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It’s been a tough few months in the Xbox camp.
The Xbox Games Showcase offered a glimpse that the tide may be turning.

The stage at Xbox Games Showcase 2023.
After the middling review scores of Redfall, though, the goalposts for excitement have shifted heavily toward execution.
Still, the cloud of Redfall lingers.
I’ve learned since that Microsoft has changed some of its practices with regard to oversight in its studios.

Phil Spencer at Xbox Games Showcase 2023.
Game development is getting incredibly hard, and ever-increasingly expensive, and thus risky.
Despite some reservations, there’s every reason to be optimistic about the future of Xbox.
Could Redfall train players to increasingly avoid preordering Xbox games completely and wait for Xbox Game Pass?

The thing is, a lot of these questions rarely fall on publishers who make similar shortcomings.
The fact Microsoft has a very high average Metacritic score across its properties is often glossed over.
Are criticisms of Xbox always fair?

Clockwork Revolution reveal during Xbox Games Showcase.
The showcase was incredible, and every single game looked like something I want to play.

Starfield character standing on planet.

















