Topic: The everything Xbox thread

@CanisWolfred No interest in CupHead?

Not in the slightest, no. It looks disturbing, IMO.

2017 has been the worst year for an Xbox console that I can remember. This is 2008 Wii levels of dry. At least Wii got Mario Kart and Smash that year though.

@Gamer83 I'd compare it more to 2016 Wii U where Crackdown 3 is BotW.

@Gamer83 Just found out that this is the quietest year ever for Microsoft Game Studios:

Microsoft Game Studios retail output by year:

2006 - 4
2007 - 13 (the amazing year of Blue Dragon, Crackdown, Forza Motorsport 2, Halo 3, Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4)
2008 - 8
2009 - 7
2010 - 11 (the year of the Kinect; seven out of those eleven games are for the Kinect)
2011 - 8
2012 - 10
2013 - 8 (Xbox One launched)
2014 - 7
2015 - 6
2016 - 5
2017 - 3

It’s a good job that 2018 will see at the very least a twofold improvement on just three games this year...

So it seems the Yapyap is coming today/tomorrow, the final Halo Wars 2 season pass content. Seems all but confirmed that the expansion will be at the Gamescom event on Sunday.

@DarthNocturnal I would lose my mind for AoE4.

I think either AoE4 for PC, AoE Definitive Edition for Steam (I don't think Steam is confirmed yet?) or AoE games playable on XB1 makes sense for the AoE event on Monday.

WAIT WHAT HALO WARS ON STEAM?! Woot woot! I'll be right back...

EDIT: I looked up "Halo" on Steam and it gave me Half-Life. Oh Gabe, you cheeky *******.

Microsoft Gamescom Conference starts now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYkQqcF4uZk

ReCore Definitive Edition contents are free for ReCore owners!

So Microsoft is publishing PUBG on XB1. For their sake, they need to push that as much as possible.

The game is huge on PC right now. Already sold over 8 million copies on Steam in early access and topped 700k concurrent users.

So that squirrel game gets enhanced by the power of Xbox. I get they're trying to sell a console, but you really don't need to say the word ''power'' in every sentence

No.

Is it just me or did they show that Forza trailer at E3 already?

State of Decay 2 was why the stream was made 18+.

@MsJubilee They did.

They did with State of Decay as well. Lazy

Oh man this is so cringe-inducing.

"It's soooo powerful, oooweee it's the most powerful console ever, I've got goosebumps blah blah blah... World premier... exclusive... true 4k.... exclusive true 4k world premier." It's depressing seeing all this focus put on power and graphics. Not that I don't appreciate power and graphics- I do... but gosh dang. They've got this super dramatic orchestral music playing like it's some modern marvel of engineering. Dude, it's a freaking Xbox.

I'm already sold on the console. Just make the operating system fast and uncluttered... like the Switch and the PS4. And put preorders up already so I can lock one in.

Xbox One X preorders live

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-xbox-one-x-project-sco...

So the only new info we got was:

• Halo Wars 2 Awakening the Nightmare expansion details
• ReCore Definitive Edition (extra contents free for ReCore owners)
• Hardware bundles (XB1X Project Scorpio Edition, XB1S Minecraft)
• More XB1X enhance upgrades confirmed
• Expansion to other regions (Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Design Labs)

@DarthNocturnal AoE? (Just brings up Area of Effect when it comes to shortcuts. Old MMO player )