I don’t know but I am excited to see what they will do. I own a PS4 but I’m a gamer. So I still get excited for new games. And this fall it looks like Microsoft is done playing around and is about to release it’s big guns.
That means it’s franchise players like Halo 5 and Gears of War. If that doesn’t get the hardcore gamers excited I don’t know if anything will. Hell I don’t even own the system and I’m excited as hell to see Halo 5. I must admit if any game is going to bring me back to Xbox, Halo is their best bet.
And how can you go wrong bringing back one of the biggest games of all time - with Gears Of War. The remastered version is looking really amazing, but what’s also really cool is we're going to get a look at the new one. This E3 couldn’t be more on fire. This is a hot as it gets, E3 June 15, 2015 is looking like it’s going to be huge.
It has not been an easy road for Microsoft, they have had to play second fiddle to the PS4, and I'm sure that's not a position they wanted to be in. Especially after the X360 had practically put Microsoft in the lead in gaming and against Sony. But that lead is all but gone, Sony is dominating with the PS4 and if the Microsoft is going to make a comeback, this is the time to do it, and the pressure to do it right could not be higher. Sony will surely come out with it's best hand, it's not like there going to just sit back and watch Microsoft.
Microsoft is making comments like "see the greatest games lineup in Xbox history". That a very bold statement to make. One that you are seriously going to have to back up, if they don’t want to get negative feedback from the E3 show. I mean if you say the greatest of Xbox history, it better be good.
I think this is going to be crazy, and I believe Microsoft wouldn’t say it unless they can back it up. Are you not convinced yet, well it looks like were also going to get to see Forza Motorsport 6, talk about bringing out the big guns. Could we see Fable Legends, Rise of The Tomb Raider, Maybe Crackdown will be there. These are not lite games.
Their not playing around this holiday season, and as a PS4 gamer, it’s starting to look like this just might be the best chance they have at convincing me to buy an XB1. Halo is looking amazing and having Gears of War surely is not going to hurt anything.
Microsoft also promises to reveal some unannounced games. Wonder what we could see. Could Microsoft really have some key unannounced games that could shift the podium back in their corner. One thing is really clear this, is going to be one hell of an E3. You are not going to want to miss one second of this epic show. It's put up or shut up time, and I think Microsoft knows this and they plan on going hard.
But the real question is can they really bring it this holiday season, they do have their work cut out for them, but I think it’s a smart bet to bet everything on what got you here, and having the big guns like Halo and Gears of War is a really smart play. Only after we see E3 will we be able to tell us for sure, but what’s your verdict on XB1 do you think they can wow us this year, can they really take back gaming in 2015?
Is this about to be the year of XB1, is that even possible?
What do you think, can Microsoft really surprise us this E3 and setup the XB1 to dominate this Holiday Season?
If this one doesn't have you excited I don't what will..
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Used to be a big halo fan back in the day. This latest offering looks terrible to me. The story line looks atrocious (for no good reason suddenly the Hero of the UNSC is being hunted by Spartan IVs. Who thought it was a good idea to pit Spartan IIs against IVs??) and the multiplayer gameplay looks like a horrible combination of COD meets Halo with some extra parkour tossed in because why the hell not. 343 seem to be a developer that just isn't capable of handling the Halo series; but then again, Bungie started this trend with Reach.
For Microsoft to be on top, Xbox has to dominate every region or at least most of them. That will never happen.
-Xbox platforms never do exceptionally well in Asia. Not even launching in China is helping Microsofts fortunes, with PS4 already outselling X1 despite the headstart.
-In Europe despite being more expensive and launching 1.5 years later, PS3 outsold 360 in that region by Spring 2008. Only place 360 came out on top last gen in that region was UK. That entire region had always been and always will be PlayStation Nation.
-In the rest of the world Sony usually dominates. Places like Central America, South America, Africa, and Middle East tend to side with PlayStation,
This gen the only region they are truly competitive in is North America, and they're already losing that to Sony. There's very little waggle room for them to somehow make a comeback. At this point its only logical to assume that this is as good as it gets for Microsoft. At 12 million sold in 1.5 years on the market, the fastest selling Xbox console is now selling on par with the slowest selling PlayStation console. That isn't so bad once you still realize PS3 went on to sell 86.5 million in nearly 9 years
This would also impact where software gets prioritized. After already achieving 50% of this generations console market, developers would be more poised to side with PS4 than X1 if any of the distributors would want to make any deals. This support will continue on into the golden years of 8th gen
"That means it’s franchise players like Halo 5 and Gears of War."
It's Halo 5 and a remastered 360 game.....
Sony has a remastered God Of War 3 coming this June as well and that was definitely one of PS3s best games, yet you don't see people going on about how amazing it's going to be. Why? Because we've already played it. This goes for any remastered game. We've already played it. We want new games, not old ones. We want next-gen games.
short answer, no.
long answer, they will try and do what they should have done years ago but this is now a desperate microsoft. they have to concentrate on first party now. they don't have an early lead which helped them with sales on the xbox 360. they don't have the better hardware or more importantly easier hardware to work on. sony crossed their t's and dotted all their i's when creating the ps4. sony also has something microsoft never had, worldwide appeal.
the question then becomes, can microsoft take back america?
xbox one has fallen way too far behind now. theres no way it'll even make a slight comeback. yeah sure xbox one is going to outsell PS4 when halo 5 comes out but thats going to be in the US only. nothing they do will be enough.