Need June to come ASAP. Lol. Xbox needs a reset for the 2nd half of the year, next fiscal year. They started the year so brilliant with Hi-Fi Rush and the Dev Direct but then the Activision-Blizzard-King block and Redfall's reviews sucked the energy out of the room. I would still say 2023 so far is a lot better than 2022 aligned but that's not a high bar because nothing released until like July, Lol.
Although, nothing much released in 2021 until the Holiday season too so probably launch aligned, Hi-Fi Rush > Nothing, Lol. Legends is pretty fun too.
Starting June, they need to have a big showcase, they need to abandon the next 12 months and show a updates to titles further out (I.E. Fable) to install some confidence back into them. Marketing needs revamp and a new push, I liked the start of the year they had that Game Pass branding and it felt like it would be a continued theme but it went nowhere.
They need to stop talking about Activision-Blizzard-King, they need to consider it dead at this point and put all their attention back into the current Xbox, they should do another Dev Direct shortly after E3 and show up to all major events. Make some more acquisitions too of certain individual studios to bolster their support network.
This year can still be great with Starfield, Forza Motorsport & Hellblade II but they need to put their full attention on those now, do everything to get them out to a high standard and on time, it's time to forget everything about Activision-Blizzard and consider it dead, it's too much of a distraction. Microsoft legal can handle the rest, Phil shouldn't be involved anymore and move full steam ahead on those releases with a new marketing campaign.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 01 May 2023
