Xbox Has Never Had A "Game Of The Year" - Kinda Funny Xcast Ep. 119

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Mike, Gary, and Parris sit down to talk about Xbox's history with The Game Awards and their hope for Xbox's future.
Time Stamps -
00:00:00 - Start
00:08:15 - Housekeeping
00:09:25 - Xbox Has Never Won A Game of the Year Award
00:31:36 - Ads
00:34:41 - Xbox’s Future GOTY Contenders?!
00:37:41 - Xbox Is Set To Raise Prices on First Party Games!
00:45:18 - Phil Spencer Is Bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo Consoles?!
00:52:28 - Flight Sim Soars To A Milestone
00:57:24 - Diablo 4 Preview
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[@Omegaslashbuster1]

I love the fact that Snow Bike is calling Microsoft out for not having games. Mike has earn my respect.

[@martialartz161]

I was just thinking the same thing he's an excellent host and doesn't let his bias sway him

[@illadelph42]

@@martialartz161 except for when he buys lil xbox hoodies for his controllers 😂 jokes aside love the dood

[@themarszeppelin]

his comments about their E3 completely earned my respect. Until we as consumers hold these companies accountable they will continue to keep providing us the same nonsense.

[@branberrycakes]

I knew it took a lot from him knowing how big of an Xbox fanboy he is, but I gotta give him credit for admitting it. Facts are facts.

[@aro52]

@@8bitdee It's not a black and white, zero-sum game. You can support something, while also being critical of it.

[@tyler4324]

Really glad to see Lex Luthor appearing in person for the X cast. Joking aside Gary looks great bald.

[@shadowtech6298]

I gotta say Gary’s analysis on characters was so fascinating to listen to

[@Ha1frican]

Tbh I think it's pretty off the mark especially with the Star Wars convo. Padme is far a more fleshed out a character in Episode 1 than Leia ever was in Episode 4 but phrasing it the way he did makes its seem like there's nothing to her which you could easily do in reverse. You could easily go "Who's Padme? A child queen with the burden of leadership and responsibility thrust upon her at an early age who's forced to be wary of danger and yet still retains her hope for peace and democracy. Who's Leia? The damsel in distress." He's also ignoring the fact that they attempted exactly what he's describing with Master Chief in Halo 4 and 5 and a lot of people complained about it saying he should just be a vessel for the player.

[@howdydutt1e]

@@Ha1frican I agree with the star wars take. It would have been better if applied to the most recent trilogy with Rey and Po. But he was right about Xbox not having characters.

[@MRayGames]

@@Ha1frican how much of that description of padme do you actually get from the character herself though? I'd argue she doesn't give off any of that in her performance, it's just information that's given to you in other ways. Leia being someone who doesn't take anyone's shit and handles things herself is shown to you through her action and dialogue. Show don't tell and all that. There's a lot you can say about many characters from the prequels that you get told or can infer, but you don't get it from the performance. 2 lines of dialogue from han solo and you know what that character is about, the same from qui gon jin (cannot remember the spelling) and hes still an enigma, you don't know what kind of person he is. That's what I get from what Gary's saying

[@BlarGames]

@@MRayGames Exactly, backstory and 'lore' doesn't add anything to character if the character itself is bland. Its their actions, dialogue, behaviour etc. that truly constitute character, beyond the obvious of looks and such. Totally agree with Gary, Xbox has mainly had characters which are pure archetypes (Master Chief, the Gears squad) of heroes, with some plot sprinkled throughout but very little depth or range overall. That being said, I do think they're trying to get away from this image..Psychonauts 2 has a great cast of characters, and I can't wait for the next Hellblade which is basically exactly the kind of narrative-heavy, character-focused sort of game that Sony excels at, albeit at a lower budget. So I think Microsoft will get there, the question is simply wether their efforts will be able to compete with those of Sony.

[@MRayGames]

@@BlarGames MS will definitely benefit from those IP, but its a shame that both hellblade and psychonauts are established ip they bought after their first games released. Nothing new on the horizon that they seem to have their studios working on yet

[@MShak3]

I'm glad Mike continues to wear his glasses. He looks good with them on.

[@timcastro5648]

The fact that halo 3 , gears 1-3, halo reach didn’t win for their respective year is crazy

[@howdydutt1e]

It is a testament to how good those years were. Sony didn't even have wins those years.

[@who_likes_chicken6098]

Looking back on it, there's no excuse that H3 didn't win 2007 imo. That game changed the entire gaming landscape and it's still relevant today

[@leem6382]

@@who_likes_chicken6098 idk man 2007 was just a crazy year for games. I love Halo 3 but putting it against Portal, Mario Galaxy, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Metroid Prime 3, COD4, Team Fortress 2 it kinda makes sense that some of those would edge it out.

[@who_likes_chicken6098]

@@leem6382 does it though? H3 on MCC still has thousands if active players, and I don't think any game you mentioned has anything close to that. I also don't think those games remasters would sell as well as a H3 remaster.

[@awaisanwar104]

@@leem6382 really portal and mario galaxy you're comparing those peasant games to something like H3 which was insanely strong for years and even now still has full servers? Gtfo.

[@DanielLoganGames]

I think the comment about Starfield being seen as a Bethesda win rather than an Xbox win is interesting and also probably true. I think that is especially true since it was seemingly pretty far in development before the acquisiton rather than being a game Microsoft Greenlit

[@andrewfeistner3384]

Completely blanking that the Perfect Dark reboot was announced a couple years ago at the Game Awards

[@livibam]

Gary is brilliant 😂

[@Zero-mn8bt]

I mainly play PlayStation but I disagree, I thought Forza Horizon 5 was phenomenal, and one of if not the best game of last year. Also Pentiment is one of my favourite games of this year.

[@mrpopo5097]

Not game of the year

[@johnbishop2536]

@@mrpopo5097 Glasses mate, use them.

[@gxgear]

Psychonauts 2 is a Double Fine game even if it won; Microsoft simply acquired the studio in the 11th hour of the game's development.

[@johnbishop2536]

If Stella Blade lives up to it's hype then the same logic can be put onto that because that was scheduled to be a multiplat not long ago.

[@dingus2k]

I think Pentament is huge. No it’s not in a bunch of Game Awards nominations but it’s an early indicator of what Microsoft can be doing for Obsidian and the other studios under its belt. Would we have still gotten great games from those studios even if they weren’t owned by Microsoft? Of course, but I don’t think we’d see nearly as many games and the games we would see would have to be made to appeal to the most people possible.

[@Billinous]

I'd rather Microsoft wins zero awards if it means they continue giving me dozens of games to play annually! I've played over 22 NEW GAMES in 2022 with 15 of them being original IPs (Pentiment included). A personal record! I'll say it like The Reggienator: "let those guys worry about awards, were here giving our players the best experience"

[@maxdelpo5578]

@@Billinous me too

[@TommyBoyB]

Mike´s Diablo 4 commentary got me pretty excited!

[@BLewTheKake]

Marcus Fenix is a compelling character... Gruff, tuff, but fair. Loves his people and extremely loyal

[@pmac206]

You know I think your right . I have fond memories of the games . Why don’t they bring him back in a big way similar to how PlayStation did with Kratos .

[@lordhorg999]

He is thats why when they give you lame ass jd and marcus still on your squad drove me insane like can i have my main cool character back lol

[@AdotBooM]

Can't wait for my Xcast hoodie and hat :)

[@langstonquin]

Madden 2004 was definitely a banger. That's Mike Vick's year. You could dominate with him and everyone loved it.

[@dickdanson]

Its no NHL 2004 (or nfl 2k5) but it was alright

[@dingus2k]

Lol wasn’t he involved in dog fighting?

[@dingus2k]

But i do remember playing a ton of Madden 04 and the falcons were my favorite team

[@dageekynerd2898]

Gotta have some GOTY quality games and get nominated first. That list Mike read was crazy. Does he forget how some of those games were received? SOT, Bleeding Edge, State of Decay were in the 60s. Halo MCC how long that take to fix lol. Be low key disappointed if Starfield doesn't get nominated tho.

[@Trolleri87]

Also, Sonys first party games holds a way higher standard.

[@ki11atj49]

Not having game of the year for Halo, CE or Halo 3 is pretty ridiculous anyway so

[@TheKennyboy92]

Combat Evolved was out before the awards started

[@ki11atj49]

@@TheKennyboy92 there has always been a game of the year tho. It just depends on what one you look at Halo CE and Halo 3 were totally competing for the best of those years

[@TheKennyboy92]

@@ki11atj49 Yeah different publications have them

[@Ha1frican]

49:12 Call of Duty was actually on Nintendo well after the WW2 stuff, Black Ops 2 was on Wii U. They even had Call of Duty 4 on the Wii so its already established that they can (and probably will) make a paired down port. There's nothing about this to suggest a more powerful switch is coming although given the current systems age that's a pretty strong possiblity. Edit: Looks like it was actually Ghosts on the Wii-U 9 Years ago

[@darthhavok1]

Great conversations in this ep lads

[@Alex_Logan22]

HellBlade, a franchise started on PlayStation as a timed exclusive, has your best chances. That’s why they revealed the Series X alongside that game at the 2019 awards, despite development having not even started at the time.

[@TreyIM22]

3...yrs...later...

[@Alex_Logan22]

@@TreyIM22 Yea I know, same with their Kojima announcement, they’re so desperate in trying to get PlayStation’s audience.

[@Blakers37]

Black Ops II and Ghosts were on Wii U as well, so it's been a while but not quite as long as people think!

[@who_likes_chicken6098]

I hope you guys check out Halo Infinite's Custom Games Browser and chat about it next week! Seems like it's the foundation for Infinite to rise from the ashes! I'd love to hear Gary's perspective, as I was surprised Infinite had interested him as much as it did when it launched. Edit: I commented this while Paris was signing off before the outro. So excited for next weeks episode!

[@lancerloco]

When will xcast have a hoodie for my Xbox controller? These are the important issues I want to talk about

[@jvjv3061]

Can someone explain me why : * in 2016, Forza Horizon 3 (91 metascore), is the only 90+ game of this year to be excluded from the Game Awards GOTY nominations, and replaced by other games with a much lower metascore like Doom (87) or Titanfall 2 (89) ? * in 2018, Forza Horizon 4 (92 metascore), is the only 90+ game of this year to be excluded from the Game Awards GOTY nominations, and replaced by games with a much lower metascore like Marvel's Spiderman (87), AC Odyssey (87) ? * in 2019, Gears 5 (84 metascore), does not have its place in the Game Awards GOTY nominations, instead of other games with a much lower metascore like Control (82) or Death Stranding (82)? * in 2020, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps (92 metascore) AND Flight Simulator (91 metascore), are the only 90+ games of this year to be excluded from the Game Awards GOTY nominations, and replaced by an other game with a much lower metascore, like Doom Eternal (88), or Ghost Of Tsushima (83) ? * in 2021, Forza Horizon 5 (92 metascore), is the only 90+ game of this year to be excluded from the Game Awards GOTY nominations, and replaced by games with a much lower metascore like Resident Evil Village (84), Deathloop (88), or It Takes Two (89), Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart (88) ? * in 2022, Halo Infinite (87 metascore), does not have its place in the Game Awards GOTY nominations, instead of other games with a much lower metascore like Stray (83) or A Plague Tale Requiem (85) ? Some could reply me that Halo Infinite was out on december 2021, but so why Super Smash Bros, out in december 2018, was nominated for the 2019 GOTY ?.... So what ? These games are not games ?These aren't great enough ? These games aren't beautiful enough ? Their gameplay aren't deep enough ? It's seems impossible for a 90+ PlayStation Studios / Nintendo game to be excluded from the Game Awards GOTY nominations, but Xbox could produce the bests videos games ever, that they won't get even a chance because of the voters of the Game Awards.

[@Blietzflame845]

21:24 I disagree in the sense that for Hollywood at the moment they generally choose the more indie stuff to win best picture while for game awards it’s more the flashy titles. A game like it takes two winning is more of a rarity

[@QuadryHolloman]

Gary was spitting on this episode 🙏

[@slackeratlarge575]

Where is hellblade: senua’s saga? That first game had a compelling story and protagonist

[@R0ndras]

Thats an indie game, not even exclusive. Sequel is exclusive and owned by Xbox

[@BlacklistMegaT]

Oiiiii that jacket is niice... Might have to cop my 1st ever piece of merch ever.. nice 1 boys

[@Allex1342]

18:36 true Gary

[@TheKennyboy92]

Paris is so on the money with how Xbox have squandered so many potential franchises. For me that is one of the biggest missteps Xbox have made over the past decade with their first party output. Gary is also spot on about icon characters, they are few and far between on Xbox.

[@jynxce]

No shade against MS, but they will continue to squander. They're a pocket book, safe haven for devs before the studios dissolve. Once they bring the studios in, there's a lack of desire, passion and hunger that the devs had when they had to actually rely on making good products for sales & survival instead of just living under the umbrella protection of a mega corps.

[@illestcatnnebraska7331]

Crazy how Phil wins awards

[@TheKennyboy92]

@@illestcatnnebraska7331 what?

[@mattachu21]

Because Xbox hasn’t been good since they came out with the Kinect. Since then it’s exclusives have been basic and not the greatest. Now it’s just a gamepass box

[@TheGamerCritic]

I think it’s certainly possible! They have the makings of success, they have studios, the money, and the talent. They need to focus up, and start showing a bit more leadership to actually get the games released

[@n124ajdx]

they don't have the most important thing, which is the Japanese creativity

[@Atlanta4Ever]

Madden 2004 was peak Madden. It was the first to introduce online play which changed everything. Plus it had my guy Mike Vick on the cover. The most broken video game character of all time. He was a human cheat code lol.

[@Hydelsius]

Did Paris forget about the perfect dark reboot? I assume it'll be out much earlier than 20 years from now.

[@wellhellotherekyle]

Not sure if it was mentioned (can’t watch right now) but did the guys notice that halo infinite got its custom Games browser released 3 months early? The game is full of content now and super fun. Love to hear their opinion on that.

[@blairsnyder1067]

Also isn’t racing currently under the sport’s nominates ?

[@TheKennyboy92]

Yeah it's racing and sport I believe.

[@prettyhatemachine101]

Gary Palpatine. I’m down

[@jacoblesperance2115]

Copy and paste racing games that come out every year is very different than a new game that takes years to make

[@Lex_in_WDM]

Paris mentioned Xbox “said” they were going to keep Activision games on Xbox. Didn’t they tell the same people they would keep Bethesda games on other systems as well??? And then they lied about it by making Bethesda games exclusive.

[@ronaldlo8818]

It's weird to hear them talk about how there is a bias against racing games when they started the segment by slandering Madden 04 despite admitting they know nothing about it.

[@pgdunphy]

That hoodie 🔥

[@leetsandersuk1935]

Couldn’t agree with Parris more! The ball is STILL being dropped on Banjo.

[@johnm.2785]

The fact that they hold Xbox accountable like this even though theyre that connected is very respectable.

[@glitchsister]

Halo 1 had game of the year printed on the box so idk

[@illadelph42]

Cyberpunk is getting a game of the year edition too lol (jokes aside I really like Cyberpunk)

[@R0ndras]

@@illadelph42 Far Cry isnt even nominated in any site or Award and is also getting a GOTY edition. Its just marketing.

[@illadelph42]

@@R0ndras that’s the point I was making…

[@VIP_World]

@@illadelph42 Finally got around to playing it, one of the best gaming experiences I've had to date. The story alone is beautiful

[@illadelph42]

@Dystopic aura If you told me about 10 other games from that year have a GOTY edition too I’d believe it. GTA 3, FFX, MGS2, THPS 3, Max Payne, etc etc that was a good year my personal pick was DMC.

[@SSJ2Phenom]

I hope an Xbox game gets GOTY one day. As a gamer, more great games is never a bad thing. Before that can happen it needs one thing essential to getting a GOTY. F'N GAMES!!!! My friends swear that I'm a Sony Pony because the vast majority of all games that I was excited for this year were either Sony exclusives, timed Sony exclusives, or multi-platform. I swear I'm not though. If Xbox didn't have GamePass at this point, I fear it'd be struggling. Coincidentally though, if it didn't have GamePass I think Microsoft would be forced to make more and better games. Here's to hoping that Starfield (When the hell ever that comes out) is GOTY material. ✌🏾✌🏾

[@star.traffick8390]

You don't make any sense. Microsoft doesn't make games, but their studios does. Fable should not be fast track to please critics and analyst. Games should only come out when they are ready and not before.

[@damiannicholas3413]

@@star.traffick8390 na man you made no sense. 10 plus years and no fckin GOTY quality games it's really shameful. Tired of defending Xbox they promise this promise that and nothing. Good games but nothing wow let's hope Fable and Starfield are great not another Halo fiasco one of the most expensive games and really nothing to show for . So much for the most powerful console

[@SSJ2Phenom]

@@star.traffick8390 What the F*** are you on about? Does Microsoft not own those studios? When the games are released will they not have either the Microsoft or Xbox label and logo on them? You sound like a child. Also, where in the hell did I mention Fable anywhere in my comment? Hell, where did I imply I wanted Starfield to come out as soon as possible? Your entire comment is nothing but unrelated rantings and they read as though they come from someone who either doesn't have touch with objective reality or an Xbot (which would also cover the first option). I'd suggest that you jump off of the Xbox lap and go touch some grass.

[@star.traffick8390]

Fable, Hellblade 2, Avowed etc are being made meticulously with strict attention to details, so don't expect those games to be rushed to please critics.

[@damiannicholas3413]

@@star.traffick8390 look at the gears 5 and Halo interview before they launched they said they exact same thing. I'll believe it when I see it! Hope they don't mess up Fable that's all I prey. Untill then I will be play GOW Ragnarok such a masterpiece

[@jackied962]

It's kind of crazy that Xbox has competed as well as they have, when considering the lack of games.

[@avidfather1864]

Master Chief was a great mascot for the era of the original Xbox. He's a big guy guy with cool armor. The problem is that for games intended for a more mature audience like Halo, that type of bland character just doesn't hold up that much.

[@ColeTheLeprechaun]

2014 was their best chance. Xbox had Titanfall 1, Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive, and The Master Chief Collection. It would have been cool to see an Xbox game win the first Keighley. And I think any of those deserved it over Dragon Age Inquisition.

[@mrpopo5097]

Sunset overdrive and titanfall was not a game of the year contender material.

[@Eddie-eddie]

Man Gary witta? More like Gary with-tha truth 🎉

[@mecharobots]

I get games are more expensive to make but also gaming the biggest it's ever been and company's are smashing records like Sony and xbox and god of war sold 5 million in a week. At $60 it still would of made profit.

[@Mike313H]

people say they cant think of xbox games on the xbox one have to had memory lost bad because they had some great games that were exclusive or started as exclusives . titanfall, killer instint, sunset overdrive, quantum break, gears 5, ori and the blind forest, cuphead, D4, pso2, halo wars those just ones off the top of my head. they messed up the second half of the gen with not putting alot of things out but they def had some early on. they just needed more studios with is what they are fixing now

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

i swear one of the forza horizons, FH5 maybe? won goty at alot of outlets.

[@rocketguardian]

Pretty sure it was either Game Informer's or IGN's.

[@TheLshyne]

Yup from ign.

[@labounti]

It's clickbait. They admitted it's from 1 outlet.

[@noctis129]

Came here to hear some controversial Xbox news and conversation. And they’re talking about Christmas, trees, presents, redoing the kitchen, Santa Claus, and bunch of stupid stuff. After 5 mins, I had to leave.

[@3mileisland516]

That dude on the right is spot on! Where are the Xbox characters..? Where is Xbox's soul??

[@martialartz161]

The reason those games are winning Gary is because they are 10s in almost every category where xbox might have a 10 in one category but 7s or 8s in the rest

[@mobbchicomedia]

they could, i think scalebound couldve been one of them

[@themoviefan9990]

They will when they actually make a goty winner

[@sam5898]

If you can't make em, buy em! The three "xbox exclusives" they mentioned were 3rd party during development until Xbox bought them, no home grown first party title, even the Halo IP was bought and not created within Xbox lol

[@bixhutch6274]

Technically Oblivion was an Xbox title. But there's a reason they went out and bought studios. People need to remember that Xbox had like 3 or 4 studios during the Xbox One generation. It's only been since the last 5 years that Microsoft decided to put the money back in Xbox so all of these studios are cooking and you'd be out of your mind if you think all this talent is going to do great things. Also no excuse for Forza Horizon not making it last year. The genre bias is real.

[@17Haru17]

Pokemon can't run on the Switch and Halo can't run on PCs, but the hardware isn't the problem in either case. The commonality is that both games are made by less experienced developers under poor management that imposes arbitrary 6 or 12 month deadlines.

[@R0ndras]

Every sony fanboy in the comments wasting time while the KF crew probably arent even reading them.

[@illestcatnnebraska7331]

Xbox has no games

[@swavezmartin]

Microsoft flight simulator 2020 is absolutely amazing love it 😀 😍

[@5thdimension367]

Let’s keep it’s a 1000 honest. Xbox is good I pay for game pass monthly but they need the bangers soon

[@locuscuztheyfocuse4581]

it had game of the year graphics scorn 😂👍

[@princekev45]

And it won’t be this year either

[@luisdotson4548]

Love yall but Xbox hasnt had a game of the year b/c all their games look and feel like they are designed to be played by 50+ ppl at a time. How is it that they cant create any single player, open world experiences akin to GoW or Horizon or Uncharted. Maybe they should take a studio, give them 3-4yrs, no reveals, no updates, just build and build and build and then stop making it look like a 7yr old designed it. I love the idea of community in gaming but its ok to have games that dont do that too. Love the content guys!

[@MrJblazini]

Game of The Year should be just for 3rd person walking Sims

[@Mike313H]

Grounded shouldve been on this goty list over stray i feel like that was a snub and why are they only using the game awards as a measure? ign, gamespot, and more also have goty awards. forza 5 won one last year

[@fearfaceace1990]

They won for forza ? Oh you mean the Geoff one, where they left off forza horizon 5

[@ShinyRyuji]

Because Xbox fans don’t hold Microsoft accountable

[@R0ndras]

Microsoft tried to charge more for gold. They changed it the day after from the massive backlash. XOne had a lot of awful marketin from Mattrick and no games, it didnt sell well. How's that for not being accountable? I mean even their shitty PC client has had backlash since day 1 and they fixed everything about it, even adding extra stuff to it. You go on the Sony side, everyone screaming how bad the pricing is.. Sony increases it more. Remakes cost way too much? fuck you, buy it. PS+ premium isnt good? fuck you, buy it.

[@ShinyRyuji]

@@R0ndras sir you’re not talking about games. I bought my series x for games not games with gold

[@johnbishop2536]

Same goes for you lot.... Remasters, Remakes, Re-Bleached, Reimagining and Remake of a Remaster that plays like the Remaster. $70 ya easy fcks.

[@NOXX1985]

boy oh boy, let the excuses pour in from xbox fans on why you didn't win 1 award 🤣 I gotta hear this 🗣

[@johnbishop2536]

Meh I don't think Xbox will ever win an GOTY award and this is coming from someone that you'd consider a Bot or whatever the fanboy term is used (Not that you specifically are a hardcore Sony fan because I don't know you) but if you hold GOTY in such high regard then you'll always have to admit that Overwatch is better than Uncharted 4.

[@HoboRocky]

There's been a few GOTY awards for Xbox at different outlets, but really it boils down to Halo 1,2,3, Infinite. Gears 1,2. Forza Horizon 5. If you want to reach a bit Deathloop and Psychonauhts 2 won a few as well.

[@WaffleOnTheRun]

Halo 4 had a game of the year edition, so I assume that means they won it from some publication

[@illadelph42]

@@WaffleOnTheRun Cyberpunk is getting a game of the year edition too lol

[@guyfromnewark]

Neither Deathloop or Psychonauts are exclusive to Xbox.

[@anthonyvigil4549]

@@guyfromnewark they couldn't even play deathloop when it was up for goty

[@CampbellYoungblood]

@@guyfromnewark I feel like for this conversation exclusivity matters less than the fact that they are the publisher/owner

[@pemalebacon2420]

Forza 5 was so damn good and nobody talked about it

[@hobolad]

Do only the game awards count? Because Forza Horizon 5 won IGN game GOTY last year. For the game awards I think their best chance to win is next year as long as Starfield lives up to the hype.

[@johnnyjaee1417]

It doesn't only count but the game awards is the mainstream show with most eyes on it and that's part of the reason why games like forza are snubbed, the game awards is trying to appeal to the mainstream and that's why they push the narrative action adventure genre more than anything else.

[@maxdelpo5578]

I don't care. I care that I can keep playing great games with different genres and not only 3th person action adventure

[@sherpawhale]

Halo Reach won GOTY in my heart.

[@blairsnyder1067]

I think sea of thieves has been nominated for on going game at least a year or more before

[@R0ndras]

Thats not game of the year. Forza Horizon 5 was the best scoring game of its year and was nominated to a sports category. While action games(or anything else) get to be in several of them. Why are reviewers giving such high scores then in the nominations go and forget this high score games? Either the game awards are absolute trash(they are) or review scores are uselss(also are)

[@frankkent5567]

Nice to see hosts of an Xbox-centric podcast talking about Xbox's greatest failure openly instead of tiptoeing around it in fear.

[@covah3264]

Gary constantly hate on gears. Gears have great and memorable characters

[@PhantomPain74]

XBOX FORMULA :: Wait & Hope

[@gondorianslayer4250]

they don't need goty in order to be good games.

[@ryz9045]

HAHAHA this is the title of this episode???? That's sad. Xbox did not deserve a GOTY since the awards started to be fair. They could if they were actually building studios and working on crafting games during the Xbox One era. Now they're going to most likely get GOTYs through acquiring already established massive IP like Starfield, Elder Scrolls, Overwatch, etc. Which despite being Xbox brands now doesn't FEEL like Xbox games because they've already been around for so long as multiplats.

[@Necrophat]

Forza consideration for GOTY ? Lmfao

[@17Haru17]

Do you think the Witcher 1 was GOTY in 2007? No, the game sucked. Uncharted and Mass Effect were better, but they weren't totally figured out in their first entries either. It was a great year for Nintendo games, but Halo 3 was easily one of the best games that year. Xbox has fallen behind in first party output since then though. Really, since they scared Bungie off with their aggressive and inflexible deadlines.

[@R0ndras]

No one scared Bungie, they wanted to leave to fuck up other stuff. Now they're the lone developer of Destiny and every patch they fumbling something with that game, Microsoft isnt there forcing them to do anything and yet they still make mistake after mistake... strange, maybe Bungie was always the problem back in the day.

[@fittedgosling5426]

Imo xbox has had 2 game of the years. 2001 and 07. Halo 3 is a masterpiece. And halo 1 revolutionized shooters

[@jaxsonburch4914]

I’ve been saying they have no games since the Xbox one and ps4 era. Granted they do have Forza, gears, and halo but I don’t like any of those games. And also those are really their only great exclusives maybe besides Sunset Ovderdrive which came out years ago, and Hellblade, but I think it might be playable on PlayStation too.

[@harty3113]

Their games just get overlooked. Ori and the will of the wisps was an amazing game that should have been heavily nominated. They also don't make games that appeal to awards and that's fine. Games like sea of thieves and grounded are way more fun to me than last of us or days gone.

[@R0ndras]

@@harty3113 Ori isnt an xbox game

[@R0ndras]

Saying they have no games, then proceeding to say they do but you just dont like them is kinda dumb. Playstation had way more consistent releases but thats far from "no games".

[@harty3113]

@@R0ndras how is it not? It's Microsoft studios.

[@jaxsonburch4914]

@@R0ndras No what I said was that the only games that people point to as big Xbox games is the same three franchises that they’ve had since the original Xbox. And like was discussed for 30 minutes in this video, many people just don’t care about racing games and Halo and Gears don’t specialize in story and characters and rely more on their gameplay which is why those series are waning in mainstream appeal. There are outliers but those few games like the ones I mentioned, are years old. In recent years Sony has dropped massive hit after hit. Whether it’s ghost of Tsushima, Bloodborne, Demon Souls, Rachet, Uncharted, Last of us, etc. Xbox just doesn’t make the same quantity or quality of games. That might change but based off their track record of disappointing ip like recore and canceled projects like scalebound, I’m not too enthusiastic about their future. Like fable 4 could be dogshit. We know it’s going to be very different from the previous fables. And Avowed is a first person rpg with promise but it has to be amazing or else Xbox is going to continue to get buried.

[@ICharlyl]

They barely get any exclusives so I don't see them getting a goty for a couple more years, probably If they don't screw up elder scrolls 6 they could have a chance. Starfield looks kinda shitty.

[@MMOGrind]

Shoutout to Mike holding Microsoft accountable. They need to be better. Buying studios is not being better either…

[@johnbishop2536]

Buying studio's is not better..... Now you know how Sega feels about Sony lol

[@andrer4508]

i stopped buy AAA games because they are too expensive. i dont mind if they made games that looked like mario 64 forever. just make good games. graphics it not everything. i have gamepass =9 so i am very happy to be able to play AAA xbox games.

[@Trolleri87]

Take in considerstion the PS4 fanbase were way bigger than the Xbox One fanbase so offcourse the PS-games will get more votes.

[@rinkumultani6515]

i cant believe they giving credit to Microsoft for deathloop lol

[@abdel1143]

IGN GOTY 2021: Forza Horizon 5 Microsoft Flight Sim: 10/10 Masterpiece Halo Infinite: GOTY peoples voices at TGA 2021

[@eldeny1]

The fact that they have to go back in years to say we had quality tittles omg he went back in time to 2017 lololol i just have to go back months

[@thebros8157]

It's true but I have high hopes for next years lineup. Starfield is going to blow people away.

[@SilverJoystix]

When it comes to Xbox, the conversation always revolves around how Microsoft has mismanaged the brand. It's unavoidable and unescapable. Personally, I've given up on Microsoft and Xbox. I'm tired of the brand's reputation for mediocrity and lowered expectations.

[@randempocketstv2536]

Sea of thieves?

[@lain11644]

Maybe if they buy Sony.

[@regularspecial1]

Xbox really needs to step it up in 2023, thee state of xbox for the last 10 years is just embarrassing. we can put our heads in the sand and say gamepass is great but the facts remain that they have fumbled the ball yet again we need games out, not delays. we need to be able to purchase and play these games after all the time we've been waiting. we trusted xbox and bought into the ecosystem and have yet to see anything for our faith.

[@jamarmason5155]

Forza horizon 5 phyconaughts 2 deathloop halo 1 2 and 3 mass effect what do you mean?

[@NM-sb9co]

they are talking about the game awards specifically.

[@Highlander77]

I don't think you can really count games that started development before Xbox even owned them (Deathloop, Psychonauts), and Mass Effect was never a first party Xbox game.

[@effortlessfury]

@@Highlander77 While it wasn't first party, Microsoft Game Studios published the first game.

[@Highlander77]

@@effortlessfury giving them any sort of credit for the game itself is still a stretch. That's like saying that Sekiro was an Activision game, lol.

[@effortlessfury]

@@Highlander77 Activision published it in the West, so they had much less responsibility for it. But MS funded Mass Effect. It's not that much different from first party, and in fact, the way that Microsoft currently treats its first party studios (via Limited Integration) is probably very similar to the kind of relationship they'd have had with BioWare.

[@KrytopsyX]

Parris says IPs, I say Halo was a big IP. The problem isn’t the IPs, it’s the bad execution and bad management at Xbox. Most people are just not satisfied anymore with racing and fighting games on console. Nowadays, people are more compelled by games where they can get emotional and attached to the characters. Xbox have stopped to evolve thinking tech and more power would be enough but it’s just not. Pushing low cost and cheap games when people had the chance to taste greatness won’t be enough either. So all those GamePass games I see being pushed on social medias won’t do it but rather give the perception that Xbox has only that to deliver.

[@amitkumar77172]

This is just false. Go look at the most played games. It's free to play, sports and shooters. It's not GoW, Uncharted and Horizon. There is a distinction between what it is "critically acclaimed" and what most people actually play.

[@star.traffick8390]

None of the xbox studios that they bought have put out a game yet while working under Microsoft, so how the hell can we judge?

[@star.traffick8390]

GOW and Horizon Forbiden West are more of the same type of game. They did nothing new. GOW fight scenes are plodding and predictable.

[@illestcatnnebraska7331]

@@star.traffick8390 one game is Norse mythology…and the other is a futuristic post-apocalyptic game where machines are based off dinosaurs…not the same game by any means