Unreal 5 Demo vs Series X Reveal

[goopy20]

Machiavellian said:

DonFerrari said:

It is all about balance. Sony also had a lot of Indies on PS4 reveal but they also revealed jaw dropping demos at the same time and good quantity. When the event made by MS had basically only indies and one crossgen that wasn't looking jaw dropping besides Hellblade or Halo also not doing that when presented that harm a little the power narrative MS is going for.

But sure in the end all that is irrelevant as both companies are still to really show what they have for launch and will probably do it along June/July.

You really cannot compare an E3 event to a streamed small event like MS showed we need some context.  Neither Sony or MS has showed their hand so can we not act like that small streamed event was the only thing they will be doing for this year.

The fact is, you are comparing a tech demo to a game showing and trying to find meaning.  The meaning is that one is a ways off from realization and the other is around the corner.

I will give you this, MS should know by now how gamers are.  If you are not blowing their minds then you are garbage.  There usually no middle ground and they should just follow Sony play book.  Show them trailers of stuff years off from completion to get the wow factor going even if those games may never see daylight.  What was that capcom dragon game that never came out and was exclusive to the PS4.

True, if MS wanted to wow people and get them excited for next gen, they should have followed Sony's playbook. The only thing is that they've been pretty clear about their strategy and don't want to be in another platform war with Sony. MS's strategy is a lot more about building GP subscribers through a ton of different devices (including the Xone) as their end game is reaching billions of mobile gamers through Cloud gaming. It's a very ambitious strategy that does make total sense from a business standpoint for MS. However, it will also be a marketing nightmare for selling a next gen console. 

In the end, both companies pretty much showed what they promised. Sony will be pushing next gen graphics and want people to migrate asap, while MS was being more consumer friendly and showed a bunch of smaller GP titles that won't require people to upgrade. I got a feeling we'll be seeing the same thing in July for their 1st party games, except that they'll have some bigger franchises like Halo and Forza with an "optimized for Series X" logo.

Last edited by goopy20 - on 16 May 2020