Microsoft to Showcase 14 First-Party Titles at E3 2019 Press Conference - News

So what's the tally?

You do know the last 3 E3 events, Xbox has had some of the best, especially last's year showcase.

sales of the 3 systems on the market suggest that the general audiences didn't agree with you Azz

Given the new console I expect a lot of cross platform announcments. Some will just be teasers for years out. I think it will be a good show though. Last year was weak for everybody in my opinion.

@Ganon - Sales don't equal what is a good show. Last few E3's MS have hit it out the park. Weather or not it sells afterwards is a completely different subject.

VGC Users always do this downplaying trick, does it work? Every E3 we see them downplaying X amount of times for X amount of companies and it always seems like a small number but after reading the forums it's overwhelming. Honestly they put so much time and effort into it and the same old users always live up to it.

"sales of the 3 systems on the market suggest that the general audiences didn't agree with you Azz"

Microsoft makes a lot of their games available on PC as well so not sure we can treat XBox the same way we treat Switch and PS4.

@KLAMarine Its not a debate you need to have with me. Critics suggest and majority rated the last few Xbox E3s as the better shows out of the big 3. Better at a show doesnt equal better games, lets just get that point across.

How many biggest lineup ever shows have they put already?

How many great shows have they had..

realistically some of the things they did at E3 over the last few years sank the Xbox 1 as a whole, banging the drum about how cloud power would fix the xbox1's lack of power, then so early revealing that their actual fix to the lack of power was coming 18 months later with the Xbox 1 X, they utterly kneecapped the sales of the system they had on the market for what? to come out on stage and show off the memory bandwidth of a system that would be out nearly 2 years later?

Also I'm not sure if it was in the last 3 years... I think it was, but what in the world of video games did having a car on stage at E3 do? was it to have like... a walk on stage of a video game character? was it to show us how cool a car from the games could look IRL? I mean... it was just a car lol, unless it was an electric car powered by windows 10 it had no place on stage during their show.

Mate Xboxs last two E3s were better than Sonys and Nintendos. Go look it up, the same old crowd can thumbs down me all you want. Just lool at last yeats E3, Sonys E318 was a poor show and Nintendos was underwhelming and Xbox had one of the better shows. A car on stage was just a portion of a great show.

@KonKari - Xbox isnt a console, its evolved into a eco-system. So you need to look at it as that and not just a primitive plastic box.

NT and Playground Games non Forza Horizon game is what I want to see the most.

Forza Motorsports 8 doesn't come out until fall of 2020 I doubt they have anything to show yet.

Chris Hu, they can just show some super high res images of a car from the photo mode of the previous Forza titles or just from the PC version of the game running on a pair of 2080ti's or... do what they did before and drive a car onto the stage to remind people what you will be driving in the game.... cars!

It would be pretty pointless if they would just show some screenshots anyway they are going to promote the second expansion for Forza Horizon 4 at E3 and maybe they are going to tease a third expansion for that game that will be released in the fall.

They have also announced Ori WIll of the Wisp and Battletoads due out this year, Battletoads might be a A or AA game however don't underestimate Ori 2, AAA or A grade game, the first one is a masterpiece.

considering the weekly sales of the X1 I think it's fair to say that this generation is over for Microsoft, anything that they'll have in the works now will have the Xbox4k in mind and scaled back X1 ports will be secondary in importance to the new systems games.

You mean more the community doesn't understand the difference between a console exclusive and an actual exclusive.

Exclusive only means on thing and thats where a game is only on one system. Thats how its been through generations of consoles.

Exclusive does mean that, but a console exclusive means different. Hence the terms Timed or Console exclusive branding. The Modern industry, games are more flexible on other platforms so the term console exclusive has been made.

@EricHiggin - What's great to you doesn't always mean great for someone else. Also a lot of MS's 1st party IPs have been outsourced by 3rd party devs so technically its the 3rd party devs you should be upset about not MS. MS's own Studios have done pretty good like 343, Turn 10 and the Coalition have made great games and Rare have done alright. Also there's nothing hard to understand with the number 14, not sure why its hard for you to understand or accept.

Obviously yes, different people have different tastes. Who's fault is it for outsourcing? Yes, some of the XB first party games have been good and have worthy sales and scores. Not every game is seen as top notch, XB studios or not. Who's not understanding 14? There's nothing confusing about having 14 first party games to show, I just said it's the quality and fun factor that will matter more than the amount. I also think Phil should have said or hinted towards that. Hopefully many of those games have serious meat to them and will be well enjoyed when they launch.

I sort of understand what you are trying to say but not entirely sure if it makes more sense with this topic. You want Phil to brag about the quality of the games or downplay the quality of smaller games? I much prefer him not try to sell us the games especially since he probably hasn't even played them yet. We are the judge and Jury not the staff behind the games. You cannot determine a game based off its budget or size. Some of the best games are small budget titles. Even the best selling games in the world are small budget indie games like Tetris, Minecraft and currently Fortnite. He gave us the number 14, we already know 4 of them are at least AAA games with Gears 5, Halo 6, Ori 2 and The Outer Worlds. We know a Forza M and Forza H are coming so add another 2 to that list and we know The Initiative and Ninja Theory will deliver something big, so there is another 2. Rare possibly has something big coming (Excluding Battletoads) and Inxile, Compulsion, Playground 2nd division and Undead Labs we aren't entirely sure yet.. so 8 out of 14 we would assume would be big AAA games judging off what we expect. And like last years showing, I expect more surprises from Xbox especially in a 2 hour show.

That's one way to look at it. When I look at it I see lack of confidence in quality and therefore using only facts instead of feelings. I'm not suggesting he go off the handle and talk them all up like they are all God of War level, which is a recipe for disaster since while some may meet that level, others will not and would disappoint. Like how I mentioned before, he should have said something, even a small tease, just to let people know there's some worthy stuff in there. While XB fans may not require that since they feel strongly Phil will deliver, it's not the more dedicated fans he needs to entice and convince to join the XB ecosystem. If he is not confident that he can thread the needle with his words, then maybe playing it safe like he did makes more sense. Again, I'm not saying I assume all 14 will be junk, if any, I'm just saying after reading the statement, I wasn't exactly intrigued. If by chance XB delivers and the majority of those games are must have's or simply worthy of their cost, then yes, I as well as many other's will be pleasantly surprised.

It's already been confirmed numerous times that Forza Motorsports 8 doesn't come out until 2020. Its more then likely that Forza Horizon 4 will get a third more substantial expansion in the fall.

They probably include Forza Horizon 4 and Sea of Thieves expansions. Outer Worlds is multiplat, but Obsidian is now Xbox first party, so they can show that too. Inxile and Wasteland 3 too.
They never say "14 new exclusives first party games".
Im a xbox player. I know how they twist his definitions. Anyway Gears 5 , Ori And Battletoads this year is really good for me. Next year the new Halo and 2 or 3 more 2 AA games and we are ready for next generation.

Yes there are plenty of opportunities for great games show, I'm just skeptical of the wording and number.