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Microsoft has announced that it'll be hosting its 'Xbox Games Showcase 2024' on the 9th June, which, under previous circumstances, wouldn't necessarily be a huge deal for us here on the PlayStation side of the fence. However, with Microsoft's now obvious push towards more and more multiplatform titles, it's all but guaranteed that we'll see some games that will inevitably end up on PlayStation platforms.
"This will be our first Showcase featuring games from our portfolio of studios across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios, in addition to titles from our third-party partners," the company writes on its official blog.
Again, things kick off on the 9th June, at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET. It slots neatly into the Summer Game Fest schedule — which begins on the 7th June — and is followed by Ubisoft Forward on the 10th June. At the time of writing, Sony has yet to confirm its own showcase, but it's rumoured to be happening in May.
The showcase will be followed by a '[REDACTED] Direct'. This second event will consist of "a special deep-dive into the next installment of a beloved franchise". People are already guessing that it's to do with Call of Duty, since the Activision logo appears to be present in the bottom right of the teaser image.
Will you be tuning into this one? Is there anything in particular that you'd like to see? Question this strange world in the comments section below.
[source news.xbox.com]
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Please Phil. I'll pay full price and buy like three copies lol
SF6, MK1, and T8 just aren't doing it for me at the moment. I need some ULTRA COMBOOOOOOOOOS 🔥
Even if I don't play Xbox's games very often, I always look forward to these events. In particular, I thought last year's Xbox presentation was exponentially better than PlayStation's showcase that year.
Chances are this will be better than PlayStation's potential showcase this year too. Prove me wrong!
Hopefully Sony announces a showcase soon. Xbox will probably announce the next line of games that are coming to PlayStation.
Seeing as how the codename for 2024 Call of Duty is "Cerberus" (according to a data breach from December 2022) and there is a Cerberus logo in this teaser...you are probably on the nose with it being Call of Duty.
Going to get in the wacky theories now.
Announcement that Game Pass is coming to PlayStation by the end of the Summer…
EVERYONE JUST WANTS A NONTENDO DIRECT THIS DROUGHT IS UNBEARABLE
@OctolingKing13 Direct 🫸 🫷 to you!
I find the Xbox showcases to be more entertaining than the State of Play
There is a Sony showcase on 24 May, just before the xbox one.
If course there will be Xbox owned games.
They might announce their next batch of games coming to Playstation/Nintendo, maybe Starfield alongside it's DLC reveal. And don't forget any Atlus games shown will 100% be coming to Playstation as well.
Can we just get Microsoft Flight Simulator on PS5, please? < / portbeg >
Of course they'll be games that will be playable on Playstation - they often showcase indies and 3rd Party games that will be releasing on PS day/date - and numerous IP's on PS too - from games that existed before MS took over - Fallout76/ESO, CoD, Diablo etc (new DLC maybe?) to games made under MS - Minecraft (Legends & Dungeons), Sea of Thieves and Grounded etc.
In the past, we have seen games like AC: Valhalla, Lies of P, Plague Tale etc appear during MS's show - games that released on Playstation too and of course Like a Dragon, Persona etc have appeared on the Xbox stage as well.
@BloodyBlact That was last year's showcase. While there probably will be a Playstation Showcase in May considering the last Playstation Studios release with a release date (Stellar Blade) released on Friday, it's very unlikely they'd do a showcase on a Friday as Friday announcements are generally associated with bad news.
@RBMango the fact that they only needed to show 3 japanese games to be "exponentially" better shows how bad the PS showcase was last year and how society loves anime (Persona 3 was pretty mid sorry).
But what will determine this year who is better? Even if Sony shows their future if xbox shows Silksong people will say xbox showcase was better LOL so I wouldn't expect for anyone to prove you wrong.
I'm sure they won't announce any games for PlayStation directly, but ill be watching and hopefully we don't see to many "Xbox Exclusive" banners after the trailers.
I think there is a strong chance that the port of Starfield will be mentioned, likely to either coincide with the release of the DLC or sometime soon after.
I wouldn't be shocked if the much rumoured Marcus Fenix Trilogy remaster comes to the PlayStation too.
The floodgates are well and truly open at this point. Any game that has been on the Xbox for 6 to 12 months is a possible port now...
I’m just hoping for some new big AAA games deserved of the title big AAA like in the old days, single player big campaigns.
Released with very good performance and quality with no patches really required.
From Sony or Nintendo or Xbox.
Sorry all I just fell a sleep then and had an amazing dream.
They'll be wishy-washy about which games are coming to PlayStation and we all know it. We also know the majority of the games they'll announce are Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard games that would have come to PlayStation without Microsoft's meddling. Thanks, "Gaming for All" Phil.
Waiting for the ps showcase thanks 👊
@Fiendish-Beaver people here don't want "starfailed"
@The_Wailing_Doom Only meddling to be seen on that front has been from Sony with ghostwire, deathloop and that attempted deal to get starfield exclusivity before Microsoft decided to purchase Bethesda. Ghostwire and deathloop shouldn't have even came to Xbox because they both stink.
@Deityjester
You view temporary exclusivity by PlayStation with clearly defined exclusivity periods as meddling, but permanent and/or temporary exclusivity with secretive exclusivity periods by Xbox are not meddling? Peculiar.
Not sure announcing that more Xbox exclusives porting over to Playstation at this event would go down too well with the Xbox faithful...
@get2sammyb percentage wise how much u think is going to playstation and switch
To think we’ve gone since 2021 without a proper PlayStation Showcase…
@itsfoz Never say never but I highly doubt that'll be the case. PlayStation makes most of its revenue from a la carte game sales, be it physical or digital.
Most of Xbox's current troubles stem from a customer base hooked on Game Pass. Since the subscription numbers have completely flatlined and Microsoft is nowhere near their intended target for Game Pass subscribers, it doesn't exactly feel like you're doing yourself any favors by allowing the service on your platform.
I strongly disagree, @Deityjester. I'd put money on Starfield hitting the number one spot for pre-orders and then sales on the PlayStation when it releases towards the end of this year. It's also possible that the planned DLC will massively change the game when it releases this Fall (just as the expansion massively changed Cyberpunk 2077).
Regardless, you seem to be outright dismissing the complaints and disappointment expressed on these pages when Starfield was revealed as an Xbox exclusive. As much as many here will happily slate Xbox and every game on it, there are many more that would happily play pretty much everything that Xbox has to offer (and with the way Microsoft are now pulling the strings at Xbox, I think it safe to say that PlayStation will likely get that chance now)...
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