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nemo37 on 11 June 2018
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potato_hamster said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
I loved how the conference flew in the face of popular theories here and on Resetera about how this is Microsoft’s last Xbox console, they’re going all in on MP GaaS games and abandoning single player, and get ready for battle royale to get shoehorned into everything. Instead they confirmed their commitment to future Xbox hardware, showed zero battle royale gameplay in their titles, and announced FIVE new studios, most of whom are known for games with great single player offerings.

There was too much Japanese game nonsense for my tastes. That KH3 video was cringe worthy. I cannot imagine a grown man purchasing that. Tales of zzzzz no thanks. Loved more Cuphead, Gears actually looked good, and Horizon 4 looked incredible. The sequel to Motorstorm I’ve always wanted. And a 60 FPS mode for Scorpio. Delicious.

And Battletoads. 2019 looks huge for Xbone.

I've heard people say that this is Microsoft's last proper console. I can't say I've heard anyone say that this is Microsoft's last Xbox-branded hardware. Those two can be very different things. I wouldn't be surprised at all if MS's next console is a range of "Xbox certified" PCs that allow developers to optimize their engines better than PC games, while undercutting the cost of PC ownership by passing on the savings of mass-producing PCs to consumers. Kinda like MS's version of Steam Machines, except more tightly controlled.

I would actually not mind them taking Xbox in a more PC-oriented direction (provided Microsoft creates a proper TV mode UI for Windows 10; and interacting with games is more seamless like it on consoles). In many ways, the Xbox One, if it had support for things like Win32 apps and such, would have been the perfect desktop PC (it is relatively small, relatively inexpensive, it is a gaming device with games optimized for it, it is relatively quiet).