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I don't really think they overhyped this showcase Tbh.
They promoted it more but there's a difference between promoting and hyping, promoting is what they should be doing for every show. We had a countdown from Xbox Japan Twitter, and Xbox SEA but as always, regional Twitter accounts are to be taken with a grain of salt, I don't believe the main Xbox Twitter account ever tweeted the countdown.
Phil didn't even mention TGS in the company email about things to look forward to, Lol.
Still it was a mid show and worse than last years but Yakuza was an awesome (and big) announcement. Square Enix continues to show signs of light in terms of supporting Xbox and have pledged twice now further support so it's just a matter of (sadly) waiting a little longer there and Square Enix is the main dude doing the big JRPGs nowadays so their absence hurts that area more.
I don't expect much from TGS anyway so I guess I'm not as bothered, its significance has rapidly diminished across the years and now Xbox is the only major platform holder doing a showcase, Lol. Least Phil and Sarah are there in person to talk to developers (the situation is still improving, doubled the amount of Japanese titles on their platform).
There are still gaps but I think if Square showed up like "here's FF7!" then that alone would have bumped it up a whole point, it didn't happen this showcase, but I do believe we will see Final Fantasy return to Xbox eventually as the relationship has been fixed and Square is slowly but surely supporting Xbox more again. Perhaps they're waiting for a bigger showcase, perhaps the contracts are still in place, or perhaps the porting isn't ready.
We had a few smaller titles like Suda/Swery's title which looks cool, Ace Attorney, but there was nothing like "WOW" for a big title, aside from Yakuza for Game Pass but that is already coming to Xbox, it needed a big surprise port like FF7 or something else, compared to last year we had a few big franchises returning to Xbox or releasing on Xbox for the first time, the pacing sucked too, Lol.
If Square was ready, it could have took this show to a 6-7.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 September 2023
