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Xbox fans angry about game prizes, but not surprised


Phil Spencer stands on stage at the 2015 Game Awards.

Xbox Game Studios CEO Phil Spencer stands on stage at the 2015 Game Awards.
image: Allen Berezovsky (beautiful pictures)

It will not it is in firstbut Xbox fans are annoyed after Last night’s broadcast of The Game Awards. Problem? While competitors like Sony win award after award, the Xbox brand and Xbox-related games are almost nowhere to be seen.

Ironically, this year’s Game Awards took place at LA’s Microsoft Theater. Microsoft Games CEO Phil Spencer actually attendedand even though a game released by Xbox win a prize and many more Game Pass titles coming soon and features was announced, Xbox fans feel like the console’s parent company has let them down. Federal Trade Commission—but only a few hours before the Prize was sued for containment Microsoft’s pending merger with Activision Blizzard—it doesn’t seem to mind Microsoft’s introversion, but longtime fans of the company are tired of waiting for the publisher to show up.

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“Almost no screenings since June,” a popular tweet in response to Xbox’s upcoming Game Pass titles said. “You all hate your fans.”

That love seemed to echo everywhere. “Surprised that Xbox wasn’t at The Game Awards,” kinda funny host Parris Lilly tweeted“IMO, what a missed opportunity to prepare for what will happen in 2023.” Wire cutting pliers editor Arthur Gies also noticed Microsoft Gaming’s wallflower status, tweets “Xbox is the quietest game I think I’ve seen at the Game Awards.”

But Microsoft hasn’t been able to deliver the awe-inspiring exclusives its fans have been praying for for a while—Bethesda’s massive Xbox-exclusive action role-playing game. star school missed due date 2022So is Arkane first person shooter game failure. We’re at the point where even Microsoft acknowledges Sony and its PlayStation have exclusive “better quality”.

Instead of trying to match that quality, and despite having a large, promising amount endless halo update and the success of exclusive in 2022 like penitentXbox seems to be emphasizes Game Pass as its monetization tool. That can be disappointing for those who are extremely hungry for some creativity from the brand, but it’s probably the safest thing for Xbox to do while Its mess of Activision Blizzard merger chugs on. The FTC worries that the merger will make Microsoft too much of a gaming Goliath and specifically mentions star school and failure in its press release describe why it thinks so.

“Microsoft has decided to create a number of Bethesda titles including star school and failure Microsoft monopolizes despite assurances it has given to European antitrust authorities that it has no incentive to withhold games from rival consoles,” the press release reads. know. “With control of Activision’s blockbuster franchises, Microsoft will have both the means and an incentive to harm competition by manipulating Activision’s prices, degrading Activision’s game quality, or […] completely withhold content from competitors, resulting in harm to consumers.

So when the legal troubles double, Microsoft will likely continue to lurk in the shadows. Fans are losing one of two ways.

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