unfortunately I think he is this clueless
Phil has been with Xbox for a long time, head of studios throughout late 360 and Xbox one era when there were no exclusives at all
anyone who says console generations are an internet meme is full of shit
I expect a lot of cross gen looking stuff on the 23rd
Hellblade 2 was a cinematic trailer, we won’t get anything close to it in actual gameplay
yeah the meme comment is pure console warring. he is pre-emptively shutting down any criticism of his approach by labeling it console warring.
extremely disingenuous, but that's Phil for you.
I look at their studios and I dont think they will be showing that many cross gen games.
- Halo Infinite - crossgen. Started dev in 2015. it can be excused. of course, saying its natively built for the xsx is a bald face shameful lie to appease their base, but again thats MS for you.
- Everwild - crossgen. shouldve been a next gen only game since they last launched a game AFTER bluepoint launched sotc, but what do i know.
- Fable - I dont think this is cross gen. they likely only started working on this after shipping horizon in october 2018.
- Forza 8 - i dont think this is cross gen either. they said they were taking a year off because it was getting samey and they did. it came out the same year as gt sport and if PD can make a next gen only sequel in 3 years, these guys can as well.
- Initiative - this is definitely next gen since its been confirmed by insiders that it wont be at the conference.
- Coalition games - they last shipped a game 8 months ago, this is definitely a next gen game. like a teaser like hellblade 2.
- hellblade 2 - clearly a next gen game even if the teaser is pre-rendered.
- state of decay 3 - came out soon after sea of thieves but it wasnt shown at the x019 event like everwild so its possible its a next gen only game.
- crackdown dev team - released a game early last year - no way they are working on a cross gen game.
i think we get maybe 2-3 cross gen AAA games max. everything else will be either indie or from third party studios like dying light. shinobi has been hinting at a pretty insane lineup of games and i dont think hes stupid enough to pimp a show with cross gen games.
i think phil is out there saying stupid shit like this because at launch, he wont have a next gen game besides forza. at most likely wont have anything until 2022. i dont see which of these studios can get a game out by holiday 2021 which is not going to be a good look considering sony should have Spiderman Miles, Ratchet, GT7, Horizon and Demon Souls out by then.
i guess what im saying is that he doesnt believe his own bullshit.