"Presents First Look At Xbox Series X Gameplay" - Let's Rate Inside Xbox Show

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dane007 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Here is how I said I was going to rate the show a couple of days ago.

Well, I looked into the 13 games and this is what I found.  Several of them will be on PS4, but almost all of them 12/13, will be on XBox1.  From what I can tell, only Scorn will XBox Series X exclusive.  It's an indie game funded through kickstarter that was always slated to come to PC.  But the only console I can find it coming to is Series X.  According to my scoring system that means XBox gets a full point on that game.  However they get a zero on the other 12 games.  So their overall score is 1/13, or 0.8 out of 10. 

I'll round up since they actually did spend most of the time showing games and spent the BS talking from people to a relatively small amount.

Final score = 1 out of 10.  That is pretty pathetic.  They mostly showed off a bunch of games that you can play on current gen consoles.  There really is no reason to buy a Series X based on this presentation unless you want to shell out $500ish just to play Scorn on a console.

Medium is also exclusive to xbox series x. This was meant to be third party. All the first party Is in July. Its not what we expected but we at least got to see something. Sony hasn't done anything apart from showing controller and their specs. 

The Medium is also going to be on XBox1."At the time of writing, The Medium is only confirmed for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X release during holiday 2020."
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2020/05/07/bloober-team-new-game-the-medium/

Also, I'm not down with "at least we got to see something".  I like when a reveal is actually a reveal.  I am used to a presentation where they show the hardware, give the specs, give the price, and show off exclusive/next gen games all in the same presentation.  That is what we've always gotten in the past.  That is what I expect.  Now Microsoft is just dangling a carrot in front of everyone's face when they really have nothing to show.  This presentation really sucked.

There is this old saying, "Those who know, don't say, and those who say, don't know."  Well this is a lot like that, only it's "those who have something to show don't say, and those who say don't have anything to show."  Microsoft is saying a whole lot, but they really don't have anything impressive to show.  They trickle out info and hype it to death, but it's really a lot of nothing, just like this presentation.  Sony is holding their cards really close to their chest.  They means they have something great to show, at least they think it's great.  Microsoft doesn't even think their product is great, so we get a constant, fluffy, marketing blitz instead.