Xbox Series X gameplay special set for May 7

Xbox: "You want to see games for the Xbox Series X? We want to show you games for the Xbox Series X.

Check out First Look next-gen gameplay from our global developers partners within #InsideXbox on Thursday, May 7 at 8am PT."

[CharlesTGG]

Xbox’s marketing is hitting all the right notes at the moment, night and day difference from their last new gen console launch,

[Vegamyster]

Definitely, sucks the xone didn’t turn into the next water cooler though lol.

[ilikestuff]

Joel wakes up and it was all a dream.

[FanboyPolice]

@ilikestuff
Stop dude what the fuck. Why you do this things. Why are you inclined to do things like this how this fucking help you. Do you laugh by yourself in your room? Or no? Or you just do it because you have NOTHING ELSE TO DO. Honestly what is wrong with you

[NewMonday]

Sony keep forcing MS to show their hand early. Impossible for XboxSX to build any momentum at this rate.

[Chris12]

@NewMonday - Sorry buddy, as much as you don't want to believe it, Xbox are running their own campaign and so far t's hit all the right notes.m Don't worry though, you're precious Playstation will be OK.

[crazyCoconuts]

Their marketing is master class. Doing a great job there

[gamer7804]

yup, huge step up from earlier on in the generation.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Right. Very happy about that

[pwnmaster3000]

Sony marketing team needs to take notes.
MS is literally hyping up people that they forgot about how bad they did this gen.. I get more hyped up for it everyday.

Honestly Sony is messing up imo. They are taking to long to give us anything. They about to get humbled up this gen if they keep this up.

MS ldid absolutely nothing this gen For the Xbox one to improve this gen For series X.

[TGGJustin]

Yeah really messing up when all they have to do is put out a logo or controller and they generate more buzz than what the Series X is. Get out of your internet bubble.

[pwnmaster3000]

@TGG
But that’s the thing.
I feel like Sony is over estimating how much control they really have because they did so well this gen.
Wait to long and people will lose interest especially if the service they are providing is the same as MS or maybe just a little bit better.

[CharlesTGG]

I think that buzz speaks more of how starved ps fans are of any info more than anything else, Sony's coyness is a worrying sign

[mark_parch]

@TGGJustin
But that's the whole point, we are so desperate for ps5 news that everyone creams their pants when they show a logo. All the buzz the last few months has been around xbox. Its been a nice steady drip of info. Literally all we have had from sony is a presentation so boring its impossible to watch it all a logo and a picture of a controller. When sony finally have an event they best blow it out the water.

[rainslacker]

If they improved on their failures this gen, then there's nothing wrong with hyping things up. I'd encourage a bit of skepticism myself, but I wouldnt expect MS to not hype things up, and I havent exactly been that kind to them this gen.

[throne]

you cant expect sony to get humbled on pure hype...when they've delivered all thru this gen. hype can only get you so far, it's the product that counts, you dont see Nintendo hyping their games but when they drop them, the games speak for themselves. same here

[itsmebryan]

To all the people that say Sony is just waiting to show something at the end to blow XSX out the water... What are you thinking they are going to show?

With lack of information rumors start. Remember the rumors that PS5 would be 13.3 tflops after MS confirmed 12 tflops in the XSX? PS was sure PS5 would be more powerful. Then, Sony confirmed only 10.28 tflops and that is variable. Meaning that is the Maxed out peak. Plus it to throttle down the CPU or GPU depending on demand and temp. So, it may only reach that number for a short period of time.
PS5 are now hyped about storage? Faster load screen and transition. But, that is more important than XSX's higher CPU clock speed, a GPU that has 16 more CU that runs at a lower clock speed and can do almost 2 tflops more than the variable PS5 Max. What's exciting about that?

MS is showing all it cards and so far and all of them have been better? What are your hopes that PS5 can do to recover?

[BillyG0AT]

I think Phil Spencer is the driving force behind that. He's had a tough job after the state Don Mattrick left Xbox in.

[sinspirit]

Get over Donn Mattrick. That was 7 years ago.

[Atom666]

I said it before too. Whoever they have in there now is doing a great job. Clear, direct, confident, and focused on games.

Compare that to 2013 - confusing, vague, arrogant, and focused on cable and movie studios.

[MagUk]

What’s the betting Sony drops some info just before

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Possible. So far the rumor says June, 4. But I don't put much faith in rumors especially as of late.

[itsmebryan]

What can Sony drop to turn this around?

[Silly gameAr]

MS had better hit all the right notes, pay all the right media outlets, get their people on all the gaming sites, and get the word out about their next gen asap.

They definitely know how to flood sites, and make their fans borderline delusional. Have to give them props for that.

[Chris12]

Delusional? Get over yourself.

[Bigman4k]

Yup just gotta make sure they dont mess things up like before

[Italiano1234567]

They have had marketing deals with AC all last gen

[Asuka]

So it begins...

[Doge]

Apparently it's just a 3rd party showcase, and 1st party stuff will be shown over the summer according to Greenberg.

[darthv72]

You make that sound like a bad thing. New stuff to see is still new stuff.

[Doge]

Uhh not really? It's for people to be aware and not have their expectations too high for 1st party titles if all they do is read the title.

[russo121]

As it is not 1st party the expectations are lower, I suppose they won't demonstrate system seller games because it will come to all consoles?

[oasdada]

I bet we'll see assasins creed valhala and something from EA as well

[spicelicka]

Yeah that makes sense, if they are doing an E3 showcase they'll save first party for June. I cannot wait to see Halo Infinite.

[crazyCoconuts]

Some of the differences between Very High and Epic settings would be difficult to spot in a YouTube stream without zooming in or something like DF does. I wonder how they differentiate a title running on XSX from X1X without doing something similar. Maybe showing frame rate?

[nismo370]

We're talking about XSX, NOT X1X

[mark_parch]

if any of the games have raytracing that should be noticable

[Killer73nova]

I believe so but that’s good because if games look great on 3rd party then 1st party should look flippin fantastic

[mark_parch]

we might get to see elder ring and rocksteadys new game and maybe even the harry potter rpg

[isarai]

Lets see what these thing can do!

[darthv72]

Its prob all CGI trailers like that 'Vikings: the video game' one.

edit: I hope you guys are right and its mostly actual gameplay.

[Fishy Fingers]

They confirmed gameplay "next Week" so I wouldnt be surprised if this is where we see the first AC next gen gameplay.

[ReadyPlayer22]

Nahh, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla seems to be showing gameplay at this event.

[CharlesTGG]

They already confirmed gameplay at this Xbox show

[isarai]

I REALLY hope it's not a bunch of CGI or "in-engine" BS. Im gonna flip a damn table if it is lol

[mark_parch]

they have confirmed it will be a gameplay trailer at the event

[Az1ner]

Ubisoft confirmed it's gameplay.

[mynameisthumper]

Ahhhhh! I'm so excited! :D

[Vasto]

So it begins.

[ReadyPlayer22]

Finally some next gen games. Mostly third party though, but I imagine a teaser or two for some first party games. Assassin's Creed also confirmed for smart delivery between X1/Series X

[--bienio--]

Oki I’m ready! It’s happen finally! GamePass It will be a crazy good value in a couple of years after the next round of Microsoft first party games land on it.

[Az1ner]

It's already the best value.

[-Ghost]

Looking forward to seeing Valhalla gameplay

[RazzerRedux]

Cool. Hopefully we see some first party AAA.

[Fishy Fingers]

Be nice but unlikely the focus.

"from our global developers partners"

[RazzerRedux]

Ah. Oh well.

[Lon3wolf]

That will be in the summer (hopefully some AAA titles, I'm sure there will be) for first party games.

[Az1ner]

June event.

[SyntheticForm]

Sounds great. Looking forward to seeing what devs have been able to pull off.

[Spurg]

It's going to be Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay because the trailer showed only the Xbox logo at the end.

[pwnmaster3000]

Most likely one of the games. It’s pretty much confirmed.

[--bienio--]

Gotta say these are more signs of how confident Microsoft are feeling about their next gen offerings - let's hope they follow through on their show of cojones!

[Elda]

I'm guessing some multi plat next gen gameplay.

[Thundercat77]

What else did you expected? Exclusives?

[Elda]

LOL!! Not at all.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Sony so far hasn't shown us anything Hardware related besides specs and controller. So Whatever 3rd party is being shown will be on X Series. Sony did just that at E3 and the PS reveal that February. Showing the strongest platform. MS is doing the same.

[Az1ner]

That's been said. 1st party event is in June.

[Thundercat77]

Acoording to Phil Spencer, Xbox X is not going to have exclusive games. Their first party games are going to be multi-platform across PC.

[Kumakai]

i will be ready and waiting. you can already feel MS' confidence going into gen 9. its a nice change of pace.

[Software_Lover]

Uh, earlier than I expected.

[Damrock]

Halo Infinite, Forza 8, Hellblade 2 and Fable 4 gameplay please!

Also surprise us at the end with official release date and price.

[Ricegum]

It'll be none of those. Just third party stuff.

[Damrock]

It will be very surprising if the first Xbox Series X gameplay reveal had NO exclusive titles on show, Specially when Halo Infinite is a launch title.....

[mark_parch]

no first party but a good chance we will see eldern ring

[Az1ner]

That will be for the June event. Makes sense to let 3rd party shine. 1st party deserves their own show. Halo infinite deep dive, fable, perfect dark, everwild teasers. Fm8 reveal, more on battletoads, tunic, and hopefully the last night. Who knows what else they have. Possibly platformers returning again.

[itsmebryan]

I don't think they will or should show the price. I think they have put Sony in a tight spot on pricing. How much should Sony charge for a weaker system? Everyone thinks the XSX will be $500 or $100 more than the PS5. What if it's not and they wait to match the price. Don't forget Sony is now using MS cloud services and the extra money could offset the cost of the XSX. If what has been reported is true the PS5 maybe $450+ than it may not be as hard to match the price. Interest in everyone's thoughts.

[danny818]

Hell Yea! I can’t wait 🙌🏼! Next Gen here I come!

[G1L]

This is cool since we will most likely see a lot of multiplat games that will also be available on ps5 as well. Also, since they will most likely be paired versions as far as features go due to the hardware similarity when all its said and done, we might get a good ideia on how the games will look for both platforms.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Glad to see Xbox not mess up this time with marketing. I really hope to see some truly special stuff.

[Fraggle1987]

Yaayyy lets see all the games you can play on the older x box's.

[Firebird360]

Great news for us gamers. Cant wait for xsx and ps5. So pumped with the tech info so far from both.
Really interested in seeing what ms new dev's have been working on, fingers crossed fable.

[rlow1]

I'm excited about this gen because both companies will be pulling out all the stops and putting their best foot forwards. We the gamers will be the real winners.

[EvilPettingZoo]

Here we go boyos!

[Kaedro]

Once again: I'm a PS fanboy but Xbox is doing the right thing. Creating hype and making sony look like they're afraid.

[Ronin-Z]

Anything they show at this point is probably going to be cross platform. Plus remasters of current Gen games like gears of war 5

[Az1ner]

This is not Sony. They are showing new games for the series X, even if they drop on current systems. These are new games. Showing the power of the X.

[DiRtY]

The hype is real!

[rlow1]

Sony will have their big moment as well. But very excited to see next gen games in action. Way to go MS.

[timotim]

Microsoft has been moving at there own pace since SX's reveal and I love to see it. Keep this same energy Xbox, this is what we want from you.

What we will see next week is a sample of what most of us play the most on our consoles...3rd party games. However, I'm hoping for at least one first party surprise.

[jjb1981]

I predict that EA will be launching Anthem 2.0 alongside the Xbox Series X. The headline will say:
"For real this time".

[Automatic79]

I love the energy team Xbox. Keep going.

[ElementX]

Wouldn't it be a kicker if MS paid for next gen timed exclusivity to make up for lack of next gen games the first year? Could that be why Sony hasn't talked about getting free updated versions automatically? Maybe PS5 won't get them at launch.... Just speculation, of course

[rainslacker]

there will probably be some of that on both sides. As wasteful as I think it is, I suppose it has its advantage from a business perspective. Being able to market those big sellers on a specific console is also a thing, although it doesnt have to be tied to any exclusivity.

[bajny77]

New game from Rare:Frogrewind

[Benficaman]

Ok. May 8 Sony shows PS5. Thats my bet.

[Kubark]

XBOX is making Sony look so incompetent. We haven't even seen what the PS5 looks like, lol. Sony showed us their controller, smh. They never shut up about the SSD. They bogged us down in a boring technical talk from Mr Boring himself: Mark "put me to sleep" Cerny.

Meanwhile Xbox leads with the specs and have marketed themselves brilliantly. And just when the Sony fanboys are about to start yelling "What about the games." Xbox turns arounds says "Here, we'll show them to you."

[throne]

they cant really be classified as incompetent when they dont want to show anything yet, MS back was against the wall so they had to talk, no matter what people say when sony releases their stuff, everyone pays attention...in the end sonys game lineup will speak for itself no matter how hard fanboys try to convince themselves they've got nothing worthy in the pipeline.

[itsmebryan]

Yes, everyone paid attention to them explaining that PS5 is much weaker system. Do you take that as a positive thing? They both will have exclusive games and they both are putting games on PC. Those exclusive are just a drop in the bucket compared to all the 3rd party AAA games. What do you think is going to be Sony's big announcement to get everyone attention?

[Bigman4k]

Cool i cant wait

[FlavorLav01]

I DO love Xbox despite the hard time I give them. I AM super excited for NextGen and new games for sure! However, Marketing-wise - let’s not let it go without saying that it SHOULD be easier to market a new console when you have nothing left in the bag to hold back for the older console, like w/ Sony and PS4. Sony’s marketing looks different sure, because the new consoles have differences, new games in development and such, but mostly because Sony still have heavy hitters coming up to bat at the END of another generation. I have hopes to see the same dedication in AAA games/experiences from XBOX all gen long this time instead of what we got this last go around, decent 1st half then quit on having a big yearly line-up, quit reporting sales, focusing on services instead of games 2nd half

[chiefJohn117]

I'm ready

[PGRfox]

On my birthday! Sweet

[BenRC01]

Unless it's a dude with a controller and button prompts I wont believe a single frame.

[Donnie81]

Can’t wait!

[Donnie81]

Xbox hype!

[NewEnds0186]

Will this be full next gen games or cross gen? I want to see what the XSX and PS5 can do. I didn't spend money on a good 4k TV for nothing.

[medman]

Exciting stuff....looking forward to it.