The Xbox One is a paradox of sorts. It has sold at a far faster clip than previous Xbox consoles, which should be celebrated. But it's also been outsold by as much as 2-to-1 by the PlayStation 4. So "fixing" the Xbox One in 2016 is tricky: Microsoft will need to continue with what's working while making the platform more appealing to a wider audience.
The upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong has a chance to change up the formula from the first game in a unique way by giving Hornet her own armory.
Games Asylum: "Even those outside the US will have noticed the American government’s actions bleeding into their subconsciousness. Just by scrolling social media, glancing over newspapers, listening to radio, or flicking through TV channels, you’ll inevitably catch wind of current news concerning US political parties, especially in the run-up to elections. This bleeds into video games too, with various presidents making novelty appearances over the years, and frequent digs at the government as a whole."
WTMG's Oliver Shellding: "It’s a disheartening game that is tedious, seemingly random and honestly runs so terribly slowly on console. I Am Your President is trying to poke fun at the establishment and probably provide some spoof-esque humor, but the delivery is underbaked, flat and just a slog. For Americans, unless you’re already a zealot about the elephant or the donkey, this isn’t going to ingratiate the political circuit to you any further. If you’re from outside the U.S., I cannot imagine the appeal of this game in any capacity. If it’s something you’re truly curious about, grab it on PC when the price drops, but a Gerald Ford simulator on my Mountain Dew Box is the most assbackwards thing I’ve done this year."
This E3 is one of the most exciting yet lets see what transpires. I am down for new consoles with PC like HW performance.
In my opinion it's Microsoft's best console ever, only after it was changed to what it was now. The bc has proved gamers love going back to their favorite hits. The xbox one elite controller is perhaps the best console controller ever produced, I have 2. They've done a lot of things right, only after they did so many things wrong. And while I still don't think the 720p/1080p is as big a dichotomy as fanboys claim, it's still surprising that microsoft is the slightly less powerful console this generation. They simply need to keep producing games, make better guidelines and partnerships with indie developers, and stop closing down studios
"How Microsoft Can Fix the Xbox One in 2016"
More AAA exclusives... more AAA exclusives.... more exclusives.
Until now (we are almost at the middle of the year), Microsoft only launched 1 AAA exclusive for the X1, Quantum Break, and it's not even a full exclusive since it's also on the PC. That's way too little for a company that wants to compete with the PS4.
Sony has already launched 4 AAA PS4 exclusives so far this year: Street Fighter (also on PC), Uncharted, Ratchet, MLB... not even counting indie games like Witness, Alienation, Shadow of the Beast, among others.
Microsoft has to work much harder and do way better job then they have been doing until now.
Positive notes for the X1: BC and XBL Gold offerings (better then PS+)... but that's not enough.
the xbone has not a single exclusive game over 90% on metacritic while the ps4 has 5 games over 90%