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Phil Spencer Announces X0 Xbox Conference — November 10, 2018
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For the most part...with KB/M coming to XBO...that most likely will happen now...It's basically already happened outside of Gears Tactics/Pop. That's the only issue because of mobile.
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This is my wish for E3 2018 if they had it - Showing a car going into a dark tunnel and then it would change to an overworld view of Albion and slowly zoom up to a Demon Door. The Demon Door would then say"Your journey is just beginning, Hero!" or something. From there it would show Fable and "In Development At Playground Games".
My issue is it's still awhile out, and I honestly think it'll be a 2022 game since it's a AAA large-scale Open-World game and those take awhile even with all of the pre-development out of the way. Is a 3 1/2 year wait fine for people? I think next year would be better as it would be more of a 2 to 2 1/2 year wait.
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Oh, Jeez! Grand Theft Auto IV's exapnsion exclusively to Xbox 360. That was SOMETHING HUGE! *.*
So shame they didn't keep them forever :(
And so shame that Microsoft and R* didn't have any more partnerships together again. They could gain something for sure now, with Red Dead Redemption II marketing and advertising this game with Xbox One X.
Even though the X1 was a largely unappealing console I'm looking forward to MS's next gen, hope they can win me over for the next box.
Phil needs to make sure this event is amazing. IMO they should announce new studios, acquisitions, 3rd party dev partnerships and projects, show teasers of upcoming games even if its just a few seconds and let the studio heads talk about ideas and how they view creativity and game development under the new Xbox leadership and lastly they should tell us how they plan to expand Xbox live/services/Bc/ Game pass and give us vague details about Scarlett to drive hype...........
PS- MS announces a couple more Japanese games coming to Xbox One..and hopefully we get to see Panos Panay.
PS- MS announces a couple more Japanese games coming to Xbox One..and hopefully we get to see Panos Panay.
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Yakuza?
There's others of course, but I have to ask, do you think we'll see the fruits of Phil's trip to Japan at TGS? I think Yakuza is already a given based on what we heard about Microsoft approaching them about it and how the Director wants to put it on the Xbox (articles from E3, right?). The question is things like Persona and Dragon Quest which are both Playstation-centric. I think if those come to the Xbox that alone can speak wonders for their Japanese support.
They need to focus most of their time on first-party (acquisitions, game announcements and gameplay), and then Japanese support, and then ports whether they be PC or just never came to the Xbox One but did the other consoles (Japanese game ports would of course tie into Japanese support). I don't think their services are as important (because they're leading in that imo), but I hope they do announce something regarding Gold and MP. Certain games will never come to Xbox if they never change that (like FFXIV), so they need to at least make sub games free and F2P MP games free. People may disagree with me, but I feel Phil is the person that would get rid of that, especially since it can get in the way for those wanting cross-play and not realizing Gold is needed.
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It is very possible we get to see a few Japanese games announced. Phil knows fans have been asking for a PSX like event and he wouldn't be announcing the return of XO now without having some major bombs to drop, remember he mentioned surprise announcements form 1st and 3rd party devs so I think it will be an amazing event for Xbox fans...
Regarding online games and subs I totally agree with your point and I believe it is something Phil is currently looking into. They will want to go into next-gen building as much goodwill as they can and they'll need to make announcements which would take the competition by surprise.
Nice. I thought they might keep it as a true exclusive to sell their new console.
I think it's too late and busy in the year for a price drop announcement, the time to drop is in the quiet period, late Summer. Sales are high in Sept/Oct and they'll alienate their customers who have bought in that period.
With no PSX this year, Microsoft has an opportunity to make an impact so im hoping for at the very least, a good solid show with maybe a surprise or two as well as release dates for Ashen and Below.
Correction: she's founder and GM of Motive Studios, a subsidiary of EA based in Montreal.
I don't think it's been confirmed there's no PSX 18, but even if there is this will still make a splash as long as there are worthwhile announcements and updates on games. All eyes will be on Xbox that week instead of sharing the spotlight with Sony and Nintendo. It will be like Gamescom '15.
Oh, didn't see that.
Edit: point still stands. Sony might still use Game Awards to give some updates. Death Stranding is a guarantee.
True but it releases in December in Japan so it would be very weird to announce a Western release on Xbox One when there's no Japanese version?
its not entirely uncommon for a game to ignore the Xbox Japanese market all together but get multiplatform western releases.
Or the reverse when a multiplatform game releases as PS only in Japan.
It's very common for a publisher not to announce a Japan version for Xbox One then announce a Western version.
I believe SEGA Atlus, Square Enix and Bandai Namco have all done this with Xbox One games in the past year or so. I also remember a Square Enix interview from earlier this year where they said they have to acknowledge the world is bigger than just japan and even though they might not sell many copies on Xbox One in Japan, Xbox One has a good installbase in North America and some countries in Europe.
EDIT: Just looked it up. Valkyria Chronicles 4 (a SEGA game which is the same publisher as Judge Eyes) released on PS4 and Switch only in Japan because they were worried sales would be unsatisfactory on Xbox One in Japan but in North America, it released on PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
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Exclusive expansions and dlc is stupid. That was a straight money hat back then and I'd rather they don't repeat stuff like that again.
I don't mind if expansions like these (which look like small games) would be exclusive. But exclusive skins, weapon, emotes, etc. are stupid. I agree with this.
From what I recall, Microsoft outright paid for the development of both those expansions, and Rockstar had to pay them back from the money they made from sales. I'm normally against third party deals, but that kind of arrangement is fine in my book, and in the end everyone got the content.
Is it known if this is purely a software showcase/celebration or are HW announcements possible/likely too?
If that was the case then I guess it would be ok. I thought it was an outright moneyhat.
Well said and I agree with both of you. MS' concern is not to worry about upsetting those who have no interest in their platform but to please those who do and strengthen their portfolio. It's not anything to be ashamed about in supporting them whatsoever.
Either more play anywhere or game announcements generally or more exclusives look
Or potentially aiming 2019 launch of next xbox to get jump on Sony like with 360 I think is very possible
Or potentially aiming 2019 launch of next xbox to get jump on Sony like with 360 I think is very possible
he went from top dog of Surface, to top dog of all hardware and devices.
(influence can be seen in the 1s and 1x)
But Scarlett will be a full fledged from the ground up Panos led project, so Im super hyped to see that, plus his presentations are hilarious and awesome. Hes got this swagger on stage that is mesmerizing lol.
Oh that changes everything, is really exciting like you said
Announce more Japanese content and I'll be more than satisfied. I love my X but I won't lie, I want more content from Japan now that I sold my PS4 (I own a Switch but I'd rather play some stuff on my Xbox)
They sure have the right mentality to win over a lot of gamers this time around.
They just need to make some games now
I think expectations are running waaaaay to high around here.
Feels more like its just an extended xbox insider.
Feels more like its just an extended xbox insider.
Watching these old X0 videos is making me feel old and nostalgic, and it's kind of interesting to see how much Japanese support was there more than a decade ago compared to now. The reveal for Lost Odyssey is still amazingly hype to this day:
And now I want to fire it up again, but I've been holding back on another playthrough on the off chance this or Blue Dragon get a X enhanced patch. I want to see something that gets me hype like that from this upcoming event, MS!
And now I want to fire it up again, but I've been holding back on another playthrough on the off chance this or Blue Dragon get a X enhanced patch. I want to see something that gets me hype like that from this upcoming event, MS!
He lead one of the best HW design team in the world (right now the best one imo) ...every product coming out from his team is something special on design standpoint, performance and innovation...from the surface go to the surface studio ...till the Xbox one X (but also the S if wasn't for the esram)
We are talking about that premium Apple level design with Panay
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Gonna throw out my X018 pipe dream that we'll see a ton of support show from Japan. Gimme DQXI on Xbox as well as Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5
Good to know I'm not the only one bothered by this. XO made sense to be the name of the conference then, but now it is indeed stupid
Take Two had cash flow issues at that time and Microsoft loaned them the entire development funds for the expansions.
Man, those videos makes my nostalgia go through the roof.
I forgot how aggressive Ms was on 360. Fifa/Pes exclusive for one year, Tomb Raider ans Splinter Cell Exclusivity, GTA 4 DLC, Mistwalker S2...
Not all that payed out, but you could see how much money they were spending to win.
If X18 is as good as X06 then we are in for a treat :P