Was Microsoft Forced to show next Xbox early by Sony? What to expect on May 21st from Microsoft?

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DirtyP2002 said:

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Was MS forced to show the next Xbox early by Sony?
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MS conference was rescheduled from late April to late May which indicates that MS is not ready.

 

Maybe it is just me, but pushing the conference to a later date does not confirm MS was forced to show it earlier. It is the other way around.

 

And as others have said before, the Xbox 360 was announced in May as well.

Everybody and their grandmoms expected a new console reveal in March / April this year. Even here at VGC. Sonys reveal was only 2 - 3 weeks earlier than the most common prediction on a forum. I doubt MS was totally surprised by this.

I would say that the fact it was delayed was so they got more stuff in order to counter Sony's Event.   They were going to show it in April but after the PS4 event, they decided to gather more stuff in order to gather the same attention and hype level as the PS4 did after the event.