They've been doing everything right, and have had great momentum. Not showcasing anything impressive in the first go probably means they should've waited.
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Inside Xbox 7.5.20 + First Look @ Xbox Series X Gameplay |OT| Third Party's The Charm
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They've been doing everything right, and have had great momentum. Not showcasing anything impressive in the first go probably means they should've waited.
I am currently playing God of War, so that's sort of my "benchmark" for next-gen. I know there will be beautiful games for the new consoles, this was just a terrible showcase. If anything, it demotivated me getting a new console at launch (I'll probably still get one).
Bright Memory Infinite, Chorvs, Call of the Sea, and Scarlet Nexus are the ones I'm most interested in.
I think everybody recognizes that. Anybody who doesn't is an asshole.
I think the problem lies in the fact that Microsoft sold the show as showing more than it really did. They said we'd be seeing gameplay and it was mostly just in-game footage with a sprinkle of gameplay here and there.
Yakuza Like A Dragon had a really fun trailer, if you're into anime, Scarlet looked alright. Nothing else tbh
Maybe because you won't get anything really next gen for a while and because no one is actually ready to show AAA games that will probably be released more than 2 years from now or big third parties are keeping their games for their own events?
Didn't anyone notice that almost no big 3rd parties were on the stream? They'll all have their own thing,coming into something like this with Bigger expectations is stupid. Don't people remember Xbox One or PS4 reveals? Show me all the big third party games at those reveals that really impressed you and sold you on next gen?
Ots like people were expecting FF16, Residetn Evil 8, elder Scrolls , etc but next gen only! That will never happen, people should tamper expectations as you will be sorely didn't next gen, especially before late 2021 or 2022
Yeah, I feel like the unknowns around the June event make this whole "20/20" initiative hard to parse. They've said they're doing one a month, and have said they're not showing the XGS aquisitions until July. So what exactly is happening in June? Is it going to be a 100% hardware focused show like the disastrous ONE debut? Another Inside Xbox filled with smaller-tier cross-gen games? A larger show with major third party publishers?
My guess is Ubisoft forced their hand with this event, wanting to debut Valhalla in-game footage - and having an entire show for a 60 second teaser is a bad idea. So we got a smattering of smaller third parties debuting cross-gen stuff.
I don´t really care about industry chatter but i damn well know how you hype a new console. And that´s not how.
yeah it was a messaging failure IMO. Had they tried to spin this as some sort of cross gen showcase (maybe emphasize their Smart Delivery stuff before the showing, instead of emphasizing the first look at next gen while showing stuff that will all probably be out on PS4) I think expectations would have been more in line
But in the long run none of this shit matters. The stuff that causes 100 page threads on ResetEra has such little actual impact on whether or not people will drop $500 on a box in November
I feel like it was legit an F because there was literally no gameplay
It was just a fail
Someone should be fired for advertising it as gameplay instead of in game footage
They said the titles would be optimized for series x which means the games were current gen and running at a higher resolution and/or fps on xsx.
What? No one knew that.
We were told that it would be a next gen gameplay showcase. It's insane that you are retroactively convincing yourself that you knew it was a current gen AA show.
Does next-gen merely mean graphics to some of you complaining this wasn't 'next-gen' enough?
Gameplay systems-wise, there was some promising stuff on display.
Gameplay systems-wise, there was some promising stuff on display.
Yeah, for sure. Though unfortunately his disclaimer came at like the 11th hour, so most people had already passed the point of no return in terms of hype by then lol.
Microsoft also didn't do themselves any favors by saying things like "this will be our biggest Inside Xbox ever" haha
Assassin's Creed wasn't running at 60 fps. A few of the other games also did not look like they were running at 60 fps either.
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Spot on. Dude is one of the finest snake oil salesmen in the industry.
It felt pretty generic most of the games.
Dirt 4 seemed like an expansion for Horizon 4 xD, It first I thought: Yeah!, but them... aw! :( I rather prefer F1 or Grid from Codemasters.
Dirt 4 seemed like an expansion for Horizon 4 xD, It first I thought: Yeah!, but them... aw! :( I rather prefer F1 or Grid from Codemasters.
Outside of a handful of titles, the first two years of next gen are going to be rough. Probably worse than the opening years of this gen.
Wow, I wasn't expecting much but this was a strange way to show off next gen games. On one hand I'm very glad to see smaller devs getting such a big stage. On the other hand, none of these games seemed next gen at all. Obviously their main event will be much bigger but I can't help but wonder if the virus made such an impact that it would have been wiser to not advertise this as a next gen show but as a current gen show full of games that'll get free Series X upgrades.
With that in mind, I think fans of both consoles should be much more realistic; we are not going to get proper next gen gameplay for quite some time yet. The global pandemic has thrown a major spanner into the works and I think August or even September could be when we see the full PS5 unveil; I could see the Xbox July event getting pushed a bit as well
With that in mind, I think fans of both consoles should be much more realistic; we are not going to get proper next gen gameplay for quite some time yet. The global pandemic has thrown a major spanner into the works and I think August or even September could be when we see the full PS5 unveil; I could see the Xbox July event getting pushed a bit as well
It didn't matter is was not hyped, people had expectations, people that don't have a bunch of insiders telling them to temper expectations were expecting their first look on the new brand shiny next-gen era. They didn't get that, so they are disappointed.
We already did this dance with the PS5 presentation. It doesn't matter the intention, what matters is how you communicate it.
This right here they just need one graphical show piece. This show would have been better with a mix of first party games to be honest. Some of the stuff looked good here, but even then all that can be bought on the PS5.
Well they said 3rd party, i was under the impression that most of not all was to the likes of ubi/WB ect. But it was basically an indie showcase with 2 big games sprinkled in. Yakuza was nice for xbox.
DIdnt expect an e3 lite but i was kinda underwhelmed that everything was 30fps dispite ms promoting up to 120fps. I expected most if not all smaller indie games to at least hit 60 fps. If they where 60, why stream in 30 tbh.
The beginning of the stream, it was stated all major first party games will be in July
I'm curious about a few games but overall the show was underwhelming.
Bring on the 1st party showcase in July!
Bring on the 1st party showcase in July!
Odyssey on PC is an incredible looking game. I do think RDR2 looks better overall (it's probably the best looking game from a purely techincal perspective) but I definitely wouldn't say "way way better". I don't think the comparison to LoU is fair either because of its scope. It might be Naughty Dog's largest game but Odyssey is freaking huge.
Is the thing over?
I just clicked latest threads and a bunch of new ip trailers just popped up lol.. Haven't watched them yet but am excited!
I just clicked latest threads and a bunch of new ip trailers just popped up lol.. Haven't watched them yet but am excited!
Those sure were some video games.
You can't really expect much with everything that's going on, but it was pretty bad.
It was especially annoying starting everything with a bland looking shooter with horribly over the top "next-gen" weather effects that prevented you from actually seeing what was going on.
You can't really expect much with everything that's going on, but it was pretty bad.
It was especially annoying starting everything with a bland looking shooter with horribly over the top "next-gen" weather effects that prevented you from actually seeing what was going on.
I knew what it was going in, I left knowing about a bunch of new games coming to the platform that seem cool. The only fuck up was Assassin's Creed.
I'm satisfied 🤷♂️
The streaming quality was awful and Mixer shit the bed on 1080. At least stream it in 4K
So whilst it was hard to see the full detail, most if not all looked current gen (disclaimer: they all were cross gen after all, but despite the "lick of next gen paint" still left a lot to be desired)and some looked plain bad even for current gen.
Bit of a faux pas as a first look at next gen really. As a video reel, amongst showing something special, it wouldn't have been an issue, but as a standalone, "this is the new Xbox everyone", it was vastly disappointing.
So whilst it was hard to see the full detail, most if not all looked current gen (disclaimer: they all were cross gen after all, but despite the "lick of next gen paint" still left a lot to be desired)and some looked plain bad even for current gen.
Bit of a faux pas as a first look at next gen really. As a video reel, amongst showing something special, it wouldn't have been an issue, but as a standalone, "this is the new Xbox everyone", it was vastly disappointing.
No, we were told all games would be Series X enhanced. Which means that they will also be releasing on the base Xbox One as well.
I can understand the disappointment. When you hype this up as the "first reveal" of Series X games first impressions are going to matter a lot. I was hoping for bigger third party games.
Agreed, I'm buying like 3 of these games but they're not stuff I expected to be highlighted like this. No wow factor at all.
Guess I'll see you all in 2 months.
Man, I really think a lot of you guys are just jaded with gaming or something. The show was fine, hell it was great for an Inside Xbox.
I'm not sure where these crazy expectations for Next-Gen are even coming from, especially half a year away from it, let alone one year in.
There's been silence so long that all I wanted was trailers. And they sure delivered there.
I'm not sure where these crazy expectations for Next-Gen are even coming from, especially half a year away from it, let alone one year in.
There's been silence so long that all I wanted was trailers. And they sure delivered there.
