Microsoft Might Not Show Everything At July's Xbox Showcase

That's understandable, as long as what they do show is all good and there is still alot of game footage and reveals I will be happy... (He also put a very notable dig into Nintendo I see)....

This feels like a pretty obvious outcome to be honest. If Microsoft revealed everything in July, Sony would do another event in August and completely steal the spotlight.

They had already said they would release everything in a staggered manner. You might not see Inxile’s AAA and Obsidian’s AAA soon.

I agree with the comments above, nobody expects them to show every single project they are making for the next generation. Common sense.

It doesn't make sense to reveal everything. No doubt some projects are further on in their development than others and it doesn't make sense to reveal 'everything' and then have little to show for the next year or so and people are waiting and waiting for games revealed in July 2020.

@BANJO Nintendo is so weird. They showed Metroid Prime 4 logo in 2017, then ditched the project which was apparently being made by Bandai Namco and asked Retro, the team responsible for the original trilogy and the most obvious choice. So between the reveal and the game who know how much time will pass.
But sometimes, they announce games hours before being released.

@BlueOcean Yes, Nintendo has been acting strange recently, although this is quite normal for them... 😀
Metrioid Prime 4 announced years before release, then to contradict this the next Paper Mario game just announced a couple of month's before release...
I think Nintendo is just basically sitting on quite a few game announcements and is waiting for both Microsoft and Sony to further show their hands first going into the next gen...
Nintendo may wish to ditch directs where a wealth of info is released at once and instead split it all up.. They must want to remain relevant against the new consoles, and so stealth drops of single game announcements will help create a regular buzz and keep the Switch platform relavent and in the news going forwards...
That's my view...

@BANJO They have been quieter than I expected about the Switch considering they only have a console to support now. Who knows what they will do next...

@BlueOcean Nintendo is a few months away from literally being at least ten years behind their competition technologically. i know games are what matters, but i've played the Switch, i love some of the games, but that thing is a cell phone lol

Lol, what a great quote, so true about Nintendo.

@Grot Yes, when they announced Metroid Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 I also perceived it like "Stay tuned and don't leave yet". I think it backfired, at least a little bit. Wii U had a great launch indeed in spite of Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U's mixed reception as "new generation" (Wii U was barely more powerful than Xbox 360) launch games and then they abandoned it very early in its life, years before releasing Switch. They delayed Breath of the Wild and ported its games to the newer console. It's not Nintendo's intention to reveal their plans unless they believe that it will benefit them.

@armondo36 Wii U was the second console of the current generation (the first was 3DS) and it was just a little bit more powerful than Xbox 360 (a last generation console). Switch is just a bit more powerful than Wii U but with different (mobile) architecture. I wonder what will Nintendo do when next generation arrives later this year. It will make third-party games look even worse on Switch, if they are ported.

@Grot Certainly, Wii U sold well upon it's November 2012 release but by as early as end January 2013 sales basically stopped... Nintendo wanted to keep Switch Momentum going after launch, didn't want to be caught out twice, that's why it's first year saw Zelda BOTW, Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Xeonoblade, Mario Kart, Pokemon Tournament, Fire Emblem Warriors etc...
They also announced those games (Bayo 3, Metriod Prime 4) to help promote momentum and buzz around the console... It worked, even though those 2 game's haven't actually been released Switch has gone from strength to strength (so far) without those games actually releasing....
Games like Animal Crossing/Pokemon etc and the above evergreen titles continue to propel it along nicely currently...
Hopefully this continues going forwards, it will be interesting....

I think we can expect Halo and Forza for sure. And then possibly the 2 big rumors of Fable and Perfect Dark.. then smaller indie games. I think that would be perfectly enough! Save the other studios work for the next event and headline that with Hellblade 2.

What with the comment about Nintendo lol?

@BlueOcean well there are still a ton of games that needed to be ported from eve last gen like Mass Effect, I don’t think it’s a. Issue. By the time they even try true Series X games, Switch 2 will most likely be a thing

@mousieone Because the guy in the article criticised Nintendo.

@Grot I agree.

@Grot Yes, Nintendo do seem to be over-correcting themselves, last minute announcements before release.... They chop and change their stance overtime..

Regarding Microsoft (staying on topic 🤣)
they will play it by ear, I think they are more confident in their offering this gen than with Xbox One.... Here's hoping so...

Don't hold back those two brand new Banjo-Kazooie games.

I hope they hold some things back for August. If they have enough games to show, why try to cram it all into one event? Let the games breathe.

By all means hold some goodies back, but at the same time first impressions are everything. As long as they have enough "big" reveals of their own, bolstered by some solid third party showings, it should be fine.