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@Zochmenos ah I see I thought you meant xbox walling off Japanese games by the trailers they shown today.

@pip_muzz I may give the new flight simulator a try if it has objectives/missions in, but I don't want to be flying around aimlessly.

Also yeah not even the summer showcase was a E/F.

@Zochmenos What do you mean by the Japanese games being walled off? They're coming to other consoles and even Persona 3 Reloaded is coming to the switch. If anything Sega is one of the only Japanese devs lately that are not "walling off" their games

I rate the show an overall B

Il get the Negatives out the way first, for me it's underwhelming to see updates for existing live service games and we had 4 in this showcase (Overwatch 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 76 and Sea of Thieves) so they didn't wow me. Also I'm not interested in traditional racing games or any kind of simulator games so the trailers for Flight Simulator and Forza were also lost on me. The Persona Reveals we already knew about and I watched them two days ago so they lost the surprise factor for me. And although Fable was shown it wasn't what I was expecting and was in engine footage so will most likely look different on release, same with South of Midnight which I'm guessing is a monster hunter style multiplayer game (live service). One of my anticipated games in Avowed looked great gameplay wise but damn it looked so rough. And finally one of the biggest games from xbox that I'm looking forward to the most is State of Decay 3 and was not shown at all although it's been 4+ years since the second game was done.

Onto the Positives, Hellblade 2 is looking incredible and I can't wait to play it, man that opening few seconds though we're giving me the sweats as I'm claustrophobic. Starfield also looked incredible and I can't wait to play it, its basically no man's sky and mass effect but better, definitely day one for me. Clockwork was a great surprise and I can tell its heavily influenced by Bioshock which is great. The third party multiplatform reveals were also pretty decent including the indies show, Star Wars Outlaws is looking to be Ubisofts best game in a very long time and the fact its open world is a plus, That Capcom game looked sick, their output lately is incredible, and even though I won't be playing on it on xbox that new Atlus game looks amazing and is refreshing to see them do something other than Persona/SMT games. The Cyberpunk DLC looked great also although I'm very cautious on that as we all know how the main game turned out.

Overall though it was a great show and definitely the best out the bunch, but yeah the negatives for me personally bring the score down quite a bit especially with some big games lacking gameplay footage. Also a bit lacking on release dates, all I got form that show is that over the next 12 months they only have Starfield and Forza for definite.

I'm also pretty shocked no one has mentioned the Hideo Kojima Xbox exclusive, it's been what two years since it got announced? Surely there's something to show by now.

Resistor and Instinction are day ones for me.

My expectations are realistic so I don't think il be disappointed or wowed tbh, in terms of exclusives I'm only interested in Avowed, Fable, State of Decay and Hellblade. In terms of Starfield I do want to play it but for me it's going to be the same formula of fallout/elder scrolls but in space and I've never competed a fallout or elder scrolls game as I lose interest so I could see the same happening with starfield, Forza Motorsport I have no interest in as I don't like the traditional racing games, Halo I have no interest in, any older JRPG's coming to xbox I have no interest in as I've already played them elsewhere, any new third party multiplatform announcements like the persona games would be great (apart from them as the surprise was ruined, I also think a Borderlands 4 reveal would be awesome and it's been a long time coming.

I would be interested in a Gears of war collection though or a Re-core sequel. I'm also hopeful of a brand new IP from Xbox, and lastly of they announce The Evil Within 3 then I'd be overjoyed with that.

Overall I think the show will be a B Rating.

On PS5 i will be playing Potion Permit which so far I'm quite enjoying more than I thought I would. I will also be playing Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen again as I never got round to doing the Arisen content when I first completed the game.

On Switch I'm giving Zelda a rest this weekend so instead I will be playing Bayonetta Origins which I hope to complete today, such an underrated game. I will also be playing Splatoon 3 as there's a new Big Run event starting today. And finally I may start Shin Megami Tensei 5 as all the Persona news lately has got me itching to play and SMT is the next best thing to it.

On Xbox I will continue with Hi-Fi Rush and look forward to their showcase.

@Somebody Well tbf Microsoft have had longer to get some games together for this show, over the last two years it's been very quiet in terms of having actual gameplay in their showcases, so this one needs to make up for the last two as well so there's a lot more pressure on Microsoft compared to the rest.

@Somebody Sony's showcase was a weird one, why did they let the spiderman release date reveal and FF7 P2 reveal be shown elsewhere. It's like they rushed it together just to have atleast something show during this gaming show period, hence why I believe they will have another showcase towards the end of the year. Also I think Xbox should follow PlayStation and Nintendo in doing smaller digital directs throughout the year, especially to show off gamepass additions instead of just saying "X" game is coming next month etc.

Has it been confirmed Nintendo won't be having a direct this month?

Edit: Nintendo may be having one afterall.

https://mynintendonews.com/2023/06/08/japan-nintendo-updates-nintendo-direct-page-today-generally-precedes-a-presentation/

Well the bar isn't set very high so I'd be mega shocked if xbox didn't win this "non E3". Gameplay trailers of Avowed, State of Decay 3, New Fable and Hellblade 2 will be enough on their own to win it.

Well it will take some doing to be any worse than Gollum. I'm hoping for another RTS game like the ones on the 360 back in my college years.

@Tharsman Well I hope so as over the last few weeks I've been buying a lot of 3DS games before they all go super rare, but SMT 4 is going for £130+ on ebay and I'm not paying that.

@SplooshDmg Yeah we've seen that with Persona 5 Strikers as it didn't follow Royal and it looks to be the same with Persona 5 Tactica.

I would of prefered Tactica to be like Persona Q and have characters from multiple games.

@SplooshDmg According to this leaker who got it right

https://www.thegamer.com/persona-3-remake-wont-be-definitive-fes-portable-content/

Its not a "definitive" version and is based of the vanilla version which is disappointing, not even FES content.

Also I thought the Shin Megami Series was meant to be coming to Xbox/Playstation as well, I'm pretty sure it was heavily rumoured and even some marketing banners were leaked online.

@Tharsman Makes sense, although those who are only part way through the P3P re release they might end up leaving that and just waiting for the Remake.

Il just wait and see if they announce any info on new content, I know a lot of people will be upset over the lack of female protagonist option.

@AlwaysPlaying Well it's a bit tedious when you've already played the PS2 version and then the PSP version, and they put the game onto Nintendo and Xbox consoles just 6 months ago. They need to add new content similar to Royal/Golden to make this worth it for me.

@Rmg0731 It would say console exclusive but it doesn't so they are coming to other consoles, xbox just has the marketing and the day one on gamepass.

Nothing about them being console exclusive which is a good sign, but I'm hoping that Persona 3 Remake has new content or its a no from me.

I don't know how Geoff did it, but he actually made the PlayStation Showcase look decent

@Adol-Bannings To get one on release day you must of pre ordered it due to stock issues, so surely they gave you the option to have it delivered when you placed the order? Unless gamestop don't do deliveries I honestly don't know.

Given Microsoft like to add multiplayer co op games to gamepass I'd wager this will shown at the Xbox showcase, and be a gamepass addition day one.

@Hexamex-Tex Brilliant, will definitely be getting it this Friday then, very rare a game gets proper couch co op done like this so it's been a while since we last played a game together so should be fun.

I was waiting for it to come to gamepass but after seeing the reviews and gameplay on YouTube I now know I can't wait that long lol so I will hopefully be getting it this Friday.

Does anyone know if you play couch co op do both players get trophies/achievements? As I want to play co op with my partner but only if she can get trophies as well for her account whilst we play the game on my account.

Cgi trailers are fine if the game is in very early development or its the games first ever reveal/announcement. So for games like Avowed, State of Decay 3 and Fable we should be looking forward to seeing some solid gameplay.

Surely there's going to be something on state of decay 3? It was announced in 2020 so there's got to be some gameplay they can show by now, if not then what the hell they been doing for 3 years.

On PS5 i will be trying to complete God of War Ragnarok according to my console it's says I'm 88% done so not long left now. I will also be playing some Humanity which is fun but also challenging especially if you want all those goldies.

On Switch it will be some more Zelda TOTK, Bayonetta Origins and Splatoon 3. Been playing splatoon a lot lately and it's starting to get to me now that they only rotate the stages evey two hours, with how fast matches are in this game playing the same two maps for two hours does get boring.

On Xbox I will playing some more Phoenix Point and Hi-Fi Rush

Saw the article and started sweating lol just started Phoenix Point and knowing my luck it was going to get removed, buy thankfully it's not 😁

I will most likely be watching on my phone or tablet, I'm quite looking forward to see what first party titles are going to be shown, After the last two shows from xbox which were disappointing I'm expecting this one to be something special and for them to go all out with a lot of first party announcements, reveals and gameplay trailers.

Personally I'm hoping to see some State of Decay 3 and Avvowed.

@TheSoccerist Ah I see that would explain it then, well that definitely means it's something to do with fable and with that showcase screen at the end it's basically saying its going to be shown in some capacity.

Hopefully it's not a game where I need to play the other fables first.

Also can someone explain how a glitter trail symbolises it's something to do with Fable?

@ZuneTattooGuy well once Microsoft own them they will have no choice.

@Green-Bandit Yeah I know it will be on there at some point but I'm hoping sooner rather than later, I could buy it on playstation but I'm holding out for the gamepass version primarily so I can play handheld and save some money as theres too many releases I want to buy lately, so if any games I want are coming to gamepass then I'm playing it there.

I'm hoping Microsoft announce this coming to gamepass very soon.

@BAMozzy Tbh I was looking at the ROG as well but was slightly more than budget right now but within the next 12 months I will definitely get one as like you I want to play games natively and not always over WiFi.

The reason I went for the G Cloud right now was because I wanted a bigger screen for handheld, the backbone one was good but because it needed a mobile phone the resolution was fixed at 720p which isn't the best especially when on mobile using xcloud cutss off some of the screen on the edges smdue to the aspect ratio, so games didn't look the best, and then as I have big hands the smaller controller part made it hard to play shooters (they are smaller than switch joy con's).

But the G Cloud has a 7 inch screen with a perfect aspect ratio for fullscreen cloud gaming and is 1080p, plus I can use it for playstation remote play and geforce now which I'm very interested in trying. And I believe I can use it as a normal tablet as well since it has Google play built in which I will use for watching anime etc. So for right now it was my best option based on my budget.

But I am interested to hear your feedback on the ROG once you get it, it looks sleeker than the bulky steam deck and doesn't have the touch pad which I would never use.

@mousieone I did see you online the other day playing that game and I did click to see what it was about, I may give it a try when my new handheld comes tomorrow.

And yes rune factory 4 is a definite reccomendation, I wonder if rune factory 5 will also make it's over at some point as well. I've got in on switch but the performance is shocking.

I honestly dont get why they are continuing with this service, put some effort into it and include some bigger games, they have the money to. It's like they are making it as poor as possible on purpose to push people to get gamepass ultimate instead.

Sony and Microsoft should just offer a basic subscription that's just for online play like nintendo do.

I'm hoping there's some more bigger games coming this month especially after the showcase, just bought the Logitech G Cloud handheld as well purely for gamepass so I'm hoping to get a good chunk of playtime on it in June but not much is catching my eye right now, I have started ravenlok and redfall so I may continue with those, may give Amnesia a try but im not the best at the sneaky horror games, give me a weapon and I'm fine though 😅

"May Promote Competition"

That's doesn't sound convincing, surely it would of been better to say "will" instead.

For Xbox exclusive I'm going with state of decay 3, the 2nd game was so much fun and I love apocalyptic games with freedom and state of decay 2 was the best at that. Also a Gears of War collection that brings the series on par with Gears of war ultimate edition, I want to get into the series but after completing ultimate last year I can't go back to older graphics of 2-3.

For multiplatform I'm hoping to see Persona 6 reveal although very unlikely due to the rumours, persona 3 remake I have no interest in as how many times do they want us to play that game, I've played the original, then portable on psp and then they put it on the latest consoles earlier this year.

And for those moaning about square games skipping xbox then this is your time to prove a point, go and support the game and show square enix that xbox players do indeed play JRPG's, and not show negativity such as saying only 100 xbox players will play it, it's things like that that make people think xbox players in general don't like Japanese games.

Maybe it's just certain series Square choose to skip xbox, pretty sure xbox have had all the latest dragon quest games such as builders, heroes and 11s. So it's a sure bet xbox will also get dragon quest 12 which will undoubtedly be the best jrpg this gen.

The game arrived today as I rented it but I don't know if can be bothered to even try it after all I've read and seen.

Nothing precious about this.

@Kaloudz this was from a year ago but still this is why they won't kill off the current GTA online

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sportskeeda.com/amp/gta/gta-5-much-money-game-made-till-now

"GTA Online rakes in about $800 million yearly from Shark Cards alone. The new subscription model also provides great deals on Shark Cards, so the sales potential is rising. Since the game got ported to the next-gen consoles, many new players have joined the game. Digital revenue from the game accounted for 88% percent of Take-Two Interactive's earnings in the last quarter"

@Kaloudz yep it's currently getting between 90,000 to 150,000 players per day just on steam, 2.5 million per month according to trackers, and thats just one platform, add the amount that play it on xbox and playstation as well and you're looking at double that.

@Kaloudz I think they may have to either not make a brand new GTA online or just update the graphics of the current online mode, similar to what fortnite did with the new console versions.

Otherwise they will have GTA online and GTA 6 online which I can't see them doing, and they won't want to shut down the current one whilst it's still raking in the money.

Hopefully something comes of this as then I can rent it. But if its digital only then I'm waiting for a sale.

@el_pieablo it's called Boomerang Rentals, I'm in the highest tier for £29.99 per month which is 4 games at a time including priority on new releases, as soon as yiu send a game back you get sent another one if its in stock.

@Ralizah I understood why people were disappointed and I even said myself that it was a mediocre showing from a first party point, my comment about fake fans were aimed at those saying they are leaving sony behind because of one showcase.