IGN - It pushed boundaries, it fell on its face, it changed everything. Our detailed history of the Xbox from inception to extinction.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Was Driv3r one of the first truly overhyped games in history? One of the first games incessantly covered by press pre-launch, only to end up being the complete opposite of what it promised once it finally arrived onto store shelves? It’s worth discussing. Then again, hindsight is 20-20; it’s easy to laugh at the fact it was once touted to be a GTA killer, but there were just half a dozen GTA clones back then, and we didn’t have YouTube or other reliable video players to properly check how a game played before actually buying it. Maybe Driv3r was a victim of its own hype, a troubled project made by people who didn’t want it to be too similar to Grand Theft Auto itself. But it sucked then, and it still sucks now. Not even the rosiest of nostalgia goggles can save this one."
It's a shame they tried to copy GTA, they were terrible at it. If they'd doubled down on making the driving the star they could still be going now.
Xbox's Matt Booty discusses reactions to the Xbox showcase, shipping Sea of Thieves on PlayStation, closing studios like Tango Gameworks, and more.
Matt Booty:
How It Started:
"Go spend Sony out of business."
How It Is Going:
"We just have great working relationships with the teams at Sony." (Sony is a great partner)
Microsoft thought players views and habits didn't matter but there are more people engaged with the gaming industry politics than there ever has been. Microsoft is like a toxic party and people know it and won't support the no matter how much money they throw at it. That is important.
Watch for the sleight of hand.
Hint: Exclusives and launch exclusives are not the same thing.
"When asked about what this means for future Xbox exclusives, Booty reiterates that the teams are evaluating games hitting other consoles on a 'case-by-case basis,' adding that Xbox players can absolutely continue to expect many games to launch as exclusives, and that the 'Xbox promise' that all Xbox first-party games come to Xbox Game Pass will continue to be true."
Majority are coming to PS5, the remainder for the most part don’t have release dates. If by stride you mean fanboy news stride, yes but that is nothing new.
Nice to see a big publisher back at a convention and hopefully more will follow.
Its not like they are going to show anything we haven't already seen. Good for them for attending but it won't make much difference in the grand scheme of things. EU people still dont buy (or play) XB.
Yes this is me being cynical.
Hopefully Sony will someday go back to shows and perhaps PAX West will be more like it was an E3 like show will return.
I rather they do their own show, instead of wasting a bunch of money to pay the forum holder and have a conference as big as the next guy, but so long they do their own big conference with big announcements which I think everyone is waiting on.
"Hopefully Sony will someday go back to shows"
Like closing down their reward program? For the players, alright.
BeHunted, stay on topic pal.
Personally would love all 3 of the big companies to attend at least one of the same show each year. Gaming hasn't been the same since E3. It added this level of excitement, competition and general conversation about gaming that we no longer get.
Idk, they still have a lot to show. If they decided to Amp it up this year I could see them having a gamescom showcase to show Everwild, Forza Horizon 6, Contraband, Towerborne, Project Mara, Kilin, Hollow Knight Silk Song. It would be nice to finally hear more about those XGP games like Project Dragon and Project Shaolin? Maybe something COD related, and maybe a couple of smaller surprises.
xbox is the only one of the big three to be present this year.
i absolutely anticipate the "xbox WON gamescom" articles. ha.
from my xbox, didnt get rid of it until about a year into the 360 life cycle. Great console.
I miss the big original controllers. Wish u could use those on the 360.
I liked Xbox 1 much more than my PS2
...but I should have known then that charging for "access" to the DVD player and those mysterious rings on my discs was a sign of worse things to come
For the amount of money I spent on 360 I could have just built a gaming rig AND bought a PS3.
20gig 360 2006-2007 (RIP) =$400
Live = $60x5 years or $300 (and counting)
Rechargeable Batteries = $20
New controller because analog rubber ripped off = $50
New 250 gig 360 Slim because shit replacements are shit = $300
TOTAL: 1250! plus tax!!
Also, that 20 gig was really only 13.4 gigs, W-T-F, they should have just called it 15 - still pissed about that.
I've just realized that I'm an idiot...but I do love me some Gears and Halo.
Still and idiot though.
I didn't know the name came from directx. I thought that ms couldn't make money because nvidia wouldn't lower there price on the chips. That's why ms attempted to do the gpu the selves this gen.