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Ryuu96 said:

coolbeans said:

Crazy to think that's just ~2months away.  Even if they alter the wording a bit, I hope they have a similar structure to last year's show.  Even if you fumble the 'next 12 months' promise on occasion, that implicit promise is WAY better than pipedream CGI trailers.

Issue is that nobody will believe them now, if they ever say again "everything will release in the next 12 months" then everyone's response will simply be "Like Starfield? Like Motorsport? Like Ara?"

I think it's a bit restrictive too, I would focus on the next 18 months but with one or two hype announcements (CGI) trailers for titles further out than that, only 1-2 is fine I would say, something like Banjo, Lol.

For titles releasing in the next 12 months, I'd focus all their trailers on gameplay, for titles releasing in the next 13-18 months, they don't need gameplay, I'd just have a brief in-game trailer for each, a few minutes.

Slap a generic date on like "2024" but absolutely do not say "everything will release in the next 12 months" again with such confidence because people will just mock it and "2024" gives them a little more breathing room to account for delays.

Like if you didn't do "next 12 months" and just put a 2023 date on Motorsport, Starfield and Ara then technically they wouldn't be delayed and still meet the target, Lol.

So then the issue is incorporating a bit more leeway in your promises.  If Phil Spencer or Greenberg say "our team & partners have sincerely targeted these titles for the next 12 months or 2023/24" upfront then they should be golden imo.