During their Switch announcement, Nintendo proved once again that they have no idea what makes a solid online gaming platform.
Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty thinks they "deserve a pretty positive grade" for the recent Xbox Games Showcase
You bought it all around six months ago. You spent billions because the company is literally inept but yeah a plus man
It's like a kid that pays the smart kid in class to do his science fair project for him, then brags "Hey, look what I made! That's an A+ effort right there!"
Wait didn't Sony buy all the great studios THEY own also? So Microsoft is a villain for trying to catch up?
@GamerRN the only example I can think of that you're referring to is Bungie with Destiny? Maybe a few others that were already in financial risk of closure?
Almost all the others were long nurtured studios that Sony help build up from their beginnings. Insomniac for instance is what it is today because of Sony's support from the early PS1 days from Spyro to Ratchet & Clank onward. (Or for me, the hidden gem Disruptor) Insomniac even gave Microsoft a chance w Sunset Overdrive and hardly anyone bought it, so Insomniac saw MS as a wasted effort. They probably heard about the Gamepass plans early on b4 it was announced and ran. Gamepass is where games go to die bc unless you're in the 5% most successful titles, you're in risk of your game, and possibly your studio dying off.
Here’s the thing and I know it’s going to cause a stir like it’s some fanboy bullshit but it needs to be said
Microsoft did indeed have a great showcase, no way about it, they did
BUT…theres a lot of ways to go about it
We’ve been moaning for years how studios constantly keep showing off games that are years away and the thing is this is exactly what Microsoft has done this year
Simple reveal trailers to fully showing of a bit of gameplay, it’s irrelevant the fact is Microsoft already revealed Perfect Dark, Fable, State of Decay, Avowed, Indiana Jones before the showcase and some of those titles were revealed a LONG time ago. They did the same thing with Hellblade 2 for a while until it finally released, it always felt it was at every show. Gears of War had no release date so how many shows is that going to be at realistically? I just assumed going by the comments online people hated this sort of stuff and yet the next they praise it. We’ve still got other games MS revealed a while back and will get more re-reveals in the future so the same will happen again.
Then you have multiplatform games on top of all that because let’s be honest between the Summer Game Fest and Microsofts Showcase you’ll want to reveal your games at something more established and bigger so these big third party studios will chose Microsoft to show their games at since Sony hasn’t got any presence at these shows and people like EA don’t really do their own shows because they are always terrible.
It just feels like overtime, if Microsoft finally go third party in the next few years, the Microsoft Showcase will basically become a third party mini E3 show more multiplatform developers will want to get in on as long as there’s an Xbox version.
"You bought it all around six months ago. You spent billions because the company is literally inept but yeah a plus man"
Sure thing...
Perfect Dark, South of Midnight, Fable, Flight Simulator 2024, State of Decay and Gears 6 all looked incredible it those has absolutely nothing to do with ABK or even Bethesda.
I guess some people simply can´t accept that MS is on a whole new level of quality, quantity and variety that competition can´t come close!
Xbox has the whole generation on the lock and even some games to spare and save for the next generation console. All Top tier games day one on Gamepass including COD.
Things will only get better for us. This is just the beginning of something ever greater.
Guess what they didn't show much of? Exclusive titles. Not even Gears 6 was cited to be exclusive to Xbox.
Looks like you were proven wrong yet again.
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Haven't you learned to wait for release yet? You said the same about Redfall and Starfield. Looking great in previews is all well and good. It's how they actually play that matters. Where is this "whole new level of quality"? They've yet to even be nominated for game of the year, nevermind winning it. That's what a whole new level of quality means.
“Things will only get better for us. This is just the beginning of something ever greater”
Good grief.
Fanboy shit aside…come on
Cringe
ah spare me with this “us” mentality, you corpo mouthpiece are getting tiring...
if you’re a gamer and you see games you like buy it (and the device to play it if you haven’t) and move on, it’s a box not a homeland to defend.
Don't be a slave to company please man and be open minded about different views man.
I see an Obscure_Observer post I don't read it but simply down vote it and I'm not even a simple man. :)
"Things will only get better for us. This is just the beginning of something ever greater."
My God. I can't even imagine what is wrong with this person and what kind of life he lives. Just look at the things he writes and spews. Can you imagine, he is talking about video games, just a form of entertainment? He talks as if he is on a holy crusade or a fight for freedom awaiting salvation or liberation. How can someone become so obsessed, crazed, and devoted to a videogame brand that serves no purpose in life except to provide some entertainment during your free time?
As a primary Playstation gamer i give it positive grade since the showcase was OK and most of the games coming to PS5.
IMO best of the shows
Astro bot
Black myth wukong
Phantom blade zero
new Doom
new Gears
MGS Delta
Mario Party Jamboree
Zelda EoW
Pass on Doom Gears and Mario party for me though my kids may want to play Mario Party. Also a temporary pass on Black Myth until they get discs in their house physical copies of the game. Not a huge fan of the Zelda art style but I will still get it as it has the old school gameplay
I would say so. Well done showcase. I do still miss E3 though as I still just don't really like these online showcases replacing much of the in person presentations where everyone gathers. Companies, devs, and fans of the whole industry (not just for one platform) alike at one event.
You deserve a steaming pile of shite just like the Series S you released to gimp this generation
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A new Red Faction game was apparently in the works, but Embracer never greenlit it and instead canceled it along with studio layoffs.
It's a shame that the level of environmental destruction in this series was treated as a novelty and not followed up.
I get that tightly controlling the gamer's experience is desirable but there must be some scope for some games to let people go nuts and for it to still make sense from a design perspective.
Yeah. Developers ditched that for better graphics. Even Red Faction developers are guilty of this.
I think the hoops you have to jump through just to get chat working are ridiculous. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate had voice chat - why can't they do something similar here?
Who knows? It would be cool if they let you pay for months/year with mynintendo platinum coins. Give us some use for them lol.
oh so you know the Full Detail about the online and what it capable of?
#nintendoomed
No, it's not. It's already failed, and it's not even out yet. There's no magic that Nintendo could cast to propel their network forward 10 years from the comical shell it was prior to Switch.