve lost his job years ago, I mean he’s responsible for Xbox marketing and PR, yet Xbox’ marketing is almost non existent and has been abysmal for 2 generations in a row!