We seriously better be getting an event for Xbox within the first 2 months of 2023. Been playing on my PS5 and it's looking pretty good compared to Xbox right...

Agreed, I hope it's in January. Xbox really needs some 1st party game releases ASAP. 

I think the event should be early-mid February.

It's the perfect time, not too close to E3, not too late so that they've missed the opportunity to market some big titles (such as Wo-Long in early March), it likely won't miss any major Xbox releases either, plus it has a benefit of being after the preliminary decisions from regulatory bodies.

We'll have preliminary decisions from CMA/EC in January and with those we will know whether they're going to block or approve, CMA in particular rarely changes their mind after their preliminary decision has been issued. Once we have those, it will give Microsoft a good idea what to do, if they're both negative then they'll likely drop the deal before the extra breakup fees and if only CMA is negative I still think they drop the deal.

So having an early February event would either be a continuation of positive news (because lets face it, if CMA/EC are positive then FTC is utterly fucked and the deal is 100% passing) but if they're made to abandon the deal, the event could be used to quickly drown out the negative news and give us something positive to look forward to, Lol.

If they have the event in January, they could have a bunch of positive news, only to be drowned out by the negativity of Microsoft failing a massive Xbox acquisition and then the focus would quickly shift to that, better for the event to be after, Imo.

I'll be praying for a favorable result for MS and ABK from the CMA. 

Get on one knee and admit that America is property of the British Empire and then maybe CMA will consider it.

British Patriotic Song: Rule Britannia! - YouTube

Alright, YOU'RE GOING TO GOT DAMN FAR NOW MATE.

Quite frankly 2023 Xbox has to bring the fire or … fuck off.

Yep, after this disastrous 2022, they really can't afford to have anything less than a stellar 2023. They need to get at least 5 exclusives out the door in 2023 imo (not including the late AoE or Ghostwire Tokyo Xbox ports or the multiplat Minecraft Legends), and Starfield needs to be among those 5 or more exclusives and return Bethesda to GOTY tier critic scores again like they used to get (mid 90's meta/opencritic) .