Sony Executives Congratulate Microsoft on Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 Showcase - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 August 2021 / 2,177 Views
Microsoft yesterday presented its Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 showcase and since it ended two Sony executives who work on the PlayStation have congratulated Xbox on a successful showcase.
"Congrats to [head of Xbox Phil Spencer] and the whole team on a great showcase," PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst said. "Great time to be a gamer." Phil Spencer replied by thanking Hermen.
Thanks Hermen.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) June 14, 2021
Indie games boss Shuhei Yoshida added, "Congratulations [Phil Spencer], [Bethesda Game Studios], [Aaron Greenberg], [Larry Hryb], and [Chris Charla] on the great show today!"
Phil Spencer responded by saying "Thanks," while Greenberg said "Thank you so much Shu, so kind of you to send this note!" Hryb added by saying, "Thank you Shuhei!"
Thank you so much Shu, so kind of you to send this note!
— Aaron Greenberg ??♂️?U (@aarongreenberg) June 14, 2021
You can check out what went down during the Xbox and Bethesda E3 2021 showcase here.
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Xbox showed some great games. Really happy that they put their 1st party games on PC on day one.
I thought it was a good gesture. I think it is nice that these two rivals are showing goodwill to each other. Of course no doubt they are still planning how they can completely destroy their opponents, but at least on the surface, its a positive vibe.
hahahahaha sony playing the good cop all of a sudden!
Glad Sony is showing good sportsmanship. Even tho PS is by far my fav game company, I never liked the arrogant side of Sony.
I hope Sony paid close attn to that conference, bc MSFT is rapidly coming for their lunch. Even tho MSFT rarely releases games that interest me, I could objectively say that was a 9.5/10 conference. I still can’t believe Sony hasn’t answered with their own acquisitions. It’s confounding. They have nearly half of the cash/cash equivalents MSFT has ($43b to MSFT’s $100b) just sitting around. MSFT now has by far the largest first party stable, and they’re not even done acquiring. Get off your arse, Sony, and buy Housemarque, Supergiant, From, Bluepoint, and/or Remedy. They could even buy Capcom or Square if they really wanted to.
beyond belief to be honest. With the whole zenimax deal , locking out multiplat games, established franchises away from playstation gamers, and they want to confgratulate?
The only explanation i can think is that they know they have them beat when it comes to the games, this year and next year.
If Sony makes Sunset Overdrive 2 and puts it on XBox, or puts Spiderman on XBox, or puts Bloodborne on XBox (since it was developed by a 3rd party)...then and only then will any of your complaints hold weight. The fact of the matter is that Sony would have done the exact same thing with such an acquisition. At least MS is giving you more options than they would have.
Acknowledging healthy competition is good form. Both Sony and MS have done it, so good on them. The only explaination for this gesture is that Sony is just being a good sport. Competition drives the industry, embrace it.
The event wasn't that enteresting nothing really exciting on offer.
Thats right man, I managed to get a standard PS5, and I was not able to pay premium for xbox also, so I got myself a Series S. So excited now!!
I'm also seriously thinking of buying a Series S as a secondary console to go with my PS5. Microsoft is doing a great job pushing Game Pass as a cheap way to play tons of 3rd party titles.
Pretty sure I will later this year. If I do, this will be the first generation I've owned every major console since the SNES and Genesis. It's a great time to be a gamer!
