Poll: What Did You Think Of E3 2021 From An Xbox Perspective?

Honestly as someone coming to see some xbox's exclusives and actual exclusives gameplay and secret reveals I was left dissapointed and a very lacklustre E3 for me and not just from xbox.

That E3 was basically bigging up gamepass with indies and some third party games coming day one

Day One on Xbox Game Pass

It’s was good and ok overall
Yes it could have been better, FH5 made it for me.

I bought a Series X this morning, that's my answer

@carlos82 Good answer
Two of my friends (who both own ps5s) went and picked up the Series S today.

It was very good, probably the best we could have expected. Microsoft has enough studios to churn out games and now needs to deliver. Their showcase finally gave us a reasonable timeline for this to happen. It's going to be awhile until they get a rythm but E3 seemed like a perfect start.

Enjoyed Microsoft and Nintendo! My only regret was PlayStation was not there. I miss them at E3. The industry is strongest together

Loved it, Couldn't be happier to be an Xbox fan right now..

@The_New_Butler yeah I got the latest deal a few years ago for £1 which runs out later this year but it allows me to be picky in the games I buy, knowing I'll still have lots to play anyway. Now I get to try out the likes of Maneater and Dirt 5 and the next gen update for Wreckfest

@thenewguy I've seen a few I follow on Twitter buying Xbox's on the back of that show and particularly Forza Horizon 5

It was fantastic. For 1 minute just consider how much value you are getting from game Pass.

Thought it was head and shoulders above any other presentation at E3, it was pretty good imo.

Still too many CGI trailers for their big hitters, but the diversity of games and nearly all of them being available day one on Gamepass is nothing to joke about. There was some nice quality in there. I’m looking forward to The Ascent and Replaced, as well as FH5 and Halo.

Haha, exactly. So, i may be the only person who cares, but any word on the state of decay 2 update, later this month?

I entered expecting nothing and leave with a smile on my face. Well done Xbox.

I was disappointed overall I'm not sure why you would even show starfield being so far away. I was hoping to get more info on fable but I'm guessing it is even farther away

I was massively impressed by the overall strategy. Pretty much every game day one on GamePass is a powerful message. I wish I'd seen more gameplay at this point though.

Pretty good from an xbox perspective. Though if you weren't an xbox fan I don't think you had a good time. It's actually pretty hilarious that I came upon this article right after pcgamer's "e3 was better than expected" article. That magazine has got some serieus issues.

It gives me a lot of hope about the future of XBox. Also, I think MS found a perfect formula they should use forward. Slap a catchy name like Xbox Direct (obviously not that) and follow that same format and pacing for every future game reveals, and watch how the press and players alike will be waiting on anticipation for every new reveal.

Xbox Express (or X-Press) = Direct equivalent, just quick back to back trailers with minimal introductory talking (just as this E3.)
Xbox Extended = Treehouse equivalent (go in deeper gameplay and interviews)

@Cherip-the-Ripper Nintendo also did VERY well.
It was the separate publishers that really fumbled their presentations.

@Tharsman ah right I did forget people liked their event, I figured much of it was due to many hoping it would be E3's saving grace. Didn't watch it myself but when I checked it out I only saw port announcements and botw2. Though it apparemtly was much more than that.

I am excited for the future of xbox again. A solid Gold show this year. The real winner of this year's E3 is game pass hands down.

I got the only thing I needed

A release date for Psychonauts 2

It was a good show even aside from that, albeit not many of the games were specifically up my alley. Gamepass means I’ll give most of them a go anyways though.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Xbox show was excellent and high quality, but a Nintendo’s show was shocking to long standing fans of the platform.
The reveal or a new smash fighter always surprises, since it never seems to leak (with any certainty.)
Metroid 5 made my jaw drop.
Advance Wars Reboot was a shocking surprise for all fans of the originals (and there are many) even if it won’t mean anything for non-fans.
Wario Ware was rumored due to a recent survey, but I’m sure most just thought Nintendo was considering working on it, not just getting ready to release it.
Finally, Mario Party Supersrars seems to be what every Mario Party fan has been dreaming for over the last two console generations.

The stuff announced means little to someone that does not care for Nintendo, but it was full of surprises for fans, and big ones at that. And we all know that things tend to pack a lot more punch when we don’t see them coming.

I wish that Horizon 5 had managed to stay a total secret until it’s reveal, as well as “Omen” (Redfall), although it’s hard for new IPs to pack a punch even if they were surprises.

My favorite part of a Xbox event might had been The Outerworlds 2 parody teaser precisely because I didn’t see it coming at all.

Xbox & Bethesda had a Strong E3 but the other 'big' publishers were quite lacklustre. Forza Horizon 5 wasn't a surprise, even its location was known before E3 but it looked great. Avatar from Ubisoft was a 'surprise' but still too many CGI trailers and Guardians of the Galaxy looked interesting too but the rest of the shows were lacking and/or predictable.

As I said, MS had a good show - I gave it a 'B', but the other Publishers brought the Overall rating down for me to a 'C' which in this vote, I went with 'It was OK, not Bad'.

I fully expect next years E3 (if there is one) to be even stronger for MS & Bethesda - Games like Starfield (Game-play with 'months' before launch), Fable, Perfect Dark, Avowed, Forza Motorsport etc. Add a year+ of uninterrupted (due to pandemic) development, I hope that the other Publishers have 'big' announcements too...

@Tharsman spot on, half of those names don't even ring a bell. But I'm glad nintendo fans had a good showing. I would like to agree on fh5, except it did pleasantly surprise me. I've never been to mexico and everything I know about the country is what I see in movies, so naturally I was flabbergasted when I saw the footage because I wasn't expecting it to look that nice. Also wasn't Redfall kind of a surprise? I read somewhere people thought it was something elder scrolls related?

Happy with Halo and Flight Simulator. FH5 was a surprise, can't wait for the new engine.

Sadly still no news from Grim Dawn.

@Cherip-the-Ripper there was a leak that Arcane was working on a vampire game code-named Omen, at least code-named for the sake of E3, similarly Hades was code-named Athens (both on an attempt to avoid leaks, I guess).

It still was a bit of a surprise because I think everyone was expecting the player to be the vampire, and no one expected it to he co-op.

That aside, yes FH5 was very impressive even knowing it was coming, but it would had been so much cooler to not even know it was coming. You know, out of nowhere bang Horizon 5! Mexico! November 2021!

@Tharsman
well looks like I'm not that up to date regarding game leaks, and I'm glad I'm not.
Hell I initally thought that vampire game would be the vtm battle royale.
I'll not ask further and inquire about the new forza motorsport which to me is still a complete mystery. 😂
I'm hoping for that to be a complete surprise.

From an Xbox perspective, "yeah, pretty good all things considered". Game Pass was the star of the show. 🤩