Poll: Has July's Xbox Showcase Changed Your Mind On Xbox Series X?

Its still a battle for me, Xbox or playstation.

Im glad fable is coming and Halo lookinf really great. Some other IPs i also liked.
But the one game that i wanted wasnt There.. Killer instinct.

I was planning on getting an Xbox just for Youtube purposes because the viewers would like the small bit of comparative coverage.

But at this point after today I can't justify it. I was going to be playing everything on PC myself as it was, but the showcase really made it apparent I don't need the Xbox One X+1. Even the 4k trailer versions just weren't good enough.

It's not the hardware. At this point it's the talentless developers. I hate to make the comparison, but Sony has PS4 games looking better than next gen Xbox.

I wish this were not the case.

I am pleasantly surprised with what was shown today. I have been concerned with Microsoft’s messaging leading up to this gen, they seemed to be lowering expectations. Today’s event reassured me. I have several games I will be picking up at launch- or maybe just hop on the game pass wagon.

I wanted to get the Xbox Series X before the event... but after...

I will still get it.
Event was great for me. Can't Wait

Well I was on the fence between PS5 or Series X on realise day preorder.
I have had every Xbox on day one and been with Xbox from the very beginning and only a PS4 from day one.
My mind has now just been made up PS5 day one for me this time.
Sorry Xbox have been with you from day one and at the start of each generation.
But I expected more from you at the beginning of the next generation.
Halo looked this gen and underwhelming and everything else that might have interested me was cgi sort of and looked way way off in the future. You never know might pick a series x up 2022.

I am lucky enough to have both a PS4 and Xbox One S, but this next generation looks to be pretty expensive, so I am looking to get just one. I am still undecided, and this, or the PS5 show, didn't sway me either way. I will be waiting at least a year to see how it all shakes out before I make my decision. I am more convinced of the value of GamePass more than ever though. I'll wait to see more from Fable, Gears of War 6, and whatever else they have up their sleeve.

I have usually gotten both consoles on day one. Thought after the poor PS5 showcase I was leaning towards the Xbox on day 1. Watching this just confirms that it's Xbox day 1 for me. So many games coming to gamepass, plus all the backwards compatability and free improvements just make it a more sensible choice. I'll maybe pickup a PS5 when a nice looking design comes out.

Im still leaning more toward xbox X than ps.
But still not decided wich one i get.

I am getting both a PS5 and a Series X.

However, from the looks of things, Series X is mostly going to be for The Medium, Game Pass Ultimate benefits, and backwards compatibility at the start of things.

I really wish that Microsoft would do more in the third-person genre. Yes, there is Gears...but that's really about it.

Nothing against first-person games, I just really like third-person games like The Last of Us Part II, Breath of the Wild, Ori, Gears, etc. It seems like the majority of what was shown from Microsoft was all first-person games.

I was a Nintendo person only, but this showcase has convinced me I want a next gen console too, and I’m very much leaning towards XBox now. Xbox Game Pass, Everwild, Halo and Fable and some 3d party stuff. All just a very good addition to the switch.

I was planning to pre-order before, and have said so a few times and this has reinforced that decision. I can't afford both PS5 and this at launch but everything I have seen and heard to date has guided me to pre-order Series X and pick up PS5 around the time Horizon II launches...

Sticking to the current gen consoles for the foreseeable future. Too many live service games throughout this gen to make me care about the next one.

I was always getting and Series X at launch and I still am. Loved the show today and Xbox will have many great games for years to come.

I will probably get one eventually just for game pass, but I doubt it’ll be a day one purchase. I can however see myself getting a PS5 day one, depending on the launch games.

I have enough for both at launch but I am questioning whether to stick with my One X for the first few months at least.

I was always getting a Series X & this impressive show didn’t change that. 👍🏻

I only just upgraded to the One X and hearing almost all games will be on the One X as well for the next few years, I’m not going to get a Series X anytime soon.

@alasdair91 And that's the beauty of it: you don't have to. Between the fact that exclusives are on One/Series X/PC you can play on whatever you want.

It feels like they want to sell us gamepass more than they want to sell us a Series X and I'm totally fine with that

@BAMozzy I'm kind of thinking the same though for me it would be either Ratchet or Horizon, whichever comes first. Spider-Man doesn't sound meaty enough for me and I've never got into the Souls series if that's around launch.

Halo Infinite looks great as does The Medium plus I don't have to worry about paying for games so that's another bonus. I've also got Cyberpunk already ordered on Xbox so I'd quite like to have the best playing version of that possible

I never really thought of myself as an Xbox gamer before but I bought the Xbox One so I could continue with my 360 collection and I'll buy an XSX so I can continue my X1 collection.

Fable is the icing on the cake. I love the series and I'll jump as soon as it's launched.

I’d chose Xbox over PlayStation but I still won’t be going in for next gen to play the same games I can play on Xbox One

@GunValkyrie yeah, that’s what I was thinking.

I went through the ps5 showcase, not so much is really peaking my interest. I’m not a spiderman fan. And a lot of what Sony showed was multiplatform.

Technical stuff aside, comparing the two:
Horizon, Kena, Deathloop, Ratchet and Clank, GT7 vs Fable, Everwild, Medium, Psychonauts, Forza, and Halo. It’s very close, all the games probably fit into the same slot, but because of Halo Xbox One X just does have a better lineup for me. There’s not a comparable game on the PS5 lineup.

And because it’s all obtainable via gamepass, Xbox is way ahead in my opinion.

It didn't change my mind. I still plan on getting a Series X.

@WesEds There are games you won't be able to play on XB1 - just maybe not 'First Party'. Games like STALKER2, Scorn and The Medium will require you to upgrade and, if you want to play games at higher frame rates, let alone higher visual quality (not just resolution), then its worth upgrading.

To me, there is a big difference between being able to play the game, scaled right down to run on 'weak' hardware to playing games at the 'best' visual quality and experience. Its like being happy to play games like Doom on a Switch at (up to) 30fps and significantly reduced quality instead of buying it on a Xbox/PS4 to have a much better gaming experience. I know there us a slight difference as the Switch enables portable play but its like trying to play those games on a TV when there is much better hardware that offers a significant upgrade to the experience.

Still its your choice of course...

I have never been a day one console buyer. It usually takes a year or two for actually good games to become numerous enough to justify it. The fact that the XSX will, at minimum, run all cur gen games faster, and most cross-gen titles will just run on both consoles... yea I was already sold on buying a Series X day one just for the third pastry cross-gen stuff.

Halo infinite does look, graphically, like an Xbox One X game, I expected that. The game has been in development for longer than the Series X has been, but the way it seems to play, the open world aspect... I just need to play this game at launch! And might as well make sure it runs on the fastest hardware (even if it looks like a One X game.)

PS: given what we know about Spider Man, I expect that game also to look like cur gen (whenever Sony feels compelled to show us any gameplay.)

I'll get series x after one year launch, but overall this is a solid show.
They really care about japanese game
And gamepass was the real winner

I thought it was a really good event.
Though, I would like to have seen more gameplay..

Two things stood out to me:
1. Game Pass is gonna be amazing
2. For those of us with an Xbox One X, there's not much reason to buy a Series X at launch..??

This one is tough. Part of me wonders if I can wait because all of the first party lineup will work on Xb1. BUT I don’t really want to play those games on my og Xbox One either because of load times or what I’d lose.

@Menchi
LMAO, does Sony even know how to make a game run at 60fps?

@gingataisen Barely. Next gen is another disappointment like this one has been.

I buy every Xbox console at some point and I can't really think of something MS could do that would change that. This most recent show didn't make me say I need Xbox Series X day one, like I had hoped, but it didn't do anything that would make me turn away from the system either. It's going to be the most powerful console on the market so that right there is enough to have me interested. There will eventually be games that take advantage of that.

@BAMozzy I understand where you’re coming from but I’ve only owned an Xbox one for a month now (owned one at launch but had a lot of bad experiences) but my main gaming system is still my switch because I get more out of Nintendo games.

I’ve not seen all that’s coming to Xbox as of yet but from Things I’ve read it’s not something That’s gonna blow my mind and make me thing it’s amazing,

I will get the next XBox but not sure if it will be on day one. I don't like a wide variaty of games and the interesting stuff is at least 2 years away. Like someone else said yesterday, both MS and Sony are launching new powerfull consoles but they forgot to start the development of next generation games on times.

@Menchi that’s probably a good thing. I fear the day you break down and get a console, will be the day the Zombie apocalypse happens. Iol

@mousieone I actually have almost every mainstream console there is from the 3rd gen up. Because there were reasons to own them. Exclusive games. Since I have a better PC than Xbox Series X (and will have an even better one later this year when I rebuild), and can buy all the games on there, I have no need to waste the money.

But if what we saw yesterday is the best they can do with their flagship franchise, this isn't worth my time or money.

Certainly I see no need - at present - to get a PS5 or XSX day one. My One X (barely 2 months old) will continue to get stuff on gamepass for then next year or so, and while I'd like to give Spiderman miles morales a spin, I'm not paying for a new console for just one (glorified dlc) game. Will make that jump when the proper next gen stuff starts to build up / be released. That said I'll be getting Series X first when I do.

Nope it'll be ps5. Unless Lockhart is cheap enough.

@alasdair91 This is where I stand, only recently got the One X so will not get the Series X at launch as my backlog of games is going to take a while to clear...
But I will get the Series X likely a year after launch...
PS5 is a no go for me...

@Grot yea I think the showcases were a lot closer than people think. Sony really didn’t show much game play either. Nor was Sony as diverse as Xbox’s

@Menchi hmm never would have thought especially since the Xb1 had a pretty slim library ;/ all well

@mousieone Sadly I bought the Xbox One at launch thinking the gen would be better going forward. Jokes on me I guess. I was dying for Dead Rising 3 at launch though.

What they definitly managed to sell to me is the Gamepass. I have managed to avoid this program until now, cause I'm particulary attached to my physical collection of games. I even bought titles like Sea of Thieves in physical.
But now, I can see it : the ratio cost / quantity (and quality) of this program is just too damn strong to resist it.

This showcase was all about that, by the way : catching new gamepass subscribers first. And then sell their new console. Well, I guess they caught me.

So I plan to upgrade my One X to a series X, and subscribe to the gamepass program in order to play an all bunch of awesome games in their best (console) versions, for a ridiculously low fee.

@Menchi ah well. These things happen unfortunately. Like I said, I can’t imagine you with a console >.< I’m sure your viewers can get you footage, right ?

@mousieone I'll probably end up just getting one for them tbh. I can write it off as a business expense since I won't be playing on it for personal use.

@Menchi that’s true. Plus I mean down the road the potential Perfect Dark game? Anyway, I hope it works out either way

@Grot no worries. Lol I agree the library when taken at that perspective is robust, maybe not as diverse is I would prefer, but robust, you are right about that. However, @Menchi is PC first. Therefore from that perspective there isn’t a whole lot in the XB1 library that they would buy that they wouldn’t buy on PC.

I was gonna get a Xbox Series X before the showcase and i'm still gonna get the Xbox Series X at launch.. I was always gonna get a Series X on day 1..

As many have mentioned, the next generation is not just about the new hardware, but a step-up in the gaming subscription service that is Xbox Game Pass. For me it's a service that represents great value for money and I'll be sticking with Microsoft for that fact. A day one purchase of the series X is almost a side effect, as I want everything to look as shiny as possible.