I wouldn't say disappointing. It was largely forgettable outside of Cyberpunk 2077 and Keanu Reeves.

But it is too close to next gen for big reveals. MS' conference just highlighted the reasons why Sony opted out.

The worst part had to be Gears 5. Your last major chance to show off gameplay and story elements, and instead you focus on a multiplayer mode and Terminator? What in the flying hell was that trailer, too? It just left me more confused and a bit concerned at the lack of core gameplay.

Also I think I figured out why "of War" was dropped. They're going to milk the franchise hard (Gears Pop! is an example) and having War in the title limits marketing and age ranges.

Lastly, where was Gears Tactics? Completely MIA.

It was Microsoft's time to shine and they blew it. I wish I hadn't watched the whole thing

Gears 5 trailer summed it up with a crap trailer, crap song and no gameplay. Like its coming out in 5 months nows the time to show it with Sony not there, show us a great set piece play through of the campaign only take 10 minutes.

I hated it .. but what i hated the most was no Halo gameplay

Don't call it the Microsoft E3. It was the Xbox Game Pass Show.

I thought it was far from disappointing. They showed a lot of games coming the in the future that I will buy including first party and 3rd party. They could of shown more gameplay, but you are assuming all they developers had the time to make a demo.

It was another disappointment and the whole Keanu thing was cringe city.

Eh, it was fine.

Only MS can end up last in a one man race.

This was the worst xbox conference...ever?? I'll never get hyped for e3 again, ill just wait for them to upload trailers on their youtube channel , rather than watch 1 hour of indies i'll never play.

Still way better than Sonys!!

it was a somewhat mooted show. The announcement of the new xbox using a montage of people was underwhelming. You arent releasing a phone you know.

They were saved by cyberpunk 2077

I agree 100%!! Sony did the right thing & MS should have did the same thing.

It was all Xbox Game Pass, CGI, and multiplatform games

It was pretty meh

The only thing I was interested in was their talk of new hardware and they didn't do much of that, they throw out buzz words but no real substance and they missed an opportunity to one-up Sony. They showed Ori and the will of the whisps again, they showed that last year, a over watch clone from ninja theory, more Halo, forza, Minecraft and Gears....I mean I liked Halo til 4, I liked Gears til 4, I liked forza also but man MS is becoming Nintendo like every year.

Least they showed up more than you can say for its competition.

They didn't really show anything that was particularly exciting for me. Nothing from their 1st party studios at all, and it was (without seeing any gameplay from Halo, and the only thing they even showed with Gears 5 was MP) all multiplayer-focused.

The games they did show I was interested in were multiplatform.

After Sony announced they would not attend E3 2019 the pro Microsoft media, pro Xbox YouTubers and Xbox gamers billed E3 2019 as the biggest and most important moment in Xbox history. Microsoft had the stage and the world to themselves and well we all seen the show. Lol!
We now no why Sony decided to not spend the millions that it cost to do a E3 show by making a fool out of Microsoft and let them do the show for Sony. Microsoft showed'errr mentioned 60 games with most of them to be played on the Sony console and all of them 60 games to be played on something other than a Xbox. Sony was the big E3 2019 winner and they didn't bother to show up. Wow!
There were rumors that we would see a Sony State of Play in the next week or so as a response to E3 but I see no reason for a Sony response after Microsoft did such a good job of showing what is coming to the PS4. Keep holding those cards for a while Sony and don't give us a reason to forget that epic flop we watched yesterday.

Sony didn't have the show up and Microsoft still lost so many people complaining about Microsoft show and for the first time I actually liked it.

I really liked their conference, lots of new games, new console, gamespass for pc for free if u have ultimate, streaming with hybrid and xcloud, but really i liked their focus on coop games. Next e3 is where theyll show the new console box.

Yes, it sucked, but just wait for E3 2020...?
Phil Spenser will eat donuts with his dimples!

Ok that is harsh. I don’t have an Xbox and don’t plan to buy one as I prefers PlayStation but a disappointment is a big word given they did better than last year.
They announced games (arguably not many and some expected like gears and forza. Tu I am excited about flight simulator return), they talked about cloud and games pass for pc and shared a little more about scarlet (albeit it felt like they copied what Sony did in the recent interview with Cerny for wired) but I would not say disappointing.
Also they only recently acquired lots of new studio so it will take time to come up with new exclusives.

So far the best thing about E3 was that Destroy All Humans! Remake was announced the same week lol

I was surprised how bad it was. I thought with Sony not being their they would lie cheat and spin heads off or make up games even to try and blast Sony for not showing up. But instead they just reinforced Sony’s decision not to show up with multiplats and CGI trailers . Phil looked like the biggest douche reciting Sony’s E3 conference from 2013 . They haven’t given up on misleading people with wording on games that will be multiplat . Basically it’s the same old thing all gen but with Sony’s messaging and without Sony’s games and culture. Xbox had a real chance to take a step forward but they fell off the stage and reminded the majority of us why we don’t need an Xbox .

Wow, there's a shocker! this site didn't like the conference 😲

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I wouldn't say disappointing at all. But being the only one of the big 3 being there they didn't pull all the stops they should have.

i was hoping to see a god of war or uncharted killer at e3... guess not
bunch of kiddy exclusives which wont move systems

EA was abysmal, Microsoft didn't live up to the hype (Cyberpunk only was worth it), Bethesda was plain boring ... Ubisoft is the only one that seemed a bit entertaining and Sony was missed ...

Sony hasn't released much regarding next gen, and so it only makes sense that Microsoft will save any large announcements, beyond the Xcloud streaming and the official announcement for Xbox Scarlett for E3 next year, just before they launch their new console. Otherwise, Sony would be the only one revealing any major surprises/announcements just before holiday season next year.

Well plain show is better than no show at all...also I don’t think it was plain it was average show.

Funny how everyone complain abouT CGI But its ok to show CGI of TLOU 2 , FF VII , shanmue 3, death stranding 😂😂

This show was good a lot of games announced and hey its the end of this gen of course they won’t show all what they had in their pockets. I believe Microsoft won this E3 again.

what did Sony show, hmmmmm nothing, because they have nothing lol

Well it was better than Sony's who couldn't even be arsed turning up.

The only thing memorable was Cyber Punk 2077, Keanu and Elden Ring 💍.

I was surprised at how little they talked about xCloud. It was their time to shine. Xbox Scarlet presentation was basically saying... We are doing the same thing PS5 revealed.

They Need To have EXCLUSIVES LOL SMH!!!

Microsoft has been disappointing since E3 2013

THIS IS WHY SONY SKIPPED E3. XBOX conference was a huge disappointment. If PS5 comes out spring 2020 Microsoft is officially done. A cheap PC alternative instead of a gaming console.

Got some good news on Gears of War 5 and Tales of Arise, after that every thing was an indie title I was surprised to find out Double Fine is a part of Microsoft now.

Finally, someone says it like it is

Not to mention the awkward gears of war 5 trailer , like wtf was that?

I wouldn't say it was disappointing, it's pretty much like sony's 2018 e3 where they just shown games we already know about while also introducing a bunch multiplat games. I'm not really expecting bombshells anymore from ps4/one since next gen consoles are right around the corner.

It was ok at best.

Microsoft conference wasn't bad. They did exactly what they said. They showed a lot of games, and I'm actually to see they had a lot of indie games. No way people expected details on the next console this early on. They teased and confirmed it, but they won't release specs, pricing, and more details till the year it releases. We got to see CyberPunk release date too finally! And Keanu NEO Reeves. Don't know what more people were expecting.

Microsoft all they have is Gears, Forza & Halo & they have run them into the ground. Sony has great story driven games. PlayStation has nothing to worry about about watching Microsoft’s pitiful E3 showing. All Microsoft is doing is trying push game pass on people hoping it’s a hit like Netflix so they can go all digital. If you want great games then get a PlayStation.

What was MS thinking when they decided not to show Gears 5's single player campaign? Ridiculous. The whole MS show was mostly talk without action. Here's a translation of they said about Scarlett: "It's going to be pretty much just like the PS5...thank you." The only thing that piqued my interest in the presentation was the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer but since CDPR won't reveal gameplay they needed single player gameplay from Halo and Gears to shine. They chose not to do that and bore us instead.

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be able to stream games from your scarlett to your xboneX.....gonna have to get another doorstop it looks like

Spencer is looking quite plump nowadays. $h!T overhyped cgi filled overdose conference.

I only watched it to see what’s coming to PS4.

As a long time Flight sim player the new game blew my tits off in a joyous unexpected surprise.

Now we know why sony skipped E3, secretly they found out that John Wick was gonna be at the M$ E3 show and was gonna be in Cyberpunk 2077.. Baba Yaga scared them away. lol

Sony won E3 and they didn’t even turn up.

spoilt gamers

Feels like neogaf/resetera on here. It's like you can't have opinions on n4g or you get flooded with downvotes lol a game with state of decay 2 running animations and briefcase as melee weapon in an emptier world than sea of thieves' launch is being hyped up but gamers aren't allowed to be hyped for gears 5? lol what. "I can just play that on my pc" do you, no one else is gonna shell out that much money on a pc that can run xbox games when there are dirt cheap xbox ones that can run those already. This is so toxic. next up people will tell me i can't be hyped for luigis mansion 3, the next zelda, metroid prime, smash bros ultimate dlcs because they are the "same games and/or nothing new just dlcs" r.i.p. logic and real gamers.

I don't really understand the reason why people still want to be on a microsoft system?

Other then Forza Horizon there is nothing else.

Gears 4 was meh tbh. Played it on PC and it was boring most of the time.

Forza Motorsport does not match GTSPORT.

Other then the slight upgrade in visuals over the ps4pro. I don't get it.

3rd party titles are on every system.

Lastly I will say this.

xbox360 seemed like a great console until 4million rrod later. But the 360 gained popularity because of the negative arrangement they pushed out to the press long before the PS3 was released. I can't see that happening ever again.

Heck if Nintendo released a really power console that could play the 3rd party at full details and while using it as a handheld with it's own exclusives and a better online. It would covert many.

But according an other aticle on N4G Microsoft nailed it this E3 and will be leading the next generation and is gonne beat Sony and will be marketleader??

What the heck, they said they were going to go big this e3 yet that was the most boring e3 ever, only games interest me is ori, maybe dragonball z, Halo.... that's all I got ....I thought that if they were going big they would at least show the scarlet console

Massive let down. This was their big chance.

PlayStation won e3 and they didn't even have to show up.

Yea I don’t get how MS could drop the ball so hard. Let’s just rapid fire CGI trailers and not show any demos for games such as Gears of War 5. Let’s announce a release time for Scarlett but let’s not show it on stage with demos of games to come.

Let’s show a cutscene of the new Halo game but not take you all for a spin in it. Ninja Theory game looks, well let’s just say it’s not what I wanted or expected from them so I’ll pass. I think the Keanu reveal was fun but then they can’t show a demo of gameplay in the stage?

Sony does it right where they show a trailer and then show a gameplay demo. I don’t get why MS can’t figure things out.

The Microsoft conference was disappointed. Out of everything they showed the only thing that I actually want to play is the Halo & Phantasy Star Online 2. Scarlett reveal was a waste of time I really didn't show anything and really didn't say anything new.

If you hate games or is a idiotic fanboy then yes Microsoft's E3 show was disappointing.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau