Xbox Has a Chance to Dominate The Summer Showcase Season.

After a lackluster showcase from Playstation, Xbox now has a chance to dominate the news during the summer showcase season.

When Sony announced their Playstation Showcase for May 24th, many fans thought it was a sign of confidence. Had they came out two weeks ahead of Xbox and put on a stellar show, Unreachable expectations would have been put on the Xbox Showcase. Now, Xbox are breathing a sigh of relief as they are poised to have the best showcase of the summer.

[Magog]

They have one game which is just Fallout with a new coat of paint.

[anast]

This is a good one.

[DOMination-]

When Fallout 3 came out, a lot of people said the same thing, it's just "Elder Scrolls with guns". It went on to be so successful, you're not using that very game instead of ES to judge their next game.

So lets wait and see the latest build of Starfield before trying to downplay it.

[Magog]

New Vegas was the only good fallout. Fallout 3 was elder scrolls with guns but an empty world with 1% of the npcs and the blandest world ever created.

[CBaoth]

F3 was only saved by its DLC. Main game was another hack job by Todd Howard. Copy/pasted Ken Rolston's ES work on another IP. Magog is right. New Vegas is SO much better than anything the Bethesda team has made. F4 even more generic and FO76 is abysmal. Installed it like 3 months ago on the serX - wiped it faster than Redfall off my hard drive. Can't wait for Obsidian's next game. Best acquisition this gen for MS.

[anast]

Successes is not a sign that something is quality. People spend billions on plastic sh$%.

[DOMination-]

Fallout 4 was one of the biggest games of last generation. For years before its reveal, there was so much hype around here and hope of announcements being teased that ultimately never came. If you guys were around then, I bet I could go through your history and find comments about you being hyped for it.

Although we don't have exact figures, we do know that FO4 sold more than Skyrim (which is at 30 million). And you guys probably all bought it. You certainly seem to have expert in-depth knowledge of it.

Fallout 3 has a metacritic score of 91. Fallour 4 is on 84. So I'd say it's both commercially and critically successful.

We all know you're only downplaying it because its no longer on PlayStation moving forwards. Frustrating I know, but lets not re-write history.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

the funny thing is all the disagrees with the original comment about starfield being fallout with a new coat of paint; it's true. 100% true. if you go back and watch that gameplay trailer it's blatantly clear lol the laser gun they find in the crate in sf is just a re-skinned laser rifle from fallout 4. the animations and even the way it fires is identical. not to mention those crab things at the beginning are 100% just rad scorpions with a new skin lol

i'm not saying sf is gonna be a bad game. it's probably gonna be pretty good, actually. but it's nothing new at all, and everyone better be prepared for a broken-ass launch and months, if not years of updates and fixes.

[Tedakin]

Sony had one game which is the third game in a series and looks exactly the same as those 2 other games. Swinging through New York again with QTEs.

[slate91]

Man they've had this "chance" for nearly a decade now.

[Lightning77]

I was just thinking this. Every time Sony doesn't show up to a showcase, have a state of play or have a less than stellar show it's always "Xbox can dominate " then start listing all these games that can show up only for almost none of it to show up. Then Xbox shows are just ok, or good but never blows anyone outta the water like everyone hopes.

All those Xbox fans making their long list will get disappointed. I'm not saying it'll be bad show, but, again I've seen this all before. It will be a good show, maybe above average this year.

Yes we've seen this same song and dance year after year like clock work.

Again I'm not saying it's gonna be a bad show at all. Just temper your expectations.

[darkrider]

Dominate what... The desperation of somekind of victory... Lackluster? Just Spiderman trailer got 12.5 millions views in one day, starfield got 5 milion in one year.... All games combined from Microsoft show won't reach the number of people that watch Spiderman trailer....

There isn't a chance that Microsoft dominates... The number of people that they reach is very low.

[ApocalypseShadow]

It does make you wonder. Whatever games they show or videos they display, it all comes down to sales. If all the games they show are arriving on game pass, then what's the win? Getting more gamers on a monthly subscription?

Since game pass cannibalizes game sales coming from Microsoft's own mouth, and game pass PC cannibalizes Xbox console sales, increase in subscriptions is the only thing I can see. But even then, Sony still has more Plus subscribers. And that's just a Sony side hustle.

Sony would still have more games released since launch and high fidelity VR that lifts games like GT7 even more. Those that own both consoles would look at that other pretty racer and wish it was VR compatible and it won't be.

Or, maybe it's just finally getting good quality games after years of waiting. That could be a win I guess. No domination though.

[sparky77]

All I am going to say is there is a reason MS is a multi-trillion dollar company and Sony is not, sales are not the whole story :)

[Christopher]

@sparky77: Because one of them is an IT company that started at the explosion of PCs and the other is a hardware company that uses the other company's IT services to make their business happen and didn't get involved in said things? What logic are you going to throw at us next? Are you going to tell us the difference between Walmart and a line of small bakery shops?

[jznrpg]

@sparky77 MS games division has zero to do with with their trillion dollars .

[RedDevils]

Funny thing, the actual MS founder Bill Gate want to get rid of Xbox, it's the one reason why they loosing money out of all their assets.

[Tedakin]

Yes. "Getting more gamers on monthly subscription" is Microsoft's entire plan. That's not a secret.

[neutralgamer1992]

Forget dominate I would be happy with some games that show gameplay and starfield to really shine. The last gameplay for starfield looked too bland and generic. We all need to stop setting high expectations

We still can’t let go of E3 moments but those won’t be happening like they use to and we need to accept that

[Chevalier]

"All I am going to say is there is a reason MS is a multi-trillion dollar company and Sony is not, sales are not the whole story"

Which has ZERO to do with Xbox. You know you absolutely fail in logic and your argument when you have to mention Microsoft. Lol. Sorry the parent company has some money, but, its NOT because of Xbox. In fact any other company would have been belly up decades ago.

[gold_drake]

i feel like they've had so many chances over a decade now.
ill watch it, but im positively sure its gonna be more GAMEPASS, stuff we dont care about and Starfield.

[Chevalier]

Right? Xbox has had a couple good shows and they ALWAYS end up smoke and mirrors. Remember 2020 Xbox show? Pretty exciting right? Yet where are all those games announced in 2020? Oh right still in development. Plus their new show they are so desperate they're announcing games outside of 1 year of release because they literally have no choice.

Also remember all that hype with Redfall when it got announced? Showing something is one thing. Actually releasing a good game is something else completely different.

[DOMination-]

XGS and its publishing arm for partners have 42 games in development that we know about. We've even seen gameplay of quite of few them. There's no question that they have a decent pipeline. But the next month determines whether Xbox crashes and burns or try to at least have some semblance of relevance.

If they have another show full of promises and no release dates or even release windows, consumer confidence will an all time low and it'll be more bad PR I don't see how they could ever hope to recover.

[Elda]

I doubt it but we shall see.

[KingKionic]

I have no doubt in my mind Microsofts show will be great. There competition already is in a transition as we see in the recent "slowcase". Microsoft really only need to do is give release dates with titles they show set for 2023 and thats a wrap.

[1Victor]

@king: “ I have no doubt in my mind Microsofts show will be great.”

Like I said before Sony showcase I’ll wait till the end without expectations and judge it, in Microsoft case I will compare them.
Remember the smaller the bowl of 💩 the shorter the headache last.

[CrimsonWing69]

They do and I’m hoping like mad they will, but I have this sneaking suspicion… and it ain’t a good feeling. We’ll see though.

[jznrpg]

They need to deliver at release not at a show. Doesn’t hurt but doesn’t mean much if they don’t make good games but make good trailers

[kindi_boy]

move the goal post farther.

[Goozex]

Not much to see

[VersusDMC]

I just want some cool videogame trailers. Dragon Ball Fighterz and DMCV got revealed at Xbox conferences so i hope they have something cool like that this year because last year was meh.

[anast]

If they show a 2 second clip of a different mountain range for ES6, they will claim Xbox dominated...

[rakentaja]

Swinging 4-5 times in the same city doesn't bore you?

[anast]

I like to game. Your comment is confusing.

[jznrpg]

They could have a supposedly great show but will the games be crappy when they are released or will they ever release?

MS hasn’t delivered in over a decade so I don’t get the hype for their shows.

Deliver some good AAA games for a while then maybe get excited.

People were excited for Halo and Redfall and all the other games announced years ago but look what that got them ? Waiting for some still years later and 2 AAA duds in a row about 7 months apart.

[P_Bomb]

MS has the ball with a straight shot to the end zone. They should be good. But I’ve been wrong before…

[Vengeance1138]

Who's ready to play a drinking game with how often "GamePass" is mentioned?
What word drops more often, GamePass or Family in Fast X?

[TheTony316]

"World Premiere"

[TheEnigma313]

Lol

[ooquis]

Lol, it's going to be a garbage show too.

[outsider1624]

I wanna see some Fable and Hellblade 2 gameplay.

[PapaBop]

For then to dominate, they'd actually need to know how to manage their creative talent. They need some big first party games that aren't Forza before they can even generate the sort of hype Sony and Nintendo does. Ever since Kinect, the only thing Microsoft has provided is mediocrity

[ravens52]

I just hope they make me get an Xbox. I want 1, there just isn't any point in owning one currently.

[Ninver]

They'll find a way to fail. They always do.

[Ristul]

Microsoft is strong in certain genre, western rpgs perhaps their strongest hand. I hope Playstation has a plan to counter that, maybe buy a western rpg developer (the one making Baldurs Gate 3 perhaps).

[EvertonFC]

"dominate" pmsl, bit over the top NO ?

[talocaca]

Lol.....they can dominate "announcements" just fine. The question is whether they can release good games....

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I strongly doubt they will, but at least I can take note of any 3rd party games that interest me and wishlist them on Steam.

[Father__Merrin]

It's just one game which will be a good game but it's just 1 games. I it's not going to turn xbox around

[Doomeduk]

Since when was winning a showing a thing ? It's time to stand and deliver and even that gollum looked amazing when it got a bit of limelight at a show and another one oh err it's on the tip of my tongue oh yes I remember....redfall

[saint_seya]

When i got my Series X, i never got it thinking on the exclusives, since never was the strong point, only got it for Gamepass+ cheaper games on my country.
To be fair, i must say that PS5 isnt much better so far (well compared to other generations, were i couldnt wait to play the next exclusive, while right now, we dont even have info on what to expect, and some of them even end up on PC).
If i had the money for a very high end pc, ill probably wouldnt even care much about my consoles, unless more games like GoW Ragnarok/Horizon:FW/Ratchet and Clank/Demon Souls etc got released, and were new games, not remakes, remaster etc.

[SpacedDuck]

Everwild - In development hell
Perfect Dark - Their big new studio needed Crystal Dynamics to basically make it for them and is years away
Indiana Jones easily 2 to 3 years away
Forza - same old thing over and over. Quality Racer but nothing new
Starfield - Will it actually launch on time and be good? Haven't seen gameplay yet that doesn't scream choppy, clunky mess.
Banjo - Lmfao as if they'll give us what we want
Halo Infinite news - Game is awful and 343 isn't capable of hype
Gears - 3+ years away if not more
Elder Scrolls - Hard to say but probably 2 or more years away
Fable - years away and probably will be awful given development
Avowed - Looks generic and like a poor Skyrim clone which to be fair is AAA gaming in 2023.

Just have no idea what Microsoft could possibly offer in the next 12 months that isn't a new Forza or Starfield.

[Youngindy21]

Naw I doubt Indiana Jones is that far off. MachineGames hasn't released a major game in 4 years. Same goes for Gears and The Coalition. So chances are they'll have something out by at least late 2024.

[SpacedDuck]

The Coalition just cancelled their side projects and announced Gears 6 would begin development.

No way that game is out any sooner than 2.5 to 3 years.

Indiana Jones I guess we will see at this show. If there's no gameplay it's 2 years minimum as well.

[cthulhucultist]

Xbox has failed 2 Gens in a row to provide a decent catalogue of first party games. 

One would excuse one generation (Xbox One) but not 2. 

They launched Xbox Series X without first party exclusives, their first party when finally released were sub par and the third party games perform mostly better on PS5 despite the claimed power lever difference. 

Therefore I fail to see how one game (Starfield) which is an unproven IP, will change the tide with Sony releasing Spider Man 2 and FF16 this year after releasing PSVR 2 alongside numerous games.

These articles only aim to ignite fanboy wars.  

I really want Xbox to succeed in order to have a competitive gen with lots of triple A titles for both consoles, but Microsoft is really not performing well.

3 years have now passed since the release of Xbox and we have yet to see a decent output of games whereas Sony has already released Rachet, Returnal, GT7, God of War and Horizon to name but a few (all excellent titles).

MS on the other hand is solely relying on newly bought Bethesda games despite having purchased 5 studios in he past (Deathloop, Hi Fi Rush, Deathloop, Ghostwire, Starfield and Redfall) which means that they cant manage their studios (Rare rebooted Everwild, Perfect Dark required support from other studio, fable rumored to be in trouble or rebooted, State of Decay 3 reported trouble development etc)

[kindi_boy]

Are there any gamers on this website? I don't care if it's playstation or xbox that show good games why are people having a brain diarrhea about the competition with those 2 companies.

[SpacedDuck]

I'm a gamer and I'm annoyed that both companies now entering a third year of this generation has flopped hard with games.

A majority can't even hit 4K 60FPS and the future isn't looking much better in terms of the next year for either company.

I own all consoles but neither have given me a reason to be happy I own them.

[PapaBop]

I think most gamers would love for MS to show some great games and give them a reason to go buy a Xbox but they seem more intent on buying studios that make great games as opposed to making their own. As a gamer I can't forgive them for buying Bethesda and trying to buy Activision, these moves are not good for gamers overall at all.. unless you're a cheapskate who just wants more free games on gamepass.

[Flewid638]

Starfield is the only game that had potential but it looks like its gonna bite off more than it can chew.

[neomahi]

On the Sabbath? Xbox wants to be sure not to offend anyone else, but they do their showcase on the Sabbath instead of a Friday huh. They've got a funny way of doing business. LGBTQP+ is a fad and this is proof of it

[TrueGamer79]

I’ve been a Microsoft fan since the 360 days. The great battle between ps3 and 360 when Microsoft was pumping out great games. From gears to halo and Alan wake exclusive. Hense my name, true gamer so I’ve always had both systems since the beginning because exclusive is what matters when it comes to games, which forced me to buy both. Atm I only have ps5, Microsoft has not pushed out any games that made me want to buy the new Xbox. I don’t know what they are doing but a true gamer can’t resist last of us series and god of war. C mon Microsoft, get your shit together.

[Youngindy21]

They showing it in theaters, so you know it's about to be good. Sorry Ponies, 2023 is our year.

[Morgue]

This is my 3rd time trying to leave a comment because the page keeps crashing from all these ads. I feel like I’ve been doing some QTE hitting X every time one pops up.

[Ethereal]

With one game? I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Gameplayer1]

No,they have NOT got a chance lol! 3 Years have past and they had so many chances to change their bad game mentality, wich has been "guns,explosions and more guns" games but it is slowly fading even more. Im sorry ,but no one can say that im wrong here!

[Ready4nxtgen]

Lol "takeover"

[InUrFoxHole]

Looking forward to this..

[SinisterMister]

That period at the end is giving me OCD

[Ninver]

If the green power ranger can't save the box, nothing else will.