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Grubb: Xbox Showcase (+Cod Direct) 2hrs Long - Featuring 30 Games - Handful Never Heard/Seen Before
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Won't be a stream without fever pitch expectation then the possibility of crushing disappointment.
ByWatterson
Member
The most interesting part of this by far will be scouring the blog posts after to see which games are coming to Playstation.
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James Sawyer Ford
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I feel like MS will just skirt around the issue and be vague like they always are
clarky
Gold Member
These days I'll be disappointed if I'm not disappointed. My tiny mind would not be able cope.
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FoxMcChief
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I just want to be excited for more than one game. I mean, I know I’m going to play some more stuff later this fall like Indiana Jones and Avowed, but nothing other than AdtroBot has me excited for all three consoles.
I really hate this generation.
I really hate this generation.
clarky
Gold Member
Well Switch is at end of life, Xbox has seemingly shat the bed and PlayStation is not firing on even half power just now, so i can understand your frustration.
Lets see if they can turn things around and bring the goods tomorrow.
Topher
Gold Member
I really did not think we would be entirely dependent on Xbox for a decent showcase this year.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Who fucking knew.I really did not think we would be entirely dependent on Xbox for a decent showcase this year.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
I really did not think we would be entirely dependent on Xbox for a decent showcase this year.
Microsoft is the only one that shows games well into the distant future anymore
Showcases for Nintendo and Sony look to be rare, they’d rather only focus on the immediate future than spill the beans on the next few years
As a fan it sucks, especially since the big blowout E3s were a huge amount of fun…but it’s over Jim
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bender
What time is it?
The flipside is that people complain about the lack of game play shown during Microsoft's conferences.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
True, or the final product is not representative of early showings
clarky
Gold Member
If that's the case then everything else (29 games) has 2 minutes with zero breaks or painful deep dives into scans of Icelandic rocks.
I can live with out the rocks but a game every 2 minutes for an hour and 1 game for the other hour does not sound like great pacing to me.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Where did you pull out this 45 to an hour thing from?
edit: No it was 45 minutes afterall.
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Jaybe
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Last year’s Starfield Direct was 45 minutes.
Just helping your memory. Not that it means CoD will be the same length.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Last year’s Starfield Direct was 45 minutes.
Just helping your memory. Not that it means CoD will be the same length.
Well damn my bad, I forgot how long it was.
vaibhavpisal
Member
I mostly wanna see more Starfield.
Everything else is bonus.
Everything else is bonus.
Jaybe
Gold Member
When Todd speaks, time stands still.
That certainly wasn’t true for last year’s showcase. Or this year’s developer direct.
There’s nothing on that list that screams ‘well into the distant future’. Most of that list have either released or are 2024 games.
You did say you really enjoyed last year’s MS showcase…
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
They've almost entirely stopped doing that since they got all the flack for announcing games purely with CG trailers circa 2020. They got rightfully shat-on for that.
Most of those are already out, some like Steel Wakes the Deep are releasing in a week or and a couple more releasing in the next couple of months.
Not exactly the 'everything releases in 12 months' from 2 years ago but still pretty good.
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James Sawyer Ford
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It was a good showcase. Unfortunately the games that looked good ended up being poor when they released
The just showed off Fable and Blade last year, so still doing it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Blade I'll give you, but that's their first big Marvel game so .. I kinda don't blame them.
Fable was announced with a CG trailer in the same 2020 period, last years was at least in-engine stuff and recent reports have it as a 2025 game.
It's nowhere near as egregious, if at all, as it was in 2019/2020.
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James Sawyer Ford
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They re-revealed it at least two years (likely more) before release
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
~2 year window is fine and is what most games generally tend to do anyway. Like we've all said and agreed, they revealed a lot of games in 2020 that weren't anywhere in states to be ready. That's the kind of practice thankfully only happens very rarely these days.
James Sawyer Ford
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If Fable is a no show tomorrow it’ll be at least 3 years out from re-reveal. I don’t think it’s coming summer 2025
Lionel Richie
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Snoy currently has so few games that their fans will do an investigation on a Microsoft event all giddied up hoping for scraps.
T0minator
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Unfortunately, Sony didn't the majority of their line up 4+years before they showed gameplay like some brand do.
But I wouldn't say PS has "few" games
2024
Helldivers 2
Concord
Stellar Blade
Rise of the Ronin
Astro Bot
Lego Horizon
2025
Ghost of Tsushima 2
New Espionage IP/MP - Bend Studios.
Death Stranding 2
Marathon
Fairgame$
Venom
2026
New IP - Naughty Dog
Wolverine
New IP - Santa Monica
Horror Adventure- Firesprite
Horizon Co-op MP game - Guerrilla
2027+
New IP - Bluepoint
New IP - Media Molecule
God of War Egypt - Santa Monica
TLOU Part 3 - Naughty Dog
Horizon 3 Nemesis
New IP - Housemarque
You used the phrase ‘well into the distant future’.
That usually insinuates years and years away. Not for a 2025 release.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Like I said most other companies aren’t doing even that
If Fable isn’t shown tomorrow it’s likely 2026
That’s certainly not definitive way of determining when games are released.
I remember when people used to say Indiana Jones was going to be a 2027 game because it wasn’t in last year’s showcase.
Really? Marathon and Fairgame$ would beg to differ.
Buggy Loop
Member
I’m hyped for Clockwork revolution, Avowed and Indians Jones. Anything beyond that is a cherry on the sundae
DenchDeckard
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Today's the day. Let's gooooo squad!
I'm excited for a C rank showcase after how shit everything has been. If it's above a c rank for me I'll be stoked lolol
I'm excited for a C rank showcase after how shit everything has been. If it's above a c rank for me I'll be stoked lolol
James Sawyer Ford
Member
I think both of those games will release in 2026.
If we are using those teaser trailers as examples, Fable was done initially many years ago in 2020
You started this by saying that nobody else puts games in their showcase that are more than a few years away. Using the 2022 and 2023 MS showcases, I think your claim has been thoroughly disproven.
Not sure why you’re bringing up blade with
adamsapple
. That was revealed at TGA, not at any Xbox showcase. Time to move on from this, anyway
bender
What time is it?
There is a joke about Phil's penis and your tag but I'm too tired to function properly.
ByWatterson
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If you're a silly console warrior I suppose. Otherwise it's sort of a given here that industry movements are super interesting and it's fun to watch them.
DryvBy
Member
Not an insult either. If they have enough to show, why not? And it's not because of MS. COD has always had a 30-60 min show for the last several years.
Sony showed off Concord which felt like 45-60 minutes of my life wasted. At least COD is legit that time lol
Johnny Concrete
Member
So to come back to this:
Having watched it I was surprised at the amount of ingame and in-engine trailers. Lots of gameplay was shown too.
This was a great showcase and update on the projects they are working on. They've showed more (first party stuff) than Sony did in 3 years. And lots of it looked good.
So I was wrong. I'm a pessimistic asshole and I'm sorry for that.
