Xbox Tokyo Game Show - Sept 21st 5am EST!

Sept. 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. JST / 2:00 a.m. PST / 5:00 a.m. EST / 10:00 a.m. BST.

What are your hopes and dreams for Xbox TGS announcements, SW? Last year we got:

TGS 2022 Xbox announcements

• Deathloop coming to Xbox Series X|S on September 20 and will be available with Xbox Game Pass.
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey , Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Fuga: Melodies of Steel, and Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered available with Xbox Game Pass today.
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition and Guilty Gear -Strive- also coming to Xbox Game Pass.

@SolidGame_basic: It's on at like 6pm here, bout time you guys were forced to get up early to watch one of these things 🤣

PS...on a side note I still won't be watching it though.

I just wanna see when Nintendo and Xbox execs are in the same room. It will be the most awkward moment in recent gaming history. Somebody has got to set that up

Really looking forward to this show. Not really sure what expect, just give me some of that Japanese gaming goodness for Xbox.

@last_lap: you should go in person and tell Phil to F off on an all digital console!

@SolidGame_basic: I will do that when you come to the realisation that A) you're not as big of a physical gamer as you think you are because you would still game if it was 100% digital.

And

B) you also come to the realisation that Sony is going to do the exact same thing.

When you realise those 2 things let me know and I'll book my tickets.

This will be a perfect time to apologize for a the leaks and assure everyone that the Xbox brand won't dies in a few years.

I just want to see more of Stellar Blade and a release date.

I don't know why MS is having this when we all know that they are leaving the gaming industry.😉

@davillain: Not sure you will see the Xbox version there.

@davillain:

Stellar Blade is being published by PlayStation. It won't show up at Xbox's showcase.

@last_lap: @Nonstop-Madness: LOL I meant as the actual TGS and hardly on the Xbox show. Not really expecting much on Xbox TGS but I'll be mighty surprise if its related to Lost Odyssey.

Damn. It’s gonna be at 5:00 am here. Pretty early. Anyway some stuff I’d like to regardless of the likelihood of it happening are:

- new Blue Dragon

- Lost Odyssey 2

- Scalebound revival

- SquareEnix stuff

- Capcom stuff

Why? Phil has already launched a successful one. Series S makes up 75% of their “next gen” console footprint. Maybe if the Series X wasn’t out there causing confusion among consumers, the Series S could be tracking ahead of the Xbox One.

@ghostofgolden: You think it's a win for Phil if Series S makes up 75% of Xbox current consoles?

That's a total failure. Man you have some weirdest thoughts rolling around that head of yours when it comes to Xbox.

It's funny because whenever there is bad Xbox news, you're here in within the hour, bad Xbox news to is like is like the bat signal to Batman 🤣

X/S was tracking as the most successful Xbox until recently. The Series S makes up 3/4 of that number. Meaning the console being digital only isn’t seen as a negative to consumers.

Numbers don’t lie. Well except when the numbers are fake, but that’s a different story

@Archangel3371: I'm with you on the first 3, last 2 do multiplats for the most part (when Sony isn't moneyhatting that is) so games from them will come.

It's dumb because Spencer used MS money to remaster one of his favourite games (voodoo Vince, like wtf) but can't cough up enough money to get sequels to 2 of the best rpgs of that generation 🤦‍♂️

@ghostofgolden: Well traditionally humans are cheap skates and will buy the cheaper option, that and correct me if I'm wrong but the X uses a lot more components (chips etc) and there was a shortage for a while(couple of years) and MS was making more S.

So there is a few factors involved here.

@last_lap: Well to be fair we don’t really know the circumstances behind why there’s no new Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey 2. Getting the money together is only part of the problem. Hard to say if Mistwalker even wanted or was able to work on those games at the time. I’m sure he’d also have to get other people at Microsoft to give the go ahead as well. Hard to say what the sentiment is over there for these games. Sometimes things just need to get into proper alignment to move forward. Same thing with Killer Instinct. The fan base for that game is pretty vocal and Phil has said before that bring out another game for that franchise but would like to do it with the right developer.

@Archangel3371: I get you're trying to see things from every perspective.

To me Phil spent millions to get a game no one other than he cared about remastered.

Now looking to find a dev for Killer Instinct is one thing. Completely ignoring LO & BD is another.

And if MS can throw around 69 billion for Activision I'm sure they could find enough change down the side of the couch for 2 of Xbox's most beloved rpgs.

Spencer himself keeps banging on about needing more games from the East and he has ip's just sitting there waiting to have sequels made.

@last_lap: Well like I said making a game is about more then just money. You need developers who want and are able to make the game along with the desire to do so. As much as I’d love to see those games there may be a lot of factors at play where things just aren’t lining up for it to happen. Microsoft can certainly afford it so it’s not like it’s a money issue.

Having spent more than 70 billion in acquisitions and with only 4 years left in the industry, they really have to make this one count!

Jokes aside I really don't care for the silliness of Like a Dragon or JRPGs in general so I'm not expecting anything interesting. But more stuff coming to GP is always great. #value

Obviously if Evil Within 3 is announced I'll wet my pants.

Here are some stuff for TGS.

https://www.gematsu.com/event/tokyo-game-show-2023

https://www.youtube.com/@tokyogameshow

I just hope Microsoft gave Hideo Kojima a $500 million budget to make whatever game he wants.

It would probably be the first game to get a 100 on metacritic.

Pls Phil

Somewhat plausible: Gameplay trailers for Avowed, Fable, and Hellblade 2; FFR coming to XBox.

Within the realm of possibility: Killer Instinct 2 developed by Namco or Arc.

Probably not: Crimson Skies sequel, Playground games making Blur 2.

@davillain: I was taking a shot Sony as I know Sony wasn't going to be there, and that the game was announced with a trailer as coming to Xbox & PS, then Sony swooped in and took the game away from Xbox gamers.

I wish Blur 2 was coming, but MS hasn't closed the Craptivision deal yet. And I would also love a Crimson Skies sequel.

There is a rumour that FF7R is coming to Xbox, but i doubt it.

@last_lap: do you want to play FF7 Remake?

The only thing I can find is that those 2 games weren't big sellers. I couldn't find any angst between Mistwalker/MS.

If I were a betting man, I would say that as they didn't sell as expected is the reason why Phil doesn't want to go back to those games.

@last_lap: Yeah, they probably weren’t big sellers and that would certainly impact their possibilities for sequels. Not saying that there’s necessarily angst or bad blood between Mistwalker and MS, just saying that there may be simply different things that they want to pursue. Maybe Mistwalker just wanted to pursue different projects or whatever. Also I don’t think everything is based on what Phil does or doesn’t want. Has he even ever said anything about those two games? Maybe he would be interested but others either in Microsoft or Mistwalker aren’t. I just think that you can’t just automatically assume that these games aren’t getting sequels because Phil doesn’t want to spend the money when there’s so many other factors that come into play when developing games.

My expectations are very low never been a huge fan of the Tokyo game show. Hope I'm wrong and Xbox put on a decent showcase.

I was searching for reasons that these games haven't had sequels, and I wasn't saying you said there was any angst, I was just looking for a multitude of reasons as to why.

I found this where Phil professes his love for both games, and wants to bring them to backwards compatibility to the Xbox One.

I also found this where he said

"RPGs for me personally, that's the genre I grew up playing, starting with the old Ultima series," Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer told Eurogamer at Gamescom.

"Those are games that are in my heart. When we launched 360 we invested in Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon with Sakaguchi-san. Those were really important games from us."

So he speaks a good game in public, but in reality it means little, just PR speak as he has done very little in the almost 10yrs he's been there.

You might think i'm being critical of Phil, but he's done little with the IP's MS owns and is just buying up more studios.

Anyway I hope that something gets announced tomorrow that isn't just third-party partnerships.

No, Why would I want to play a game where i'm stuck in the games city that's bloated for 40hrs?

Square are just milking the FF fans. Imagine remaking a game by breaking it up into pieces and selling it at full price over 3 games and a period of 10yrs.

After how everything leaked yesterday ms need a good show to bounce back. I'm not expecting an awful lot but want support for the system from Japan.

The only people who think the leaked documents say that are cows, because they still have Starfield copium.

Better save some of that, though - when the real racing king comes out next month, and once again makes Gran Turismo it's b**ch, you'll need some more of that sweet copium to get through the rest of the month.

Woop woop, just 10 hours away!

Looking forward to it. I hope they show some Persona 3 (the remake).

A look at a good game, but Silent Hill 2 is still very much missing in action

Always such a difficult decision for me to decide wether I'm getting this on Switch or PC.

Some very cool stuff coming to Game Pass such as Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man who Erased His Name, the Ace Attorney games, etc. Great to see Octopath Traveler II coming to the Xbox platform. Loved the first game and still need to get this sequel.

wow a borefest, but congrats to lems that get to experience Octopath Travler 2

I missed ace attorney coming to game pass, saves me the bother of finding out where to buy them on :p

@R4gn4r0k: The Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy hits Game Pass Sept. 26. but the Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy doesn’t seem to be hitting Game Pass when it launches on Xbox and Windows early 2024.

That Hotel Barcelona game looks pretty crazy. Am definitely interested.

Like the look of the new like a dragon games gaiden looks really good with the beat em up gameplay. Good to see the jrpg fans getting some content on Xbox. All in all not a bad show.

@Archangel3371: that's alright, I'll be trying out the OG Trilogy then through game pass, nice treat anyway 🙂

What more games, why thank you Microsoft.

For 3rd year in a row, rumor that FF7R is coming to Xbox is AGAIN.... crap as usual.