Congrats to you and the teams on the showcase. I know a ton of work goes into these shows and it's fun to get to see what's to come. Nice kickoff to "the show" season.
‘Nice’?! Talk about damning with faint praise the cheeky fucker - I like his style! After watching the PlayStation Showcase he must’ve been punching the air with joy as he lives to fight another day.
It was a win for Xbox only if they can finally show some of the games from first party. I don’t expect Sony to ever miss fire like this again. I’m very excited to see how this plays out.
@ghost did they miss fire tho when there’s no rush to show their strongest hand from the mayor studios, no teaser from ND or guerrilla just a few rpg a few 3rd party games some exclusives others not and a few vr games, to me it reek of obscure observer from the shadows waiting to see what the competition does, I guarantee you IF ABK goes through there’s going to be a lot of games shown and more exclusives
I mean, he couldn't trash it... at least they had games to show, and they didn't come out saying that "making good games isn't the key to selling game systems".
And while Sony may have been light on exclusive announcements this go around, at least the ones they did announce have a track record of being great games, and at least they didn't have to spend billions buying entire publishers to make them. In fact, the developers they did buy they're still allowing to release games on other platforms.
Reading some of these comments, I think people over exaggerate. Even if Sony would of had an amazing showcase, Xbox still wouldn't be dead or anything like that. These showcases rarely make or break anyone.
In my personal opinion, even though I'm a Playstation fan, I thought that was a weak showcase. There were just so many more games they could of shown. I was expecting more on Silent Hill 2 remake, Stellar Blade, Eternights, and the Last of Us multiplayer project.
Either way, Playstation 5 still has great games coming out this year like FF16 and Spider Man 2, and I'm sure the console will continue strong sales.
But that was a horrible showing for Sony I do wonder if they are withholding things because of the activision deal Or maybe development of games is really taking that much longer to develop so gamers shouldn’t expect games from franchises as frequently as they use to come out. But gamers can be irrational.
I suspect its the ms vs ftc court case. MS already tried to use sonys exclusives as an argument its let them acquire activision its a ridiculous argument but I guess Sony would rather not risk adding that argument. I wonder if, if the eu had blocked it they'd have done a different showcase but with the eu allowing it meaning there is still a chance it gets through...
You're saying this after the last year of Xbox showings?
Let's be realistic, both sides have a lot of work to do. The problem is both sides are getting lazy. The problem for Xbox is that Sony hasn't been as lazy until this showcase. And even then, we do know they have big games coming this year, more than the competition.
So, let's not act like either side isn't in need of work to earn our money.
"Let's be realistic, both sides have a lot of work to do. The problem is both sides are getting lazy."
Not side is getting lazy in my opinion. Drought season in gaming regarding first party games is pretty common and it happens in every single generation with every single publisher and this one won´t be an exception. Its been happening with Xbox since 2022 and it´s *apparently* will be the case with the PS5 from this year till 2025 or so.
June 11 will be critical for Xbox since unlike Sony they´d had a slow start as the new studios need more time to deliver its new games.
That said, I was expecting Sony to blow me away with true next gen games announcements and they´d blow it! I´m expecting the exact same for Xbox in June 11, so if they fail to deliver yet again, don´t expect me to sugar coat their bs neither.
I´m tired of waiting for this current console generation finally start to deliver true next gen games. I´ve been very patient with Xbox due it´s new/recent acquired/created studios as it needs time to deliver games in a decent non broken state.
It´s almost 5 years and Xbox is running out of time so MS better not disappoint next month or there´ll be hell to pay.
Sony was very, very upfront with the decrease in trailers and showcases.
Trailers and reveals delay releases by 6 months, 6 months they cannot afford when games take 5 years on avg to develop.
Sony wants their trust to pay off so that they can release games faster.
Xbox is the one I don’t trust. After Crackdown 3, Scaleblund, Redfall, Halo Infinite, Fable being MIA forever, and they are trying to buy CoD to cover their asses when their current promises fall flat, again.
You really want to go there after the last game that released exclusively on your prized possession? You really want to go there? When Spider-Man 2 is running laps around the games that release on Xbox this year, I want you to revisit this garbage.
@Chistopher, I more or less agree, both sides do need to do more work, Sony's offerings this gen haven't really enticed me to fork over the cash for a PS5 yet. I need more exclusives and PS classic games to want to invest in their console. Xbox is basically no hope for me, and the Switch I keep around because they always deliver some exclusive games worth buying most years.
Nice guy Phil, but the Xbox account goes hard on making sure you know what games aren't PS Exclusive. Phil is just a poster boy for the company, but the company takes every advantage, and not in nice ways, to undercut the competition's showings. Remember the Destiny cologne ads because they didn't have the right to advertise the game itself?
This has always been my problem with Microsoft as a whole. They act the nice guy, but they are one of the nastiest companies out there and they play dirty as heck. The only company I can think is better at playing dirty than them is Disney.
I couldn't agree more. And I hate that, because I want to be impartial, but Microsoft make it so darned difficult for me to want to put my money their way, due to their constant grubby antics.
Xbox needs new leadership, a new strategic agenda and to overhaul their core internal values. Desperately. So does their parent company, in my opinion.
Sony believed in generations then every title shown off except for two at that event were PS4 cross gen games.
Remember how they announced Horizon as a game getting a free upgrade, then they tried to walk back that promise since they delayed it out of the launch window? Then they made the upgrade free but still sold the PS5 SKU at $70?
Now Sony is going to sell you a dedicated streaming device as if they aren't already selling PlayStation branded mobile controllers for your phone that already does remote play!
Both are corporations. Microsoft is desperate and Sony knows it's the cool cat on the block. That was not a good look for Sony in the PS3 era, and Microsoft's thirst to win with the 360 is replaced by desperation with the Series. Both are too far gone to be honest with their consumers anymore.
The tweet kind of reeks of Greenberg snark. He is my most disliked from MS. Just a shit talker and exaggerator. If the character 2-face was in gaming, one side would be Phil and other side would be Greenburgers lol
"Nice guy Phil, but the Xbox account goes hard on making sure you know what games aren't PS Exclusive."
As they should, since some people are spreading FUD bs over the internet by saying that port games to Xbox is not worth it, because it don´t sell on Xbox. Just a reality check for stupid people.
"They act the nice guy, but they are one of the nastiest companies out there and they play dirty as heck."
Reminds me of Shu Yoshida and Adam Boyles ad on how you share games on PS4. Or House when he said Xbox were not competition, instead, it was the PC or even most recently Ryan itself when he said Gamepass wasn´t sustainable/profitable model.
Those companies will take advantage of any moment to take cheap shot at each other when they´re "down". And gamers like yourself and me, will take it to the heart, for one side or another.
It just work - Todd Howard
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"I want to be impartial, but Microsoft make it so darned difficult for me to want to put my money their way, due to their constant grubby antics."
What a rubbish. You were all doom and gloom for just a few weeks ago over Redfall´s fiasco. If Xbox is really done as you try to make up, you shouldn´t be bothered by their PR stunts.
"Xbox needs new leadership, a new strategic agenda and to overhaul their core internal values. Desperately. So does their parent company, in my opinion."
So you better make peace with your God and pray for that ABK deal to fail, otherwise, the day you will see Phil leaving Xbox, will be the day of his retirement.
"Nice guy Phil, but the Xbox account goes hard on making sure you know what games aren't PS Exclusive"
Lmao. I've literally just thought the same thing
The Xbox account is constantly looking out for things they can take digs at Sony and then you have Greenberg who's a master of fuelling the fanboy flames.
"and they play dirty as heck"
Remember that "Xbox Loves You" boat crashing a PS3 European launch party in 2007 when Sony was at a low
There have been many times in the past that Sonys took jabs at Xbox flubs. I don’t get how Sony becomes a victim everytime Xbox says anything remotely bad about them or takes some jabs at them. It’s called competition and Sony has taken plenty of jabs at their competitors through the years. Hell, I can go back to the mid to late 90s on the Crash Bandicoot commercial they did in front of Nintendo headquarters heckling them. So if you want to stick with Sony is somehow the victim, I think you need to do a little fact checking on their history. Theirs plenty of it.
Plus, how is telling your fanbase that these games are coming to their system as well , a disservice to Sony? Honestly, that’s like telling two stores selling the same product that only one can say they have it. Is the other competitor just supposed to sit back and let customers have that impression. I don’t know what planet you all live on. But logic and competition isn’t one of them.
1. I also complained about that. 2. You had to go all the way back to the beginning of the last generation to find that, I can find instances each year at the least for Microsoft.
Don't think genuine is the right word. He's just saying what will win him the most points at the given moment whether he actually believes it or not or if it's the truth or not.
In my opinion I believe Playstation will have another surprise showcase after Xbox shows it’s cards, or they’ll definitively have stuff for Tokyo game show.
There’s no way that this is it. Plus I think I already saw somewhere that there’s something in June coming from Naughty Dog because of the 10TH Anniversary of The Last of Us.
No doubt in my mind the next iteration of multiplayer Factions that they’ve been working on will be showcased then.
I wish he’d knock this sh*t off. It feels so forced and try-hard to me. Phil, instead of congratulating the completion, why don’t you try shutting the f*ck up and trying to outdo them for once so we can actually get a showcase grudge match going here to see who can deliver the best games?
Geezus this guy and his congratulating, get your nose out of Sony’s a** and actually turn your division around.
You guys really need a mental check ASAP, you create these nonsensical meaning to what some may have meant and present it as truth or act as if you speak from an unbiased place.
As far as the tweet, it's all over the place that the games were not exclusive to PS...they were some huge games, why the hell after they are announced wouldn't MS let it's fan base on Twitter know that they can play and promote them for their console? It's not like they went to PS twitter, they didn't do interviews talking about it, they posted it on their twitter for Xbox fans who may care about their games...you know the info that was already all over the internet of the games not being exclusive... The official trailers and websites for these games all list Xbox...Stop creating drama, what is this, N4G housewives?
Stop spitting truth that you guys are manifesting hidden meaning to something someone said?
Stop spitting out facts that the info was already out there?
Stop spitting out that it's normal and completely a good practice to let your fans know big games are indeed coming to your system that we're already announced ?
So when all companies congratulated Nintendo for releasing BoTW:Tok, did they all have a hidden meaning?
It's showing that you guys are disappointed in Sony's showcase and somehow making that MS fault, it's called deflecting, so I think you should stop spitting lol.
Also I like how you could not refute what I said, because you would only be reaching further into a made up meaning behind a solid congratulations.
Phil your time is up. Either put out games or get lost. This man has single handedly run down two console generations. Sure Don initiates the One generation but this clown has been at the wheel since. Look at the state of Halo and Gears. Cmon people stop cheerleading when you should be demanding better.
Phil Spencer - "You guys for sale?"
Phil being Phil.
Always the nice guy.
Put your phone down, Phil. You have work to do.
Nice guy Phil, but the Xbox account goes hard on making sure you know what games aren't PS Exclusive. Phil is just a poster boy for the company, but the company takes every advantage, and not in nice ways, to undercut the competition's showings. Remember the Destiny cologne ads because they didn't have the right to advertise the game itself?
This has always been my problem with Microsoft as a whole. They act the nice guy, but they are one of the nastiest companies out there and they play dirty as heck. The only company I can think is better at playing dirty than them is Disney.
Honestly can't tell if this is genuine or a sarcastic dig, especially given what the xbox twitter tweeted out lol.