#State of decay 3 e3 full
#State of decay 3 e3 Ps4

This was a well put-together show, but one that ultimately feels pretty hollow at the end. Will this work on me? Yes, but I am a unique case, and convincing non-professionals or those who aren’t Xbox die-hards to shell out that much for an Xbox One X is going to be an incredibly tall order. Microsoft certainly isn’t giving players a reason to come over to their side based on exclusives, so that leaves the arduous task of convincing gamers to pay $500 for a system so their third party games can reach their maximum visual potential.

I think the Xbox One X is going to have a steep climb ahead of it. The biggest games of Microsoft’s show were third party, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Shadow of War and Anthem. Crackdown 3 was barely showcased, Halo was absent entirely and past that, there weren’t even any future huge exclusives teased. If there was ever a time that Microsoft needed to reassure fans and those who have left for Sony that they’re going to start focusing on must-have exclusives again, it was now, but we seemed to get even further away from that today. But again, I just don't think most of these are the titles Xbox needs to truly get back in the game. The Ori presentation was certainly pretty, I'll give it that. State of Decay 2 was maybe tied with Sea of Thieves for second. Literally total Halo silence, leaving Forza 7, the show’s opener, as probably the biggest, most prominently featured Xbox exclusive of the night.

#State of decay 3 e3 full

Weirdly, 343 promised that something Halo-related would appear at the show, albeit not a full sequel, which led many to believe that Halo 3 Anniversary Edition was on its way. Gears is acceptable due to the fourth game coming out just last year, but Halo? Even a tiny tease of Halo 6 would have been great. Also, this show's grand finale of 'look how gorgeous this third party game looks on XB1X!' is for a title that will realistically probably not even be out until 2019.Ĭompletely absent from the show were Gears of War and Halo. Anthem being featured as the closer convinced many people I’ve seen online that it is Xbox exclusive because that definitely is how it was framed, but it’s most certainly not.

#State of decay 3 e3 Ps4

They just want to be the place you play Anthem, even though you can easily play the game on PS4 if you want. Rather, Microsoft just has some sort of Sony-like Destiny deal with EA here, but that’s it. Soon after, WB’s Shadow of War got about 5x the stage time of Crackdown, even though it’s cross-platform.Īnd that all led to Microsoft’s big closer which was… Anthem, BioWare’s upcoming Destiny-fighter which did look great running on Xbox One X, but it’s not a Microsoft exclusive title. The trailer was fine, but it doesn’t seem like the best game to show off the power of Xbox One X, and the features and gameplay weren’t discussed at all. This was supposed to be the Xbox exclusive coming out this fall, and we barely saw anything from it. There was a brief live action promo with Terry Crews, then an actual game trailer and…that was it. But instead of getting its own build-up and lengthy feature, it was just slotted in like any other game. But even stranger was how Microsoft handled the debut of Crackdown 3, a game that has been missing from Xbox events for years now, but apparently is going to be the only real Xbox One X launch title, out this November.