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South of Midnight doesn’t belong on this list let alone as high as it is. Outer Worlds 2 isn’t there. Doom the dark ages isn’t there. No kingdom come deliverance 2 is asinine. The alters isn’t on it.

Wouldn’t have expected this out of the damn Godfall team

@andrewsqual would still say several of their games are amazing, mainly Indiana Jones.

In all honesty none of Xbox’s games were on the level of these games. They released a lot of amazing games but so did a lot of other devs. Outer worlds 2, doom dark ages and Indiana jones all deserve the love they got.

Ope. At least we have BF6 for a good mp and hopefully Metroid prime 4 delivers a proper campaign.

The best year of gaming in over a decade. Love seeing Indiana Jones get some love.

@ILuvGames too competitive of a year stuff was gonna be left out.

@FraserG south of midnight is the last Xbox game that would deserve a nomination

@Banjo- oh feel bad for the 3 trillion dollar company

@masofdas nothings been said about physical to other platforms dawg

Good move by Nintendo. Also GG’s to any other AAA game besides one getting in on the GOTY nominees. Book it now it’s gonna be Hades 2, Silksong, expedition 33, DK Banaza, Split Fiction, and then what ever the best reviewed AAA game is this year between KCD2, Death Stranding 2, Yotei, Outer Worlds 2, or maybe Shinobi or something like that.

It’s always ok to bully corporations and call them out on their *****

Man I hope it’s good. COD is on its back heels and BF could make some noise.

@SeaDaVie most people liked the game and it sold very well but a lot of the mechanics are dated when looking at games like Cyberpunk and KCD2

@Tdx you need to play more games cause there are better RPGs this gen fam

It’s a great game that has several flaws. Should have been far fewer planets with more details on each. The loading screens are a bit much. Also seeing Cyberpunk and Kingdom Come 2 come out after really showed how dated Starfield’s rpg elements are. Was overall proper rated and it didn’t deserve a GOTY nom.

@awp69 rare is safe but think the everwild team could be screwed

@Nic-Noc20th-C might go multiplat but it probably won’t be with Compulsion. South of midnight is a solid game but it definitely was one of the weaker titles. Not saying I hope the team gets canned just that when looking other teams their head is on the chopping block.

@Ricky-Spanish wouldn’t say well received. It reviewed ok but yes Compulsion is definitely on the table for a team to get canned

Man Xbox likes to screw over Xbox players by releasing features that should have been in the game at launch over a year later.

Not the most shocking considering it was shadow dropped and it’s 2 years after initial launch. It’s still a step in the right direction for Square. Xbox sales are a nice bonus but the main thing is getting on PC day and date at launch. That’s the big thing Square needs.

GOTY contender incomint

Hopefully with a physical release

@Fiendish-Beaver Microsoft doesn’t care about their hardware sales. They obviously are going to continue to make hardware but their priority is in software. Their hardware is dying. Main reason why we are seeing them try so hard to increase pc game pass and mobile. Just saying that the best thing for the Microsoft gaming studios teams is prioritizing launching everywhere to make these games and teams as sustainable as they can. Hardware doesn’t mean ***** nowadays, they threw in the towel of meaningfully competing in that market and now their priorities need to shift

@Fiendish-Beaver but Phil Spencer himself has stated they aren’t going to try to get people to leave their platforms for Xbox so they have nothing to gain by not putting all their games everywhere at launch.

@Fiendish-Beaver it’s for the best this way. Maximize reach and sales for the games.

@Nighto4 lol for pc yes, but for Xbox give it several years.

Well at least this game is getting a physical release with a disc. Would like too see Xbox publishing get their ***** together and do a proper physical release for Avowed.

Definitely makes sense with the Ps5 exclusives going to PC, but still think Sony as of right now has absolutely no incentive to port their games to Xbox outside of certain exceptions. Mean as of right now seems like it’s maybe 30 million and it’s not like Xbox is experiencing insane levels of growth. They still have some incentive for Exclusives, at least timed before a PC release. Vs Xbox which even when they had their biggest exclusives in years last year with Starfield, they still saw a loss in growth for 2023. With them now focusing on multiplatform releases, they are better of focusing of launching everywhere at the same time.

Upset Xbox didn’t truly invest and compete this gen with console exclusives, especially after talking about wanting to compete in the ftc court case over ABK. But that’s in the past and the reality is that Xbox in terms of console hardware is dead as it was in the traditional sense. Now might as well put games everywhere to maximize game sales, also would appreciate more physical releases on ps5 and switch 2. Focus on making games and making sure the teams can be sustainable in development and that they make good games.

At least with these newer interviews Phil seems to be way more honest then last year.

Xbox in hardware is cooked fam. GG’s wrap it up. Should just focus on shipping everything everywhere at launch to maximize on sales. And maybe give games proper physical releases for ps5 and switch 2 since Xbox doesn’t give a damn about Xbox physical copies.

The only truly bad call for this list was Outlaws being on this list when other games Tekken 8 or Like a Dragon infinite wealth which are way better didn’t make the list.

Xbox hardware is cooked fam. Not saying they wont make more but it’s not going to be properly supported to maximize it.

Hopefully a ps5 launch means an actual physical release unlike Avowed

Man shout out to Warhorse for getting this done before launch.

Please Stick the landing. Even though it’s going to ps5 eventually soon, it would be nice to see a 1st party exclusive get critical acclaim

With Delta Force launching on PC this week and eventually on console too. Things are actually looking up for PvP shooter fans who are tired of the old status quo.

@Balaam_ especially when they are charging. $95 for the steelbook. Like not even the base $70. It was a second kick in the nuts in a way

Don’t understand why Xbox can’t just team up with iam8bit or limited run to do a pre launch physical version pre order. Make it a nice package and charge maybe $80 or so. Iam8bit did a great job with sea of stars and psychonauts 2. I know limited run has its problems but Grounded and pentiment have really nice physical releases from them. Obviously the physical market is a fraction but if you make a more limited version people will still buy it. They don’t need to print millions of discs anymore. People just want options. A good comparison is the vinyl market for music. Make it a good collector's item.

@IOI keep on stuffing Xbox down your throat bud lol

@IOI mess me with that bullcrap. Reviewers were given a busted version for review so of course reviews are going to be low. “Xbox tax” is a hawt load of crap. It’s pretty clear the reviews are pretty accurate based off of what they played. At least for players GSC had a better version ready to go day one and they are finding success.

It’s clear that their day one patch fixed a lot of stuff, unfortunately they didn’t have it ready earlier to help it get better reviews. This game is clearly doing several things right with its community sentiment. What it does specifically for Xbox has yet to be seen exactly. Seems like in the long run this will be a good W for Xbox.

@GamingFan4Lyf yes Xbox isn’t the publisher but they are in bed with this game by the fact it’s a timed exclusive. If they needed more time, which they clearly did, Xbox should have went to them and said give it another delay and that’s ok. Stalker 2 releasing in a bad state is not a good look for Xbox by association. And all of this looks even worse when Phil talked about delaying Avowed which didn’t need polish, in favor of games like Stalker 2 which needed more time.

@GamingFan4Lyf screw that bs. Yes of course give them the benefit of the doubt, but they still released a product that needed more dev time. Xbox could have said here more time and have had avowed come out or just flight sim 24. I’m not buying this game until they patch the heck out it.

Great list of nominees

Hopefully 🤞 it’s a big hit. Would be a big W for gsc and also for Xbox. Would be a nice continuation from Black Ops 6