Microsoft Confirms Another Xbox Showcase Will Take Place 'This Summer' In LA

Very impressive communication from MS today. Hope they can keep this momentum up all year long. 2022 was a write off, 2023 can't afford to be as well. So far so good!

It's about time Xbox joined the party, this looks to be an amazing year for gaming

2023 will be the year of Xbox..

This is more like it Xbox keep it coming
Very good presentation today, liked the format and style.

Yesss this is what I want to see. Good start today, hope they keep the momentum up throughout the year.

@Dezzy70 this tells me one thing friend. The games were not ready to do much with in 2022, but the lid is about to open up on what is coming soon and once that lid comes off they have 23 or more studios to continue to have shows like this to keep Xbox moving along and keeping up with the Jones so to speak. This was just opening the door today, more and more is coming and they have loads more games in the works, HellBlade 2, Contraband, Fable, Perfect Dark, Avowed, Gears 6, just to name a few and more than likely even more we don’t yet know. Xbox has a plan here with their studios and getting them up and running and producing is and has taken some time. I think it’s about to pop and when it does the xbox has no games people will turn into, that game should have been on PS5 if MS didn’t buy out the industry.

@somnambulance Google laid off 12,000 workers and Amazon laid off 18,000 and Microsoft laid off 10,000 , so something is going on in the tech world and it’s not just one sided, it seems to be bigger than that.

@Green-Bandit It’s not just the tech world. Business are laying people in every industry. People are about to have rude awakening if they didn’t save any money or manage their spending correctly.

@Green-Bandit all those companies have one thing in common: they provide cloud infrastructure services.

Through the pandemic, many companies jumped into those services to be able to execute their telework strategies. Many of these customers are likely permanent, but a big chunk were always temporary and are now phasing out their corporate cloud plans. That is hitting all of them hard.

@Floki you are 100% right. Layoffs are coming to all areas. I am thankful for what i do, it is 99.9% job security. Otherwise i would be a little nervous. But i have a savings built up enough to live 8-12 months on if i had to. Hope things get better, but seems like thats a ways off.

@Tharsman that makes sense. Tech was huge during the pandemic. I had a feeling it had something to do with that. Thanks for the insight tho.

@somnambulance a bumpy road for sure it seems. I am so lucky my job is guaranteed. But nothing good will come with all these layoffs.

@somnambulance well first let me say i am happy to hear you are secure in your job, that pays the bills and feeds the family, so i don’t wish that on no one. Also congrats for climbing the latter and making yourself a bigger part of the company, that is wonderful news. But i agree with you that these layoffs amongst all industries is going to really hurt. I just went down the road a few minutes ago to grab the wife some ice cream. I saw gas at $3.19, i just filled my truck 2 days ago at $2.91, so in 48 hours or less it jumped a lot, if that continues that will only make matters worse. I really hope things take a turn for the better, but at the moment they are looking grim.

@somnambulance I’m 35 miles out of Austin Texas, so nothing is cheap here. I mean nothing. Texas has turned into the most expensive non coastal areas in the country. Californians been coming here for nearly 20 years now and it’s just insanely expensive. I have job security, happy and blessed for it, but my job can’t keep up with the Jones here. So i have to be a little more selective in what i buy. But i have a PS5, Series X, Switch, 65 inch LG Oled C1 and a full Sonos surround setup with Dolby Atmos, so i am far from hurting for this hobby, my outdoor hobby as i call it is Bass fishing and that makes video games look like peanuts or pennies on the dollar. That one is getting hard to keep up with. Sadly me and my Wife need a bigger house and they are just so much money we are hoping this one sells a little over value, which it may, but is never a guarantee obviously. Trust me most nights i just enjoy sitting back into a great video game with a few beers or talking on here to escape the world around me. I am so thankful for Pure Xbox and Push square and the work they do and all the awesome people i have to talk with on here. It helps more than it looks.

@somnambulance i know what you mean about neighbors paying more or less. We bought in this neighborhood 5 years ago for around $150K less than what it would take to move next to us now. So in that sense we are doing good for when we sell it. But in order to buy the space we need or would like, is going to cost out the you know what. I wish i made enough to support the whole house, sadly i must admit we are a two income house. Tho my wife has let me know that if i ever make enough, her desire is to be a stay at home mom. I couldn’t tell you how much i prefer this site over IGN and N4G and others. This is 90% of all i use and 100% of all i chat on.

E3 better become a more focused trade show again. Since it opened to the public and had to expand its operations, things slowly went down hill logistically whilst Sony and others pulled out; then a major leak and a pandemic later we're here today, and tbh I bet most of us would be ok with an online-only showcase (no crowds present).

Also, North America is still wasting gas by sending people to one corner of the continent for a not-even one week expo?

@CrazyJF leaks until a few days ago, you mean

@Green-Bandit Two years ago, in early 2021, many of us figured that they would start holding games in the reserve, largely to avoid the two-year cross-gen promise Spencer made in 2020, and also due to pandemic woes.

Regardless, I was okay wit what I got in 2022 and that counts for something.

@CrazyJF thought I was going crazy for a minute, lmao

@somnambulance better lucky then good i think they say. Glad you are building up some good equity in the house tho. You nailed it, this site is just the best of the best of everything from news, to posting and the people. I love it here. Check it 10X or more a day.

@Jark you are right about that and hey as long as you had games to play and you are happy with your xbox, that is all anyone can ask for. I still love my Series X, they have some areas to clean up. I am really hopeful they get the new Home Ui screen in 2023 right. Obviously we need some big hitters with games, and i would love an elite 3 controller. But in due time i think it will all be clicking for them and as much as i love my PS5, i just don’t think i could be without my Series X as my main everyday driver.