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A tale of three showcases:



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It's not like you have to rush out and get it. There are so many games coming out in late summer and fall on top of the stacked spring.It was ok. Nothing that really surprised me. Guess I will wait till the reviews for starfield drop to decide if I will get an Xbox
Yay, more infographics.Not amazing, but very good.
They have good variety.
I enjoyed it and it was miles better than the Sony one.
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I mean what can I say?Instantly resorts to name calling in a thread about a marketing video and the manufacturer of his favourite plastic box lol.
What were his exact words? A lot of these trailers aside from the ones at the beginning showed snippets of gameplay, that's why it's higher rated for me than the last two showcases we've seen. Also a lot of these games were new titles or new entries and most of them looked fun to play.Then maybe Aaron Greenberg shouldn’t have been on Twitter hyping otherwise.
Yay, more infographics.
"I have been living in a cave since 20 years"one of the best showcases from anyone in quite some time
Don’t think we’ve decided on anything but I’m not sure who we isIs this the new thing we've decided to hate on? Convenient images of upcoming games?
Don’t think we’ve decided on anything but I’m not sure who we is
Am I not allowed to hate Xbox infographics when they’ve been slapping titles like Fable/PD/Everwild/Hellblade/Avowed on them for the past 4 years?
Didn’t realise I had to apply for your permission when I don’t like something.
Cringe awayYou can react all you want, and I can cringe all I want.
Agree here, needed to show gameplay segments for first party. Even DLC announced for current games didn't show gameplay. They need to change their trailer staff.Ok, but not the slam dunk it could have been.
honestly the biggest thing from this show was that oh look Xbox can compete for marketing agreements and it looks like they’ve landed some really good ones
Phil Spencer just kicked Jim Ryan's GAAS
what can i say, there was a lot of games there that tickled my balls the right way, except the japanese crap but i can ignore those, and nearly all "free""I have been living in a cave since 20 years"
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I don’t mean to cause offence I just don’t think that show was anywhere close to be an A, if A means absolute peak perfection. That’s all I was laughing at. Not that you liked the games shown. Personally, I feel like even a B is generous but everyone has their own opinionIf you noticedBanjo64 , I didn't list that Sea of Thieves expansion. I think Rare's efforts are being wasted on 'Pirate Destiny' and it is annoying me. There, there's your hint of negativity to feed the beast.
I don’t understand your reaction? I’m being serious, the stuff they showed from Capcom & Sega/Atlus + the Star Wars game from Ubisoft all look great
That’s my feeling exactly. If they had some more gameplay in there (and avowed actually looked current gen) then it would have come across a lot better.Ok, but not the slam dunk it could have been.
That's my only issue.Still, almost all titles are 2024 or beyond, there was a huge lack of actual legit gameplay, there were too many faux-CGI akak in-engine traiilers. Xbox is going all in with Starfield for 2023.
(not including the Starfield extended showing as that's kind of a seperate thing IMO)
Almost certainly the best showcase Xbox has ever had.
Fable, South of Midnight, Star Wars Outlaws, Payday 3, Persona 3 Reload, Avowed, Sea of Thieves + Monkey Island collab, 33 Immortals, Flight Simulator 2024, Hellblade II, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, new IP from Capcom with Path of the Goddess, Forza Motorsport w/ October 10 2023 release date, Persona 5 Tactica, obv Starfield, Everwild, Jusant, Dungeons of Hinterberg, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (w/ Keanu!), Cities Skylines II, new IP from Atlas with Metaphor, inXile's new game with Clockwork Revolution, Series S in black w/ 1TB storage, etc.. etc.. Literally something for everyone.
Tons of in-game and/or in-engine footage as well (although I would say Avowed looked visually underwhelming).
So much of it on Game Pass day one, too. Plenty of release dates/release windows shared as well. And very few interruptions. Just games.
I'm also going to give credit for the 4k/60 live stream. Why the fuck doesn't everyone do this?
Only thing missing was a "One More Thing..." announcement. Really couldn't have asked for more beyond that.
I voted "It was fantastic".
a deceptively great show 8/10.