Last Year's Xbox Showcase Included 14 Games That Haven't Released Yet

It’s my fault for buying into the hype, I waited in line outside GameStop for 3 hours for what? A halo game I’m never gonna play and a ridiculous amount of pixel games my snes could handle . Never been more disappointed in a console.

How, I got my Xbox is not the point. the point is I payed $499 for a fast snes.

Dark Tide is such a joke

@Adol-Bannings Never heard of ordering online?

There’s a couple games that have been announced or delayed which I have been looking forward to and still don’t know when they’re going to be released.

If we're honest, Party Animals is the only one on this list that hurts.....

@Trmn8r @Adol-Bannings or COVID? No way was I queueing outside surrounded by other people in November 2020 🤣

A really love it or hate it listing… mostly love

@Trmn8r ya know I never thought of that, Xbox series x and ps5 were so plentiful they were basically giving them away. Oh wait actually there was a chip shortage and if I bought online I would have paid 2-3 times mrsp

@Adol-Bannings if only there was a way to order things online that haven't been released yet? 🤔

Yeah, I mean, I don't regret getting the Series X on the day it came out. Played hundreds of games, maybe more? But I can see why people are angry. I got it thinking I'd be playing Halo, then that got delayed, and then I refrained from getting a PS5 because I was told Starfield was coming out, then that got delayed, and delayed again. I guess it's good it did because I got my PS5 and I love it, but Xbox is my main console, but it is feeling a bit....like a lie, if that make sense. A promise that never comes true, and when it does, you get Redfall....I'm not fussy, I'm farily easily impressed, and I'll give any game a good chance, but c'mon Microsoft, enough with the emtpy promises. Get the ball rolling.

That said, once they do start firing out the games, I bet Gamepass with grow, but the consoles will take a lot of time, yet those who wish Xbox to fail will only focus on the console sales. Shame. Especially considering Xbox has never dominated on the console sales front, but it is smashing it with Gamepass. I guess that's why Sony is out for Xbox blood.

But yeah, let's see what happens. Hopefully we get more honesty, more reliable dates, and more games in this up coming showcase.

@Adol-Bannings I got mine from the shop, too. Pre-ordered it then went to get it. I get what you mean. Shortages made it hard, the hype was exciting, but then both consoles (Xbox more so) didn't deliver as much as they promised.

It's odd though, I think this year and next we're gonna see the tables turn. Xbox will have releases, Playstation will have less to offer. Maybe. Probably not, but maybe haha

Forza and Stalker are the ones I'm most interested in. Starfield I'm sure will be great but games Todd Howard's team makes have never clicked with me. Be cool if this one changes that. Hollow Knight seems but another one I'm not sure would be for me. The other games all look mediocre at best.

@Adol-Bannings I got one by waiting in a Target online queue for 20 mins ;P

@Adol-Bannings To get one on release day you must of pre ordered it due to stock issues, so surely they gave you the option to have it delivered when you placed the order? Unless gamestop don't do deliveries I honestly don't know.

@Adol-Bannings I got both consoles online and paid MSRP within 6 months of launch. Got series X through gamestop using all access and a PS5 through Walmart using Twitter to watch drops. Maybe the misery you suffer is your own doing.

@UltimateOtaku91 I ordered my series X through gamestop using all access and they delivered it to my doorstep within 2 days.

This is probably devastating for gamers who cite "releasing soon" as a critical bullet point.

Seriously, can we stop treating delays as a net negative? I would think Redfall would have proven beyond a shadow of doubt the meaninglessness of focusing on a release schedule as a feature. Very often, these arbitrary timelines and game quality ARE mutually exclusive. Missing an imaginary timeline isn't a big deal.

I got my Xbox Series X “day one” (actually arrived a week late) and I have zero regrets. Mind you, I don’t have an obsession with every console giving me platform exclusives. Series X has become my platform of choice for all third party games thanks to cloud saves, smart delivery, quick resume and the controller, among other things like Game Pass.

As soon as I got that Series X, I started playing Assassins Creed Valhalla and didn’t put it down until I was done with it about a month later, then grabbed Yakuza Like a Dragon, and have been basically playing primarily on that device since then.

Even last gen I was primarily playing multiplat games, only I was doing so on my PS4.

Personally, exclusives only matter in two cases in my mind:

A) You can only afford one console and want to buy the one with the most appealing exclusives

B) You want to justify that second console

In my case, I barely play my PS5, but I would likely not have it all if it was not because of first party exclusives.

Hurry up Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

@Tharsman Having Cloud saves as part of an account has been fantastic on Xbox.

I was having problems a while ago with Uncharted 4 not properly patching on my PS4 Pro: it would fail on like the last 10% or so of the patch.

Without even thinking, I just did a total system restore of the system (I hadn't had a PS+ subscription in like 8 months) and I lost a ton of save files: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Death Stranding, God of War - just to name a few.

I had been so used to using Xbox and having Cloud saves just exist that I didn't even think about the fact I hadn't had a PS+ subscription in a while to back things up.

I was almost in tears when it finally occurred to me what I had done - especially when the system restore still didn't fix the patching problem so it was all in vain.

I had to use my laptop as a Proxy server to connect to some PS Store mirror in order for the patch to finish.

The silver lining to it all is that it did give me an excuse to replay some of the games using the PS5 when I finally acquired one (especially those games that got their own PS5 native version or boosts using the PS5).

@FraserG My impression was that the 50 games in this graphic were targeted for the next 12 months (as it states at the top and bottom). You'll see that Hollow Knight is explicitly NOT shown on this graphic, yet people continually list it among the games that missed the 12 month target. That said, The developer did recently come out and say the game was delayed again, so... who knows.

But yeah, bottom line: Silksong was shown at the show, but they left it off this 12 month graphic, even though it was one of the biggest games of the show. I think it should be noted, or given an asterisk, in these stories.

@FraserG Yeah, that's the exact recent developer update that I mentioned that muddies the water.

Would love to get a release date for Silksong .

My issue with the 12 month thing was they promised a sumptuous feast of gaming and only really delivered the appetizers.

All your main courses like Starfield, Motorsport etc never left the kitchen.

While you can fill up on appetizers I can feel disappointed I didn't get the complete meal.

(Blimey were did that come from I must be hungry or something. Time to raid the fridge for snacks lol)

Im not a hater, I say tons of nice and constructive things on Nintendo life, I’m just pissed I just feel burned by Xbox and I express it in the comments on an Xbox site. I’m a terrible person you got me.

I like the look of Ara. It'll fill the gap left by Humankind's no show on xbox. Looks like I'll be firing up thd PC and giving the series X a well deserved rest. I just wish they'd port Rise of Nations to x box... It did briefly appear in the store with the "not avaliable" thing where price should be. So I live in hope of that happening

@NEStalgia I feel the same way.

@Adol-Bannings Poor you, if only triple A multiplatform games existed... Alas, you are reduced to playing SNES.

Not meant as criticism? Lol why the disclaimer? They should be criticised… it was a complete disaster for them - a showcase confidently boasting a message of “everything here today will be released within the next 12 months”…as a response to redfall and starfield getting delayed and Xbox AAA having sweet FA to offer their subscription buyers last year. Which gathered more criticism because of ALL THE OTHER GAMES THAT STILL ARENT OUT that they showed years ago at showcases (do an article on all those).
Xbox had 3 first party AAA games in last years show…just 3. Out of those, ALL had been shown before…2 had originally been planned to release in a matter of months. Since the show only 1 of those 3 has hit that 12 month window promise…and that was released unfinished. And one still doesn’t have a date.
On Thursday we’ll applaud them for showing starfield and Forza yet again.

Xbox need the criticism because gamers have too short a memory and xbox never learn…we’re all destined to repeat the same cycles.

lol at more jpegs of up coming games…..

“50 games coming” all filler no killer….

Even the killers have turned out to be filler….

Some awesome custom controllers though….

I hope it’s a great showcase and I hope we get some big solo player games. I hope we don’t have desperate looking JPEG’s putting a spin on it after and everyone is genuinely hyped. That would be nice. The faux hype by some is exhausting

@Adol-Bannings Just take the L my dude

@Adol-Bannings Dude, I would really love to argue with you on this, but I can't. Fact is that you're right. I'm still waiting for my new Xbox to WOW me.

Sony oversells their consoles too, I’m still amused by that duck demo used to promote the PS3!

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@Zoidpilot4
"guess it's good it did because I got my PS5 and I love it, but Xbox is my main console, but it is feeling a bit....like a lie, if that make sense."

It does, that's actually a wonderful way to describe it.
I'm a playstation guy 1st, but I was over the moon when I snagged a Series X. I couldn't wait to play Halo Infinite.... it wasn't bad, but hugely underwhelming. No biggie, because there are some great games coming.... okay well eventually.....Redfall( I'm a FarCry junkie) sounds like a blast and........ I figured at least 3rd party will run better, beefier system right? Wait what the heck?

I actually unplugged it after the Redfall mess, I'm extremely bummed out