Official Xbox July Showcase 2020 thread

[sales2099]

Alara317 said:

sales2099 said:
It’s weird how Nintendo “won” e3 by showing a logo for Metroid Prime 4 but Xbox gets nailed for CG trailers.

Since when did gameplay become a requirement? Horizon FW was in engine and I don’t recall much backlash as say Forza is getting. I didn’t need to see gameplay of Avowed to be blown away...because Obsidian is a master at their craft. Fable and Hellblade 2 gameplay would have been nice, but we know Hellblade 1 was awesome and Fable will at the very least have the charm of its legacy games.

It’s almost like people just buying themselves time to hate on Xbox, because these are all games that have a high chance to actually deliver once released.

Nintendo has a 35 year legacy of quality, Metroid Prime is a critically hailed game franchise, and while Nintendo has low points, they have a whole lot more high points and have been knocking it out of the park ever since the Switch was released. 

None of the same things can be said of Microsoft. 

Again, these reveal trailers do not exist independent of the world they were shown to. There's a lot more that goes into whether or not something is impressive or not than just the trailers. Sure, the trailers are a huge portion of it, but you can't JUST assume the entirety of the reaction came from the trailers without any context. Microsoft has failed since 2010 with the last 5 years being the worst, Nintendo had a bad period but have been knocking it outta the park since 2017 and the last three  years have been some of their best. Worlds of difference between the two companies and their legacy and history. 

That’s a lot of talk to promote a double standard. If a Metroid Prime logo can be considered a megaton then full trailers should at least be sufficient to generate hype.