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shikamaru317 said:

Ryuu96 said:

Still don't buy the argument that they'd no market due to regulators.

• They had a showcase already during the regulatory process.
• Regulators already know their announced line-up and can easily make them tell them their unannounced line-up.

Even if it was because of regulators, then you just do a showcase in January when most regulators will have made their final thoughts. The deadlines may be March/April but January will give us an indication of whether they're blocking or not.

But I don't think it's regulators, it doesn't make sense to me. Microsoft can't be expected to essentially pause its business for regulators, Lol.

So I will hold hope of an X0 in January or February but if not then LOL Xbox's marketing is the worst in the industry.

It's really the only thing that fits. They've had multiple TGA announces several years in a row. Now, zero so far this show with the show almost over. And it's not like they have nothing to show, we know for a fact they do. Redfall, Ara, Starfield, and Forza are all supposedly 1st half 2023 releases. Meanwhile Avowed, Fable, Contraband, Hellblade 2, Project Mara, and Project Belfry have all been in development long enough that gameplay footage should be ready for all of them now. Xbox is just choosing to not reveal anything this year, even though TGA reveals have been successful for them in the past, with Perfect Dark and Hellblade 2 reveals in particularly building a ton of hype and getting a ton of views. Why would they choose to show nothing? It's the only thing that makes sense at this point. They are terrified that showing games will harm their chances with the regulators. Clearly Activision-Blizzard isn't though, they just showed Diablo 4 off.

But I can't think of a single sensible reason as to why that makes any sense.

If it was true, why did Xbox host a showcase in June? Regulators already know every single Xbox game announced, what difference does it make if Microsoft speaks more about them? What difference does it make whether they do it via Twitter or via a showcase? Regulators will still know. What difference does revealing some new IPs do? Especially since regulators already speak about Xbox's leaked IPs as if they are already announced things.

It also only makes sense if Xbox delays their entire early 2023 line-up to Holiday 2023 because it also makes no difference that they don't showcase a game if the game still releases in the regulatory period if this speculation was true. I'd be shocked if this was true because I can't think of any reason as to why it makes any difference to the regulatory procedure.

If it was true as well, Microsoft would delay stuff like Riot Games for Game Pass PC which will be a much bigger deal than speaking about half of their line-up. I don't buy it, either their marketing has reached no lows, absolutely awful lows, or they have something planned for Early 23 instead.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 08 December 2022