[Jez Corden] - What to expect from the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 (sequels to beloved franchises/revival of Xbox classics/multiplat strategy)
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It needs a resolution boost at the very least because holy shit does it not look good now. I played it last weekend and I swear for my life I don't remember it being so blurry back in 2008.Infinite Undiscovery R multiplatform finally.
Yeah that radio stuff sounds like it'd get grating pretty quickly. I was wondering if maybe they were thinking of taking a page from TLOU/Naughty Dog walk and talk style segments but for a survival game like this I'm not how well that would work with the more chaotic sandbox nonlinear nature of it all. Curious to see what they have in store just the same.
Why would they use the Xbox Showcase to announce this?
They could just do it on a blog or twitter
I can hardly be excited for BD and LO remasters when both of these games are already back compat. Yeah, it would be good to release them on PC/PS5/Switch but it changes nothing for existing Xbox users imo.
Tbf, at the time they probably thought that Xbox has a chance to win the mindshare and gamepass would grow steadily, both of which didn't happen later into the gen. I think they should focus on selling software by any means. But yeah, who knows how they will approach this.
Tbf, at the time they probably thought that Xbox has a chance to win the mindshare and gamepass would grow steadily, both of which didn't happen later into the gen. I think they should focus on selling software by any means. But yeah, who knows how they will approach this.
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He wrote "showcase period", which doesn't necessarily mean they'd announce it on-stage.
I hope Gears 6 is more of an reboot. Absolutely loved the series on Xbox 360, but thought 4 and 5 were rather meh.
I don't doubt Coalition will push the graphics to next level.
I don't doubt Coalition will push the graphics to next level.
Oh, good point.
That would make more sense. I just left my night shift and still barely functional that I missread lol
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They have to finish Kait's story, Gears 5 ended on a cliffhanger.
I think Jez means within the week of, as he uses the phrase Xbox Showcase period. Here in the U.K. we use the term period differently to America (where it means full stop / for certain), here it means 'a period of time'.
So I assume this just means they'll announce in a blog after the show that some games shown are also coming to PlayStation players and then Sony will have trailers up on their PS socials.
I think you're confused about the first post of mine you replied to. I was saying Blue Dragon did as well as it could have on the system as it was probably the best selling game in the genre on the 360 alongside Lost Odyssey by a sizeable amount (in response to someone saying it sold worse than Lost Odyssey and that it had nothing to do with the system it was on, both of which are wrong).
But also those three examples you used are funny because one is part of a disastrous earnings report that resulted in SE halving their market cap over a couple months, the other relegated the studio that released it to permanent support status because it bombed (sucks, Eternal Sonata is a cool game), while the last one seemingly killed its series.
I have it on good authority that the following will appear:
- Brute Force Remastered
- Banjo Threeie
- Brute Force Remastered
- Banjo Threeie
Rightly so as LO is the way better game! Though BD is awesome in its own way too.
Would love sequels to both if I'm honest lol.
This is how I feel about any nostalgia-catalogue pull lol.
I feel they are just gonna hope the name is enough for these type of games and they won't hit the spot.
Terrifiedy optimistic lol.
They absolutely should make a clear stance on what their plans are finally. Case by case wont work out. I would clearly state a goal there for stuff at other platforms "games older than 1 year" etc. something like that.
Just be clear in your messaging, Switch 2 is around the corner and I'm this close of getting a PS5. You make it confusing like last time and we are done. It's simple as that.
IU was probably an insignificant part of that anyway. The game started out as MS bankrolling tri-Ace to develop an exclusive game for them in the first place. SE only got on board as producer/publishers after MS finally broke ground with them years later and got FFXIII on the console.
Would love to hear the background of the development of that game. My guess is that MS offered up the publishing rights to SE as part of the deal that lead to SE finally supporting the X360.
This is something you do in a press release, not on stage at a showcase.
As a person who has both xbox and ps5 I think MS should realese Forza Horizon 3, 4 and 5 on ps5 . These game is to good to not be played by everyone.
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Well 3 and 4 may have licensing issues.
I've said it before, but FH would absolutely kill on PlayStation.
In this scenario, it absolutely is the case. Why would they chose to not market/advertise their games to a new audience at their own event?
Because it will take attention away from the games and everyone will only be focused on those games coming to other platforms instead of being hyped for the games, that's going to dominate the discussion. They will make a blog post after the showcase is over saying DOOM or whatever is coming to PS5 but they won't announce that in the showcase. They are just going to say "Bethesda Presents" (no mention of exclusivity) and "Play It On Game Pass" during the actual showcase itself.
Me too...he talks about an "update during the Showcase period", but how would that work? Reveal Doom and then talk about it coming to PS5 in am interview afterwards? A press release? Maybe start with the Gears collection like it was rumored?
in any case if Doom is coming to the PS5 as Jez suggests, they'll have to talk about it at some point, but that could be during the summer holidays for example....
NateDrake said that Grubb's info was probably outdated and that he's heard the project is in a good state and will be showed at the showcase. Matt Booty also said the next time they show it would be a in depth gameplay dive, so I think it's a 2025 game.
When they announced Minecraft Legends, it was announced at the Xbox Showcase with "Xbox Game Studios Presents" (signifying it was first party but not saying anything about exclusivity) and then the end of the trailer only showed a Windows 10 and Xbox One logo, but right after the show was over, it was announced via blog post on Xbox Wire to be coming to Switch and PS4.
I assume DOOM will probably be a similar case if they make it multiplatform day and date.
I loved Gears 1- 3 and hated 4... 5 was quite good again so i'm open to Gears 6 finishing Kait's story.
Also need to see my man Del again.
???....It's exactly the same case as The Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5, they were supposed to be exclusive not even a few months ago.
It sounds like Contraband is in development hell so I personally would not expect to see it. We will see all of the other games Xbox announced years ago like SoD 3, Fable, Perfect Dark, etc.
I definitely would like to see all of them show up in June (all of the games announced in 2019 and 2020) and would be pleasantly surprised if we see Contraband or Neverwild though!
But didn't they move away from saying "exclusive" in the last reveals? At least is what I read on Era elsewhere....I don't think we'll be able to tell during the Showcase.
But what you say about a blog post afterwards makes sense....although I don't know, don't you feel they should talk about it in an interview? After all it was on that podcast and following interviews Phil said it was just 4 games at that point in time, as a type of a test, so if they've decided to expand that to more games I feel Spencer shoud be the one to communicate that in another one on one. Rip the band-aid off and say from now forward more games will follow, on a case by case basis, just not all games.
I do not own an xbox but I do watch for third party.
More so now than ever I think a lot of people are going to watch due to the state of Xbox.
How better to get people to buy your games on another platform than to announce them coming across in a showcase.
More so now than ever I think a lot of people are going to watch due to the state of Xbox.
How better to get people to buy your games on another platform than to announce them coming across in a showcase.
I think you'll see some new wording like "Coming first to Xbox/Coming first to Game Pass" instead of exclusive.
This will be their way around the whole "exclusive" thing while making all the loyalists happy.