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Ryuu96 on 09 January 2023
shikamaru317 said:

I have a few nits to pick with these Jez rumors about the new format for sure:

-The name isn't great. The whole point of the new format and new name is to disassociate with those awful Inside Xbox shows they tried last time to compete with Nintendo Direct. Those inside Xbox shows were mostly developers talking with far too few game reveals or gameplay demos. This name however, Developer_Direct, harkens to mind those Inside Xbox shows where the developers talked you to death.

-No Starfield? Come on Xbox, you know better than this, the fans will rage if it's not there. No mention of Goldeneye remaster as well, when it too is said to be a 1st half release.

-No mention of 3rd party reveals, this reads like it is 1st/2nd party only. Nintendo Directs and Sony State of Play events have 3rd party games being shown and revealed in addition to 1st and 2nd party games. Xbox should at least be able to get some gameplay trailers or demos for games they have marketing/day one Gamepass rights for that are releasing in Q1 or Q2, games such as Atomic Heart, Wo Long, and Flintlock. They really need to convince 3rd parties to reveal brand new games on these too, but that may take time, the 3rd party pubs will want to see strong view counts for these shows before they will commit to revealing games on them, so I can forgive them for no 3rd party reveals on this first ever Developer_Direct, but they at least need some 3rd party trailers or gameplay demos for already announced games.,

Eh, I think the name is bland but I don't think anyone will associate it to Inside Xbox, those shows barely got any views.

Everyone knows what Nintendo Direct is though so Xbox Developer Direct should set a certain expectation...Except I think these gameplay demos will maybe be developers talking over them, a bit like some E3 demos. So we'd have Todd Howard speaking over like 30 minutes of gameplay or whatever, it's developers bringing the gameplay direct to us.

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G2ThaUNiT on 09 January 2023

Jez already trying to cover his ass



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Angelus on 09 January 2023
Ryuu96 said:

You know if none of this leaked and Xbox just randomly announced one day "we're having a showcase with these titles! We'll have a Starfield showcase later!" then I doubt people would be mad but now there's a bit of annoyance at a possibility that Starfield isn't there after weeks of hearing about this rumoured event which everyone assumed featured Starfield, Xbox is probably pissed off at Jez, again, Lol.

Depends on how exactly they phrased it, really. If they said something along the lines of "We'll have a dedicated Starfield direct in the near future/very soon/within the next month..." that would have gone over well. If it was more along the lines of you'll see Starfield in the very non-descript future, the reaction would have still been very poor.



Ryuu96 on 09 January 2023

I can remove one of my poll ideas that I forgot to do, the days of waiting for E3 for any scrap of information are finally over!

New Xbox marketing strategy, they hired a few new guys for this, I think this one from IGN as well who joined Xbox in June 2022.

Tina Amini - Director of Xbox Broadcasts and Events Strategy Lead - Microsoft | LinkedIn

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Ryuu96 on 09 January 2023

Welcome to Xbox Developer Direct.

Steve Ballmer: Developers - YouTube



shikamaru317 on 09 January 2023
Ryuu96 said:

Welcome to Xbox Developer Direct.

Steve Ballmer: Developers - YouTube

Wow, he's so sweaty. How hot was it on that stage, lmao. 



VersusEvil on 09 January 2023

It’s a shame if Starfield is delayed because no matter how good the event is it’ll get overshadowed completely and that’s all you’ll hear about. This is what Xbox has been missing forever, we don’t need 1 event a year and 11 months of rumours, there’s no excitement and this changes that, would be sad to see it start off on the wrong foot. I’m looking forward to it regardless.



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Ryuu96 on 09 January 2023
shikamaru317 said:
Ryuu96 said:

Welcome to Xbox Developer Direct.

Steve Ballmer: Developers - YouTube

Wow, he's so sweaty. How hot was it on that stage, lmao. 

He's just too excited about DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS



Ryuu96 on 09 January 2023
VersusEvil said:

It’s a shame if Starfield is delayed because no matter how good the event is it’ll get overshadowed completely and that’s all you’ll hear about. This is what Xbox has been missing forever, we don’t need 1 event a year and 11 months of rumours, there’s no excitement and this changes that, would be sad to see it start off on the wrong foot. I’m looking forward to it regardless.

I guess I'm less disappointed because I've been saying Starfield is delayed for months now

But you're right that general perception will be focused on Starfield's delay.

Still looking forward to the showcase and excited about this new approach in Xbox marketing, one missing title is disappointing but I'm looking forward to the others as well. I just hope Starfield's deep dive isn't too far away because then I'll be really disappointed and desperate for any scrap of information.