| Imaginedvl said:
2020 was def. a better show for Xbox imo. It does not matter if they release the games or not after that. |
Even if we are only talking about the show itself at the time, we have games with release dates or at least release windows on Sony's side and MS just putting out a bunch of CGI trailers with no dates and no launch line-up for the Series consoles. Of course it's personal preference in the end and 2020 had a decent number of announcements from both Xbox and Sony but even for those that favour the Xbox showing over the Sony showing then it would have to be acknowledged that MS only had a better show by blowing their load revealing games far too early. Most of the games shown at 2020 by MS should not have been announced that early.
It reminds me of when Nintendo showed a Metroid Prime 4 logo in June 2017 and some people said they won E3 because of it. Results matter and even at the time of the show it was apparent that Sony were showing actual games far along in development that would be released soon and MS was showing stuff that could come god knows when.
But all of this just means that Sony is likely to blow MS out of the water with their show this year because Xbox studios are working on games they already announced 3 years ago and still haven't delivered yet. Sony studios are working on new titles TBA.
I think shows can certainly be tainted by what ends up being delivered afterwards. At the end of the day MS 2020 show featured 5 new 1st-party game announcements, none of which have been released to this date. While Sony's 2020 featured 7 1st party titles that have all come out.
Announce 7 and release 7 in next 2 years or announce 5 and release none of them in the next 3 years. Even if I had enjoyed Xbox's 2020 show more I could only call that a false victory in hindsight.
Last edited by Zippy6 - on 21 May 2023
