I’ll just say it’s possible to have a comeback. Rainbow Six Seige was deemed a failure after launch and it turned around nicely via extensive updates and tweaking. It doesn’t happen often and it shouldn’t have to come to that, but it is a nice surprise now and again.

Both have valid points but not everyone has the same tastes. While a lot of people may not find value in Xbox games and Halo, there is a significant amount of people who still do and love playing Halo and Xbox, today. I personally haven't touched an Xbox console since the 360 because the games don't suit my preference anymore.

It might be down to support for the consoles or lack of any interesting games that I would sit down, play and complete - when you own same brand of consoles two generations you kind of know what to expect. But they have expanded their Studios from the sounds of it they might be improving. MS might not make games your liking (and personally not my cup of tea anymore), but for Xbox gamers its gonna be exciting time indeed just as PS5 imminent launch is for PS gamers.

Who knows, we could have the biggest push for 1st party titles and support in the two decades they have been in the games industry. I mean if they show Fable 4 and Perfect Dark and it doesn't look like garbage to play (sorry 360 PD sucked) then I would be pretty excited too. Being mostly a PC gamer, and the direction Xbox is going in I would bet that most games going forward are going to be playable on PC as well, day one.

I never said that, someone else did. If you're going to disparage me, do so for the things I'm actually saying or doing (Writing too much and being overly critical)

Oh! I truly apologize. I really meant Goopy. I just had finished reading one of your long posts and apparently had you on my subconscious :)

Well the second and last paragraph seem subjective enough to leave alone. Now I thought I explained my tastes and why I have them, how Xbox caters to it. Yet you remain unconvinced by Hellblade. Fair enough. 

I like Viking culture and time periods. Not fantastical like GOW but the actual Viking era. Really excited for Assassins Creed this year! Same goes for TV shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom on Netflix. Something about being in such a primitive period and the drama that occurs draws me to it. This looked like a unique take on it while maintaining historical accuracy. Yet they balance that with the concept that the main character has paranoid schizophrenia with deep psychosis/hallucinations. The concept that people wouldn’t know how to react to such a thing in that period intrigues me and struck me as very original.  

It was billed as a shorter game which suited me fine. Again I’m not really into long 3rd person adventure games so this struck me as more intimate. The narrative possibilities of having multiple voices inside your head. The combat looked tense from what I’ve seen but the game wouldn’t over rely on it either. I liked that it was more about the journey and characters then the combat or puzzles. The idea that your save would be terminated if you died too much made me want to try my hardest with every encounter. I dont get that feeling much anymore with quick saves being a norm. Graphically I was also blown away. 

And then it came to Xbox and Ms bought the studio :)

I was going to say this, but I felt it would be a waste of time. There's a world of difference between gems like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 64, and Goldeneye vs Halo, Halo, Halo, Gears, Gears, Gears, and Forza, Forza Forza Forza Forza Forza. Oh, and I guess Ori and Cuphead. 

Well the second and last paragraph seem subjective enough to leave alone. Now I thought I explained my tastes and why I have them, how Xbox caters to it. Yet you remain unconvinced by Hellblade. Fair enough. 

I like Viking culture and time periods. Not fantastical like GOW but the actual Viking era. Really excited for Assassins Creed this year! Same goes for TV shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom on Netflix. Something about being in such a primitive period and the drama that occurs draws me to it. This looked like a unique take on it while maintaining historical accuracy. Yet they balance that with the concept that the main character has paranoid schizophrenia with deep psychosis/hallucinations. The concept that people wouldn’t know how to react to such a thing in that period intrigues me and struck me as very original.  

It was billed as a shorter game which suited me fine. Again I’m not really into long 3rd person adventure games so this struck me as more intimate. The narrative possibilities of having multiple voices inside your head. The combat looked tense from what I’ve seen but the game wouldn’t over rely on it either. I liked that it was more about the journey and characters then the combat or puzzles. The idea that your save would be terminated if you died too much made me want to try my hardest with every encounter. I dont get that feeling much anymore with quick saves being a norm. Graphically I was also blown away. 

And then it came to Xbox and Ms bought the studio :)

Thats definetly true. And Again, im not saying SoT cant have that, just that we dont know yet. 

There's no arguing taste and I'm not saying you shouldn't be excited about Hellblade 2. It just strikes me odd how you're so in love with it, even calling the game being short as a plus as it makes it "intimate", and then write off all of Sony's critically acclaimed blockbuster as the same old "3rd person action adventure single player games" that are too long for your taste... 

Like I said, not everybody is as loyal to a console brand as you and its silly to think Sony is getting so much hype just because of brand power. Sony's brand power didn't do them much good in the early ps3 days when the 360 was nailing it with games like Gears and Sony had nothing to get excited about. It was their exclusives, and MS completely dropping the ball later on, that got them through one of the worst console launches in video game history. 

I also don't think Sony's ps5 reveal was perfect. It was a well put together, professional presentation and it showed glimpses of some of their big ip's that looked next gen. Imo there weren't any new ip's to get super excited about and in theory its definitely possible for MS to beat Sony's event in July. However, if its just going to be like their last presentation and show Halo, Forza and a bunch of indie titles with an "optimized for Series X" logo, can you then honestly blame anyone for feeling let down by MS again?