Xbox Series X Discussion

Jonbwfc

Ta! Willl be watching…

Alex

DrDamn that’s an American thing, they do it at my work too forgetting half the people are in EU and HK. I think they are used to just saying EDT and having people translate it in their heads they don’t realise non-Americans have no idea what they’re talking about.

Gammerz

Why don’t they use UTC (i.e. GMT, ha ha)?

DrDamn

So as I suspected that was a bit underwhelming. Lots of small studio / cross gen stuff with a few bigger games. Some interesting games for sure, but as an XSX demo not so great. Vast majority were ‘expected XSX quality’ rather than running on XSX too. Not that I doubt it can achieve the quality on display but it begs the question of what was the point? I suppose it gives the covered games some good exposure but in a showcase I imagine is taking a lot of flack on the interwebs. Leaving MS free to put the first party stuff front and centre later on down the line.

Jonbwfc

Kind of agree. There wasn’t anything that popped out, that made me think ‘Ooh, I need that NOW’. It’s early days yet of course, probably five to six months before launch - and we all know launch titles can be pretty underwhelming anyway - but there wasn’t anything there yet that makes me want to go our and buy one on day one.

Alex

One or two interesting new things (plus that Bloodlines 2 trailer was sweeeet), but nothing world shaking. Certainly nothing to sell the idea of splashing half a grand on a new console.

Jonbwfc

Having watched it back again, I rather like the look of Chorus, or Chorvs as they seem to want to call it, looks like a cross between Control and Everspace. Not really a system seller tbh through.

Jogort

Still waiting on the Assassins Creed Valhalla gameplay to start 🤣
Some interesting looking titles and a decent start at some launch/early games I reckon…..lots of world premeeeers in that presentation.

Alex

I think one reason the stream was underwhelming was because it wasn’t great quality. Watching some of the trailers back it seems more impressive. Was there a reason it needed to be a dodgy quality live stream?

Brave

Yeah I watched it quite late last night and actually liked the look of quite a few games.

DrDamn

Brave Yeah I watched it quite late last night and actually liked the look of quite a few games.

The problem was the expectations they set. That shifted everyone’s focus to a first proper look at what to expect from XSX games, rather than the games themselves - which was you say were actually quite interesting.

DrDamn

Brave

Like the Sony one (but not to such an extent) I think the media and subsequently fan base ran away with this one tbh.

I thought it was fine. And based on what they actually said above. I think they set the expectations just fine

DrDamn

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/05/28/xbox-series-x-next-generation-backward-compatibility/

Cementing their place as backward compatibility kings. Games run with the full power of the XSX at their disposal, including the option to double framerates where possible (30 to 60, even 60 to 120). Impressive.

DrDamn

Interesting …

XSE?
Links in to the slightly odd message here …

Matt Hargett is ex-PS and has posted/hinted at PS5 GPU hardware design points a couple of times.
So “720p/1080p that’s compatible with 900 games” - handheld? Streaming box? Or is XSE just a server blade. Where does the 900 games come from? Is this what MS will support in XCloud when it launches properly?

Alex

Xbox Edinburgh?

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So it’ll be pretty but hollow inside? /s 🤣

Brave

Oh here. What a terrible shock to discover that weegies are as parochial as folk from every other city. =P

Xbox handheld though. I’ll be in there like a shot. This is a hugely interesting run up to next gen.

DrDamn

We have a date!

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-07-06-microsoft-confirms-xbox-series-x-games-reveal-date

Thursday 23rd July at 5pm UK time (midday Eastern, 9am Pacific).

Gammerz

Not ANOTHER Halo! 🙁 Hope they show off MS Flight Sim (though it’s not a game).

r0wie

Gammerz I’d be very surprised if there isn’t a Forza in there somewhere as well…. MS have to keep those 2 main franchises going

BritishBean

r0wie it’s been over two years since a Forza Motorsport has been released. It’ll be pretty much 3 by the time the console comes out. There better be some fucking Forza announcement or I’ll be well pissed!

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