Compare this to Xbox's entire 2019 E3 conference
Gears 5 should have got this treatment at least
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Gears 5 should have got this treatment at least
Microsoft sold me on the Ultimate Gamepass. What a fucking steal! Almost every game they showed impressed me and almost every single one of them was included in the gamepass. That being said, Microsoft really fumbled this "Scarlett" announcement. Mark Cerny in an interview out of nowhere was able to make the PS5 sound interesting, fresh, and exciting. Microsoft had the chance to squash that and they essentially shared no details. They could've just waited until E3 2020 if this was all they were going to show. I was expecting Microsoft to come out swinging and yet they couldn't even give us a demo like the Spider-Man PS5 SSD test. Very disappointing because Microsoft had the opportunity to launch themselves past PlayStation and they just fell flat.
But we didn't actually see the Scarlett, and Xcloud was already introduced last year.
So... no surprises at all? There were a few leaks but still. I miss the days of being genuinely blown away by something. The only possibility for me this year would have been Elden Ring.
I remember people complaining about how long TLoU demo was.
The general vibe for this conference seems to be, "Where's the beef?"
That sure is some Gears gameplay. More of the same isn't really cutting it for this IP
True, "something" implies thing, not person so probably wasn't Keanu Miyamoto, it might have just been for the LEGO car, lol.
Was probably still Scarlet though or something got cut last minute. There was zero chance they'd actually have shown the box, it probably isn't even finalized yet.
That's not a valid reason at all, because the problem wasn't needing more time. Rather, it was using the time already allotted.
The Halo Infinite segment was nothing but a complete waste of time and the Gears 5 segment was similarly embarrassing. I don't need to see a full match of Escape from Gears 5, put together a highlight trailer of 90 to 120 seconds showcasing what is supposed to be the killer new addition to a game that is releasing in three months. Gears 5 had a great trailer last year that surprisingly impressed me and interested me, and to a much lesser extent, Halo Infinite the same - how do you go from that to what we saw this year? What was the point of the introductory CG Gears 5 trailer this year that, if anything, diminishes the mystery and subtlety set-up by last year's trailer?
It's telling of the developers involved, and likely points to why these franchises aren't what they used to be, unfortunately.
Meanwhile, Microsoft did an excellent job selling their two current killer apps in Xbox Gamepass and Forza Horizon. Time wasn't the issue.
Well, the finally confirmed RAM type, CPU, SSD and RT via HW. And it launches with Halo.Me trying to recall what I just learned about Project Scarlett.
7/10 for me.
Was a good conference but had significant drawbacks imo.
Gears 5 and Halo Infinite had really poor showings relative to their awesome trailers last year. Cyberpunk really didn't show much and From's game was interesting.
I really wish they had gameplay in the show instead of just trailer after trailer. Project Scarlett could have also had a few more minutes dedicated to it imo.
Was a good conference but had significant drawbacks imo.
Gears 5 and Halo Infinite had really poor showings relative to their awesome trailers last year. Cyberpunk really didn't show much and From's game was interesting.
I really wish they had gameplay in the show instead of just trailer after trailer. Project Scarlett could have also had a few more minutes dedicated to it imo.
A bit disappointing there was very little gameplay (no actual gameplay feeds, just brief glimpses like the minecraft trailer,) but as a gamepass subscriber, especially with ultimate/pc, I absolutely loved it.
Lego looked genuinely fun. Forza always delivers. It's the one xbox franchise I truly adore.
Oh, for sure. Racing needs more games like Forza Horizon, which isn't afraid of being a little silly.
We are still waiting on Nintendo conference before we completely give up. But this is life of a Banjo fan.
Did you prefer that cringy Gears trailer we got instead?
7-8/10.
Looks like MS didn't want to blow their load this year and save it for next when Project Scarlett launches
Looks like MS didn't want to blow their load this year and save it for next when Project Scarlett launches
I know Microsoft was trying to sell their new box but that "it eats monsters for breakfast" was super cringy.
Slightly. It didn't take up 11 minutes of my time, and I enjoy some late 00s/early 10s hip hop.
Yeah I can't have been the only one to notice they said "the most powerful console 'we' ever built" when referring to Scarlett instead of just "the most powerful console ever"
Seems highly likely the PS5 will be within spitting distance of Scarlett or at the very least whatever power differences there are will be minimal.
Which is good news for everyone really.
Overall I give it a 6 or so. It was fine but this thing was hyped up beyond belief and it was again, fine. PSO 2 was about the only real big surprise and that game doesn't really interest me anyway. Flight Simulator on my Xbox was about the biggest thing for me since most of the stuff shown I'll get on a different platform.
I said this based on the notion that people are saying Sony was WINNING by doing nothing, not that I didn't have any faith in Sony at all. I'm annoyed, but that annoyance has mostly been that they've stretched hype for their line up for half a decade on stuff they showed in 2015 and 2016, while people simultaneously get mad that the competition isn't releasing hit after hit all 12 months of the year. I didn't even like two of their biggest games this generation (God of War and Days Gone), and two of their most celebrated announcements from that year don't even have projected release dates AND aren't even technically theirs (FF7 and Shenmue). Combine it with how they've lagged behind services like Games Pass and been obstructive on Cross Play in flagrant defiance to the standard being set by the rest of the industry? I need more than the "promise" that Sony is going to own bones to be excited for their future, let alone think they "won" a trade show they didn't even attend. My actual notion is "concerned/wary based on past precedent".
It's getting a tad tiring at this point. And besides, they already said there won't be any Scarlett exclusives for the first year or more. So might as well show them now to generate interest.
That's always going to be the case though. Both companies use the same supplier for their main chip (AMD) and are aiming for a similar price point. The only reason the Pro/X are so different is mostly down to the year's gap between them and the Premium price MS went for, but 2 companies releasing the same console in the same month is always going to be pretty much identical. No one should be shocked at that.
I also hate games that take up my time... If you didn't enjoy what they showed fine but at least you got a sense of what was new and how it played.
I was talking about this trailer:
It's clear that Microsoft want to say they have the games. They don't care where from at all. They say they hav more than 60 games on their briefing but we all knew that most of them were going to be indie games or games that are not worth it.
Sony keeps investing in AAA experiences and not just trying to get on the quantity. Sony's conferences focus more on first party games or direct deals, than just presenting every game they can just to say they showed the most amount of games. Most of the games from MS briefing will come to the PS4 anyway.
I can't believe they barely showed any gameplay demo. Everything was a trailer, and when gameplay was teased by those WWE stars playing it, it was cut right away.
Barely any direct and uncut gameplay shown.
Barely any direct and uncut gameplay shown.
A few too many pre-rendered or "cinematic" trailers for some notable games (Gears 5, Cyberpunk, to name a couple) that do very little to excite me nowadays, when it comes to AAA games, but otherwise a good conference. Not a fan of MS (or any console manufacturer) acquiring Double Fine (don't like huge companies absorbing smaller ones into themselves altogether) but I guess it's understandable. Being a decent size independent game development studio nowadays is a nearly impossible position to be in, so I understand wanting the financial security. I just wished they wouldn't be in that kind of position but I understand their decision.
Yeah, that was a bad surprise. Microsoft had a bunch of extended gameplay demos last year. I wonder why they changed their approach. The new strategy didn't work that well imo
I don't understand the decision to not show gameplay from NT new game and GoW. I assume the old ip revival "leak" from "insiders" was bs?
Ohhh how could I forget about that? That was my favorite trailer from the show! LOL
I'm super hyped about FS, the tech looks insane.
Best conference?
I would say its on the absolute other end of the spectrum and lets say it didn't leak you thought rumors of:
- New Gears gameplay
- New Halo gameplay
- Battletoads
Frick I don't even remember what else
You thought without seeing footage of anything you could hype that up as one of the best conferences ever? I mean by all means stick your neck out but I would have waited for actually something exciting. That lineup is probably written on most desks across most middle schools in the US.
This is why you can't trust people hyping stuff. They don't know sheet
Elden Ring could have been amazing though.
