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Xbox Games Showcase will air at the following time zones:
- 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States)
- 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States)
- 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0)
- 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom)
- 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe)
- 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan)
- 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania)
You can watch the streams at:
I used to be optimistic for Microsoft since Phil Spencer got the Game Pass ball rolling, but I’m doubtful we’ll see a lot of concrete games. Especially with his recent speech that “even with games we won’t sell more Xboxes than PlayStations” (not that I care about the “console war”, but that’s definitely not a confident man speaking). If it’s a splash, it would’ve been bigger if the CMA and the FTC didn’t start stopping Microsoft from acquiring Activision-Blizzard-King.
I’m still rooting for them, though! Sony got some banger games, Nintendo’s “set for the year” with TOTK and their other smaller games, now it’s Xbox’ turn to swing.
Edit: My biggest hope currently is them finally announcing rolling out Game Pass Friends and Family globally very soon. That’s my “day one” purchase with 4 friends for sure. Would love to stream those games to my Deck.
I don’t think that speaks to confidence in general, I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales.
I am hoping this will be a good showcase for them. Regardless, I appreciate that they are allegedly taking the “no CGI trailers” approach.
Sony set the bar low this time around, so I think it’ll be good. Last showcase with the Hi-Fi Rush shadow drop was a good format for them - quick, content-filled. If they stick with that type of format, I’m a happy guy.