Xbox Boss Shares Heartfelt Message Following Summer Showcases

That should have been an internal communication. It has nothing to do with us. There is no reason to celebrate before you've released anything and are in dead last place by a huge margin.

Neat videos Phil. Also, you are fired.

@Cashews totally understand this sentiment. However I like Phil and think he is doing a good job. The one important thing he has done is to get Microsoft totally onboard with gaming. I know theere have been some lean years but I think we're on a major up swing.

@Widey85 I'm super cheery. I just bought my first xbox in 12 years just yesterday - really just because of the showcase. It sold the system over the playstation to me personally.

I just wouldn't send out messages acting like you've won anything - they haven't. that's me.

but what you said is also true the fired part was just a joke. I might can him after a few years though if he doesn't pick up sales.

@Widey85 360 was all I played for about 5 years (except Nintendo handhelds which I have always played and always will) > PC first gamer > all Switch until now. I got this system solely because of Street Fighter - otherwise I would have been fine with the Switch until a new 3 came out.

I was literally about to pull the trigger on the PS5 until the god awful showcase they put out. I decided to wait and MS blew them away. Good for them seizing this one opportunity at least!

I have a suspicion I'm not the only one though. It was a bear finding a non bundled console and incredibly hard finding the disc of SF6. cheers!

Hard to take anything Phil tweets seriously with that ridiculous logo.

@Cashews why should it be internal? It was a message to everyone involved with all the showcases and events, not just Xbox.

Armored Core VI is also another hyped AAA franchise that's resorting to 30fps! Embrace it as the norm, folks, as we're probably not getting mid-gen refreshes to push out 60fps again.

"We need that moment here where we come together to celebrate"

not at 30 fps bruh.

@Jark I'm not going back to 30fps. Any game that does not support 60fps, I'll just play on PC.

I still would rather play on console if the game supports 60fps, due to features like achievements and quick resume, but not enough to play new games at 30fps.

Edit: there might be some exceptions, but not if they are first person perspective games.

I guess he's trying to be positive here, fair enough it seems like the road map ahead seems brighter now. Let's just hope they can actually deliver 🙏

@Tharsman turns out I might be wrong about Armored Core VI. The store page trailers and initial reveals some months back were obviously 30fps to me, but last week's SGF gameplay demo seemed to be running at 60. I think a lot of us, including myself, can tell the relative difference between 30 and 60 fps at a glance (though if I had had a 120Hz screen and got used to 120fps gameplay, I'm not sure if I could differentiate the differences between 30 vs 60 and 60 vs 120 in trailers... not like there are any 120 fps trailers anyway).

(I can't abbreviate it as "AC" as that'll just confuse my brain with "Assassin's Creed" if I were to come back and read any response to this later lol).

@Widey85 Give yourself some credit. Watch some Digital Foundry or similar series of videos and soon you'll be able to visually differentiate between a framerate and half or double its amount, i.e. 30 vs. 60.