Probably the possibility of hardware-related announcements.

Last year was one the best conferences. Going back to watch the easy allies 2018 ms conference is an amazing trip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvikZiKc-c&t=10088s

I don't really get bitterness 'but exclusives'; I don't even own a Switch but I love watching Nintendo Directs because I love to see people excited and happy.

So what it basically boils down to is you personally don't care about the stuff they show, so why should anyone else. Never understood that mentality. I own a Switch but don't give a rats ass about Directs, but that doesn't mean I'd wonder why anyone would watch them or get excited about them. I do wonder why anyone would watch something like The Masked Singer, but I wouldn't judge. You do you.

So what if Crackdown 2 got a 70 metascore? This is a different game from a different developer. Should the fact that the last Zelda game got a 73 meta prevented people from getting excited or looking forward to BotW? Of course not. GT Sport got a 75 meta. Does this mean if and when Sony shows off a new traditional GT7, people shouldn't care? Of course not.

Last E3 Microsoft showcased a lot of games. Including many big ones and including many exclusives. If they don't appeal to you, thats cool, but they do appeal to others. Ori 2, Crackdown 3, Halo, Gears 5, Fallout 76, Metro, Division 2, Dying Light 2, motherfucking Battletoads, Horizon 4, the Cuphead expansion, motherfucking Cyberpunk. These are all games they showed that I will buy or have already bought for the ones already released.

I mean... people could make this exact same thread for every company. Oh geez another Smash... oh geez another Naughty Dog narrative game, etc.

i think it's because we could maybe see first trailers of first party games

I have no idea, end of gen, no exclusives so mostly know 3rd party games and perhaps one or another new announcement. Would probably be the same for Sony.

Last E3 they announced they are working on the next Xbox, announced new exclusives, announced they have acquired new studios, announced Project X Cloud and Phil recently announced via pod cast that he has seen recently Rare's new game and Playground's new game and that they will be showing some of what they new studios are working on.

And we are asked why are you excited for Microsoft's E3 conference? /SMH

I think last E3 of MS was great. I don't care if exclusive or not, MS focused strongly on games in their presentation. Not on guys playing flute or something. And they showed a lot of games. Were many of these games multiplats? Sure. But still I'm interested.

If you ask if last presentation was an argument for me to go and buy a XBox One: nope, still don't have one. But it was an exciting show with lots of game trailers. I liked that.

Considering his replies even Horizon would be bad for his taste. Even though it isn't a simulator it is still close to reality.

He would be better playing games like Wipeout, Burnout, Carmageddon, etc.

The only excitement for me is the slight chance they announce their next gen console. Software wise no excitement.

If you don’t like sim racers and also don’t like Horizon, you’re doing something wrong. I can’t imagine a racer ever being better than Horizon 4.

Though if he’s a masochist he might enjoy Carmageddon.